Shanghai Railway Station (Shanghai Metro)
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- This article is about the metro station. For information on the train station of that name, see Shanghai Railway Station
Shanghai Railway Station (Chinese: 上海火车站; pinyin: Shànghăi Hŭochēzhàn) is the name of an interchange station of the Shanghai Metro.
This station is part of Line 1, Line 3 and Line 4. The trains for Line 3 and Line 4 share the same above-ground platforms.
In addition to being an interchange between metro lines, the station facilitates transfer between the metro system and Shanghai's main railway station. As in many cities, crime figures around the railway station are higher than in the rest of the city. A tunnel leads directly from the concourse of the metro station to the concourse of the train station.
The transfer from Line 1 to Line 3/Line 4 is actually quite long. Both stations are located are a different side of the actual train station with a long tunnel connecting both. Halfway the transfer tunnel there a branch that goes directly to the train station itself. Walking from one metro station to the other takes between 10 and 15 minutes.
[edit] Places nearby
- Shanghai Railway Station
- Shanghai Post Office
- Suzhou Creek
- Shanghai Art District in Moganshan Road (by taxi or longer walk)
