South Shaanxi Road () is an interchange station between Lines 1, 10 and 12 of the

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. It is situated within the inner ring-road on the boundary between Huangpu District and

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. The newest line that the station serves is Line 12 which opened on 19 December 2015. During the construction of Line 12, interchanging between lines 1 and 10 required exiting the station and crossing a road. Passengers using a

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were not charged an extra fare as long as they re-entered the station within 30 minutes; those using single-ride tickets, however, had to purchase a new ticket. IAPM, the station's primary shopping center, is situated at the intersection of the three lines and has direct subterranean access from lines 10 and 12. These entrances don't have metro exit numbers, so they are additional to the 10 numbered exits. The station got its name from the road along which line 12 is lying, South Shaanxi Road. This is the South portion of Shaanxi Road, which in turn got its name from

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

Province. The Line 10 platform of the station contains a break room for train guards (who ride at the front of the fully driverless trains overseeing their operation). Line 10 trains change crews at this station.

Places nearby

IAPM Mall IAPM Mall, or iAPM Mall, () is a shopping mall located at 999 Huaihai Road in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. This upscale mall houses big-name boutiques on the first two floors, including Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu and Dolce & Gabbana, Stell ...

Huaihai Road Huaihai Road or Huaihai Lu (; Shanghainese: ''Wahae Lu'') is a road in Shanghai, China. The central section of Huaihai Road is one of the two major shopping streets in central Shanghai; the other is Nanjing Road. Compared with the more touristy ...

, shopping street *

Xintiandi Xintiandi (, Shanghainese: ''Shinthidi'' lit. "New Sky and Earth",Warr, Anne: ''Shanghai Architecture'', The Watermark Press, 2007, fig. "New World") is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiandi n ...

* Xiangyang Park *

Jinjiang Hotel Jinjiang Hotel may refer to: * Sichuan Jinjiang Hotel, a state guest house and official reception hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan, China * Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel, a for-profit hotel in Shanghai, China {{Disambiguation, places ...

* Sino-British College * Shanghai Culture Plaza (former Canidrome site) * Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts * Yongkang Road which used to be the expats' favorite bar street.

Gallery

File:201603 Name board of South Shaanxi Road Station.JPG, Line 12 platform File:Shanghai Metro - Line 10 - South Shaanxi Road.JPG, Line 10 platform File:Station Entrance Shanghai ShanXiNanLu.JPG, Exit 3 in 2004 File:South Shaanxi Road Station Exit 3.jpg, Exit 3 in 2016 File:Exit 10 of South Shaanxi Road Station (20180101141327).jpg, Exit 10 and IAPM Mall in the background File:Exit_to_iapm_at_South_Shaanxi_Road_Station_(20180101153934).jpg, Exit to IAPM Mall

References

Railway stations in China opened in 1995 Shanghai Metro stations in Huangpu District Shanghai Metro stations in Xuhui District Line 1, Shanghai Metro Line 10, Shanghai Metro Line 12, Shanghai Metro 1995 establishments in Shanghai {{Shanghai-metro-stub