Shanghai Metro Line 7

Today I had the opportunity to ride Shanghai’s newest metro line, line 7. Line 7 runs from the Northwest at Shanghai University down through Jing’an Temple and the Xujiahui area, across the river and then towards Longyang where the Maglev station is. And after taking line 7 today from the Indoor Stadium to Longyang, I believe that this will be more convenient for me in terms of getting to Pudong Airport in the future. The interchange between line 4 and 7 at Dong’an Station is short; you can get off line 4 walk down a flight of stairs and then you’re at line 7. No long hallways or corridors to walk through. From the Indoor Stadium, take line 4 for two stops, interchange to line 7 at Dong’an and then sit until the second to the last stop on the line (Longyang). Once at Longyang, the Maglev is right next door, pay the Maglev ticket and then you’re on your way to the Pudong Airport (it is under 8 minutes travel time!).

The bonus with line 7 today was the lack of crowds. Since it is a new line that just opened last weekend, I guess many people haven’t started taking it yet. It was so empty when I was on it (3:30pm) and I didn’t have to fight for a seat. I had a comfortable ride all the way. It is only running from 0900 - 1600 for now, but should have regular hours once the trial period is over. Here are some photos.

Line 4 Shanghai Indoor Stadium stop / 4 号线上海体育馆站

Line 7 Dong'an Road stop / 7 号线东安路站

Interior of line 7 metro cars. Notice the lack of crowds at this point. Also notice the green seats at the end of the rows. On every metro line there are special seats reserved for the elderly, disabled, pregnant, etc. However no one ever pays attention to this rules, even if an old, disabled pregnant person stood right in front of the seat, the other person might not even give up their seat for them. But the idea here is to give those special seats a different color. Hmm...good idea. But the other lines don't have the green seats yet. Also, line 2 is also the "green" line. The exact shade of green as in the picture I might also add. What will happen then?

The view from near the Maglev ticketing platform.

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