People's Square Station

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People's Square Station
人民广场站
A view of People's Square station.
Location
Province Shanghai
(See other stations in Shanghai)
City Shanghai
District Huangpu
Coordinates31°14′9″N 121°28′8″E / 31.23583°N 121.46889°E / 31.23583; 121.46889
History
Opened April 10, 1995
Station statistics
Operator(s) Shanghai No.1/2/4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Line(s) Line 1Line 2Line 8
Rail services
Preceding station   Shanghai Metro   Following station
toward Fujin Road
 Line 1
toward Xinzhuang Metro
toward East Xujing
 Line 2
Line 8

People's Square (simplified Chinese: 人民广场站; traditional Chinese: 人民廣場站; pinyin: Rénmín Guǎngchǎng Zhàn) is the name of a large interchange station of the Shanghai Metro, located below People's Square, also next to People's Park and Nanjing Road, in the city center of Shanghai, China.[1] The station is reputedly the busiest metro station in all of China, handling a daily traffic of 400,000.[citation needed]

The station is an interchange between Lines 1, 2 and 8, making it an important interchange station boasting close to twenty exits. This station is exceptionally busy because of a unique combination of it being an interchange between a west-east and north-south line, as well as being surrounded by office buildings, shopping malls and several tourist attractions. This combination causes it to be extremely busy during peak times, but it remains very busy during the rest of the day as well.

In early 2009, a new side platform for Line 8 riders heading south (to the Aerospace Museum) opened. This platform was converted from a former link to Line 1.[2] Passengers from Shiguang Road station heading south can exit from either door.

Places nearby

Gallery

  • Station concourse.

  • The concourse of People's Square above Line 2.

  • Line 2 platform.

  • Line 8 central platform.

References

  1. ↑ "People's Square". exploremetro Shanghai. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
  2. ↑ 上海地铁首创单列车双侧开门 (Chinese).
Line 1
Line 2
Line 8
  1. ↑ The section west of Guanglan Road towards Hongqiao Airport is served by 8-carriaged trains that run at 3-minute intervals; while the section east of Guanglan Road towards Pudong International Airport is served by 4-carriaged trains that run at 6 to 8 minutes' interval from 6 am to 10 pm. Any trips that bypass Guanglan Road station requires passengers to transfer to the opposite platform at the station.
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