Line 6 (Shanghai Metro)

Shanghai Metro line

Line 6

A view of the North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone station.

Overview

Other name(s)

L4 (planned name);
Pudong line (Chinese: 浦东线);
Pudong light rail (Chinese: 浦东轻轨);
Hello Kitty line (nickname)

Native name

上海地铁6号线

Status

Operational

Owner

Shanghai Rail Transit Pudong Line Development Co., Ltd.

Locale

Pudong district, Shanghai, China

Termini

Stations

28

Service

Type

Urban rail transit in China Rapid transit

System

Shanghai Metro Shanghai Metro

Operator(s)

Shanghai No. 4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.

Depot(s)

Gangcheng Road Depot;
Sanlin parking lot

Rolling stock

76 Class C 4-car trains

Daily ridership

520,000 (2019 peak)^[1]

History

Commenced

October 31, 2002; 22 years ago (2002年10月31日)

Opened

December 29, 2007; 17 years ago (2007年12月29日)

Last extension

April 12, 2011; 13 years ago (2011年04月12日)

Technical

Line length

32.318 km (20.08 mi)

Number of tracks

2

Character

Underground and elevated

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Electrification

Overhead lines (1500 volts)

Operating speed

80 km/h (50 mph)
Average speed: 30.1 km/h (19 mph)

Signalling

Thales’ SelTracTM CBTC

Route map

Route on the Shanghai map:

To scale geographic map:

Line 6, Shanghai Metro
v t e Legend
Direct link │ Re-entry only SPTC required │ Out of system
	China Rail │ Suburban Rail │ Metro
	Operational │ Planned or u/c
	Elevated │ At grade │ Under- ground

CRH: HuSuTong (u/c)

Gangcheng Road Depot

10 │ Gaoqiao (on line 10)

Gangcheng Road

10

Jilong Road (on line 10)

Gaoqiao Gang

21 (u/c)

21 (north ext: planned; phase 1: u/c)

Zhaojia Ditch

12

Xigou Gang

14

Yangjing Gang

18

18

4

2 4 9

2

9

Zhangjia River

4

Bailian Jing

7

West Gaoke Road

7

Tangjia River

13

Dongming Road

13

Chuanyang River

Gaoqing Road

Sanlin Depot

SanlinBei Gang

West Huaxia Road

SanlinBei Gang

Shangnan Road

11

South Lingyan Road

19 (planned)

Oriental Sports Center

8 11

19 (planned)

8

Contact line to line 8

11

Line 6 is an eastern north–south line of the Shanghai Metro network. It opened on December 29, 2007. The entire line is located in the Pudong New Area. A complete trip between the two end terminals, Gangcheng Road and Oriental Sports Center takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. Line 6 has been dubbed the unofficial nickname "Hello Kitty Line" due to its lurid pink livery. The line is colored magenta on system maps.

History

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Shanghai Metro Line 6 opening history
Segment	Commencement	Opened	Length	Station(s)	Name	Investment
Gangcheng Road — South Lingyan Road	31 Oct 2002	29 Dec 2007	31.1 km (19.32 mi)	27	Initial phase	12円 billion
South Lingyan Road — Oriental Sports Center	12 Apr 2011	1.2 km (0.75 mi)	1	Line 8 & 11 connector project

Controversy

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Like the Lexington Avenue Subway in New York City, passenger traffic has consistently exceeded the designed capacity of the line since its opening and causes severe strain to the services. The planning of Line 6 began in 2000, but real estate development along the proposed line happened faster than anticipated upon the line's initial opening. Uniquely at the time, a majority of the Line 6 opened in one phase creating a 30-kilometer (19 mi) long corridor overnight. Existing buses were cancelled or diverted simultaneously due to the opening of Line 6, forcing residents along the line to travel by rail transit. This was exacerbated by high initial train headways upon opening as all ordered rolling stock have not been completely delivered. Additionally, the line had relatively short operating hours leading to large number of passengers flooding into the first train.^[2] Line 6 was initially forecasted to carry 105,000 people/day. However the aforementioned factors led to the ridership of the line to exceed 150,000 people/day during the first few days of operation.^[3] Realizing the sheer miscalculation during construction, the municipal government pledged to add new trains and shorten wait times starting in June 2008. However, Line 6 still suffers severe crowding and delays especially during rush hours with passenger flow growing faster than expected.^[4] In 2012 the busiest section of the line was still running at 133% capacity.^[5] With the opening of Line 12 the Shanghai Metro advises passengers divert to the new line to relieve crowding.^[6] The line was built to accommodate light metro narrow-bodied "C size" trains with 4 carriages each, which is not interchangeable with wide-body "A size" trains with 6 to 8 carriages on other Shanghai Metro lines. This difference in loading gauge has made it impractical to upgrade the line to higher capacity "A size" trains to relieve demand. The platform length (especially at underground stations) has made it impractical to upgrade the line to accommodate more carriages.

Stations

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Further information: List of Shanghai Metro stations

Service routes

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Shanghai Metro Line 6 service routes
M - Mainline: Gangcheng Road ↔ Oriental Sports Center C - Core: Jufeng Road ↔ Gaoqing Road (not operating during AM peak) A - AM Peak: Gangcheng Road ↔ Gaoqing Road
Routes			Station name		Connections	Distance			Location	Open- ing	Plat- form^[7]
M	C	A	English	Chinese	Connections	km		min	Location	Open- ing	Plat- form^[7]
●くろまる	●くろまる	Gangcheng Road	港城路	10	0.00	0.00	0	Pudong	29 Dec 2007^[8]	Elevated Side
●くろまる	●くろまる	North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone	外高桥保税区北	1.62	1.62	3
●くろまる	●くろまる	Hangjin Road	航津路	1.53	3.15	5
●くろまる	●くろまる	South Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone	外高桥保税区南	1.71	4.86	7
●くろまる	●くろまる	Zhouhai Road	洲海路	2.03	6.89	10
●くろまる	●くろまる	Wuzhou Avenue	五洲大道	1.08	7.97	12
●くろまる	●くろまる	Dongjing Road	东靖路	1.32	9.29	15
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Jufeng Road	巨峰路	12	1.11	10.40			17	Elevated Island
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Wulian Road	五莲路	0.96	11.36	20			Elevated Side
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Boxing Road	博兴路	0.90	12.26	22			Sub-surface Side
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Jinqiao Road	金桥路	0.81	13.07	24
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Yunshan Road	云山路	14	1.13	14.20				27
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Deping Road	德平路	1.03	15.23	29
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Beiyangjing Road	北洋泾路	1.34	16.57	31
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Minsheng Road	民生路	18	0.89	17.46				33
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Yuanshen Sports Center	源深体育中心	0.87	18.33	36
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Century Avenue	世纪大道	2 4 9	0.93	19.26				38
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Pudian Road	浦电路	1.07	20.33	40			Underground Island
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Lancun Road	蓝村路	4	0.93	21.26				43
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Shanghai Children's Medical Center	上海儿童医学中心	0.99	22.25	45
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Linyi Xincun	临沂新村	1.34	23.59	47
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	West Gaoke Road	高科西路	7	1.11	24.70				50
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Dongming Road	东明路	13	1.45	26.15				52
●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる	Gaoqing Road	高青路	1.57	27.72	54
●くろまる	West Huaxia Road	华夏西路	1.40	29.12	57	Sub-surfaceSide
●くろまる	Shangnan Road	上南路	0.80	29.92	60
●くろまる	South Lingyan Road	灵岩南路	1.08	31.00	62
●くろまる	Oriental Sports Center	东方体育中心	8 11	1.54	32.54	65	12 April 2011^[9]		Underground Double Island (shared with 11 )

Important stations

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Century Avenue is an interchange with lines 2, 4 and 9.
Lancun Road is an interchange with line 4.
West Gaoke Road is an interchange with line 7.
Oriental Sports Center, the final station of line 6, opened in April 2011. It is an interchange with lines 8 and 11.
Jufeng Road is an interchange with line 12.
Dongming Road is an interchange with line 13.
Gangcheng Road, the other terminal station of line 6, interchange with line 10.
Yunshan Road is an interchange with line 14.

Future expansion

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There are no plans to extend the line.

Station name change

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On 28 October 2006, Dongfang Road was renamed as the Century Avenue after station renovation for line 2 and the opening of line 4 (before line 6 began serving the station).
On May 7, 2011, Jiyang Road was renamed Oriental Sports Center.

Headways

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Shanghai Metro Line 6 headway^[10]
Time		Gangcheng Road - Jufeng Road	Jufeng Road - Gaoqing Road	Gaoqing Road - Oriental Sports Center
Monday - Friday (Working Days)
AM peak	7:20–9:00	About 2 min		About 4 min
Off-peak	9:00–16:30	About 9 min	About 4 min and 30 sec	About 9 min
PM peak	16:30–19:00	About 3 min and 45 sec	About 2 min and 30 sec	About 3 min and 45 sec
Other hours	Before 7:20 After 19:00	About 10 min - 12 min	About 5 min - 6 min	About 10 min - 12 min
Saturday and Sunday (Weekends)
Peak	8:30–20:30	About 10 min	About 3 min and 20 sec	About 10 min
Other hours	Before 8:30 After 20:30	About 10 min - 12 min	About 5 min - 10 min	About 10 min - 12 min

Technology

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Signalling

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Rolling Stock

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The designed speed of the train is 80 km/h, the length (Class A carriages are longer at 23 meters) is 19.49 meters (Tc)/19.44 meters (Mp, M), and the width (Class A carriages are wider at 3.0 meters) is 2.6 meters.

Shanghai Metro Line 6 rolling stock
Fleet numbers	Manufacturer	Time of manufac- turing	Class	No of car	Assembly^[i]	Rolling stock	Number	Notes
84	SATCO^[ii]	2007-2009	C^[iii]	4	Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc	06C01	0601-0603 (060011-060121) 0605-0613 (060131-060481) 0615-0623 (060491-060841)	Original name: AC12.
44	CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.	2009-2010	C^[iii]	4	Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc	06C02	0625-0633 (060851-061201) 0635-0636 (061211-061281)	^[11] Original name: AC14A.
72	CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.	2011-2012	C^[iii]	4	Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc	06C03	0637-0643 (061291-061601) 0645-0653 (061611-061921) 0655-0656 (061931-062001)	^[11] Original name: AC14B.
104	CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.	2018-2020	C^[iii]	4	Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc	06C04	06057-06082 (062011-063041)
^ Tc: Trailer with cab; Mp: EMU with pantograph; M: EMU without pantograph. ^ SATCO (Shanghai Alstom Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd.) is a joint venture between Alstom Metropolis and Shanghai Electric. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Class C carriage: 19.44m in length, 2.6m in width and 3.8m in height; Capacity: about 200 people.

06C01 train on the left and 06C02 train on the right

06C01 train on the left and 06C02 train on the right
06C04 train

06C04 train

References

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^ "Metro breaks records" (in Chinese). Shanghai Metro 163 Official. 2019年03月09日. Retrieved 2019年03月09日.
^ Four reasons cause the line 6 to be full (originally published in "Oriental Morning Post"). news365.com.cn. 2008年01月03日
^ "客流预测报告做出前内定小型车". Sina. Retrieved 2013年01月27日.
^ "轨交拥挤排行榜:"6号线德平路到世纪大道站"最挤" . Retrieved 2012年11月22日.
^ "地铁限流知识". 文明地铁(安全地铁)宣传. 上海地铁运管中心. 2012年03月30日. Retrieved 2013年03月09日.
^ "12号线、16号线12月29日起载客试运营". 上海地铁运管中心. 2013年12月27日. Retrieved 2013年12月28日.
^ 乘车指南 > Station信息. Shanghai Metro Official Site. Retrieved 2015年12月17日. Instructions: 点击相应线路,选择Station,点击"站层图"可查看相应Station的站台结构。
^ 上海地铁6号线将试运营粉红为车厢主题颜色. Tencent (QQ) News. 2007年12月26日.
^ 济阳路站更名为东方体育中心站. Sohu. 2011年05月08日.
^ "Schedule" (in Chinese). Shanghai Metro. 2021年07月07日. Retrieved 2021年07月07日.
^ ^a ^b 上海地铁6号线车辆. 中车长春轨道客车有限公司 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020年03月20日.

v t e Shanghai Metro stations
Part of Transport in Shanghai
Line 6	Gangcheng Road 10 North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Hangjin Road South Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Zhouhai Road Wuzhou Avenue Dongjing Road Jufeng Road 12 Wulian Road Boxing Road Jinqiao Road Yunshan Road 14 Deping Road Beiyangjing Road Minsheng Road 18 Yuanshen Sports Center Century Avenue 2 4 9 Pudian Road Lancun Road 4 Shanghai Children's Medical Center Linyi Xincun West Gaoke Road 7 Dongming Road 13 Gaoqing Road West Huaxia Road Shangnan Road South Lingyan Road Oriental Sports Center 8 11
Stations in italics have yet to open. Further information: Museum Rolling stock Stations Timeline See also: Suburban Rail Maglev Tram Bus Ferry Shanghai Public Transport Card