Shanghai Metro Line 3

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Line 3
Opened for testing	26 December 2000
Official opening	August 2001
Length	25 km
Stations	19
From	Jiangwan Zhen
Via	Shanghai Railway Station (Line 1)
Via	Zhongshan Park (Line 2)
To	South Railway Station

Shanghai Metro, Line 3 is a part of the Shanghai Metro, and was previously branded as the Pearlline.

Line 3 was opened in 2000 and runs from Baoshan District in the north to Shanghai South Railway Station in the southwest of the city, where it meets Line 1. While Line 1 goes straight through the city center, this line follows the inner ring road going around it. A large part of this metro follows an old railway ring. All of this line is above ground, which is a difference from the first lines of the Metro.

The interval between trains of this line is relatively high compared to the other two lines, with an interval of around 9 minutes(5.5 minutes in the peak hours). This was probably done to make it easier to include Line 4 into the schedule later on.

This line share the part between Baoshan Lu and Hongqiao Lu with the newly built Line 4. Within this area are also the stations Shanghai South Railway Station and Zhongshan Park that offer transfer options to Line 1 and Line 2 respectively. The Line 3 itself is currently also undergoing construction to create a new northern extension. This extension will be around eight new stations. Most of this track has already been completed, but one station still has to be built and around one kilometer of the track still needs to be completed. As well, the stations for this extension have been completed but are not in use yet.

Some important stops in this Line is:

• Hongkou Football Stadium- The home of Shanghai Shenhua Football Club.
• Shanghai Railway Station- You can interchange to Line 4 and transfer to Line 1 at this stop.
• Zhongshan Park- You can interchange to Line 2 and Line 4 at this stop.
• Shanghai South Railway Station- You can interchange to Line 1 at this stop.

(It is preferred to use interchange instead of transfer since interchange means "Free transfer" in Shanghai Metro while "transfer" means "Non-free transfer")

Lines of the Shanghai Metro
Line 1 | Line 2 | Line 3 | Line 4 | Line 5 | Line 6 | Line 7 | Line 8 | Line 9

Stations of the Shanghai Metro
Line 3	North Jiangyang Rd. - Tieli Rd. - Youyi Rd. - Baoyang Rd. - Shuichan Rd. - Wusong Town-Zhanghuabang-Songfa Rd.-Changjiang Rd.(S.)-Yin Gao Rd. - Jiangwan Zhen - Dabaishu(Formerly name is Wenshui Rd.(E.)) - Chifeng Lu - Hongkou Football Stadium - Dongbaoxing Lu - Baoshan Lu - Shanghai Railway Station - Zhongtan Lu - Zhenping Lu - Caoyang Lu - Jinshajiang Lu - Zhongshan Park - Yan'an Xi Lu - Hongqiao Lu - Yishan Lu - Caoxi Lu - Longcao Lu - Shilong Lu - South Railway Station
(stations in italics are not yet in use or under construction)