Line 7
A view of station Zhenping Road
Overview
Other name	M7 (planned name)
Native name	上海地铁7号线
Status	Operational
Owner	Shanghai Rail Transit Line 7 Development Co., Ltd.
Locale	Pudong; Xuhui, Jing'an, Putuo, and Baoshan districts, Shanghai, China
Termini	Meilan Lake Huamu Road
Stations	33
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Shanghai Metro
Operator(s)	Shanghai No. 3 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Depot(s)	Chentai Road Depot Longyang Road Yard
Rolling stock	07A01 07A02 07A03
Daily ridership	958,000 (2019 Peak)[1]
History
Commenced	November 24, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-11-24)
Opened	December 5, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-12-05)
Last extension	December 28, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-12-28)
Technical
Line length	44.2 km (27.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground Elevated (Luonan Xincun and Meilan Lake)
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: 30.3 km/h (19 mph)
Signalling	Thales’ SelTracTM CBTC
Route map Route on the Shanghai map: To scale geographic map: Line 7, Shanghai Metro v t e Legend Direct link │ Re-entry only SPTC required │ Out of system Maglev │ China Rail │ Suburban Rail │ Metro Operational │ Planned or u/c Elevated │ At grade │ Under- ground Meilan Lake Luonan Xincun CRH: HuSuTong (u/c) Panguang Road Liuhang Gucun Park  15  Yungzao River Chentai Road Depot Qihua Road Jinqiu Road (on line 15)  15  Shanghai University Nanchen Road Shangda Road branch of Nanhe freight line Changzhong Road Nanhe freight line Dachang Town Xingzhi Road Dahuasan Road  20  (planned) Xincun Road  20 (planned) CRH: HuSuTong / HuNing ICR CR: HuKun / JingHu Langao Road  3  shared track w/  4  Zhenping Road  3   4  (shared) Suzhou Creek  13  Changshou Road  13  Changping Road  14   2  Jing'an Temple  2   14   14  Changshu Road  1   1   10   1   9  Zhaojiabang Road  9  Dong'an Road  4   4  Contact line to line 12  12  Middle Longhua Road  12  Huangpu River Houtan  19 (planned)  19  (planned) Changqing Road  13   13  Yaohua Road  8   8  Yuntai Road West Gaoke Road  6   6  South Yanggao Road Jinxiu Road Fanghua Road  2   18  Longyang Road  2   16   18   Maglev   16  Longyang Road Depot  Maglev  Huamu Road  2

Line 7 is a northwest–southeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. It connects the Baoshan District of Shanghai with the downtown core as well as the Pudong New Area and the Expo 2010 site. It currently runs from Meilan Lake in Baoshan District to Huamu Road in Pudong, which is near Shanghai New International Expo Center. Qihua Road serves as a terminus for trains returning to Chentai Road Depot. The line is colored orange on system maps.

History

• Construction began on November 24, 2005.
• The first section of the line from Huamu Road to Shanghai University opened to the public on December 5, 2009.^[2][3]
  • In the first few months of operation, the trains only operated from 9AM-4PM to allow for extended testing of the line.
  • On February 20, 2010, operating hours have been extended to fall in line with the rest of the metro system afterwards.^[4][5]
• On April 20, 2010, Houtan station entered operation.
• In December 2010, three stations on the northern extension of the line opens.
• In June 2011, two more stations on the northern extension of the line opens.
• In July 2014, Qihua Road station entered operation.

Stations

Service routes

Shanghai Metro Line 7 service routes
M - Mainline: Meilan Lake ↔ Huamu Road P - Partial Mainline: Qihua Road ↔ Huamu Road
Routes		Station name		Connections	Distance			Location	Open- ing	Plat- form[6]
M	P	English	Chinese		km		min
●		Meilan Lake	美兰湖		0.00	0.00	0	Baoshan	28 Dec 2010[7]	Elevated Side
●		Luonan Xincun	罗南新村		1.65	1.65	4
●		Panguang Road	潘广路		2.98	4.63	8		30 June 2011[8]	Underground Island
●		Liuhang	刘行		0.97	5.60	10
●		Gucun Park	顾村公园	15	1.72	7.32	13		28 Dec 2010[7]
●	●	Qihua Road	祁华路		2.74	10.06	17		22 July 2014[9]
●	●	Shanghai University	上海大学		1.68	11.74	20		5 Dec 2009[10]
●	●	Nanchen Road	南陈路		0.95	12.69	22
●	●	Shangda Road	上大路		1.42	14.11	25			Underground Island & Side
●	●	Changzhong Road	场中路		1.41	15.52	27			Underground Island
●	●	Dachang Town	大场镇		1.24	16.76	30
●	●	Xingzhi Road	行知路		1.04	17.80	32
●	●	Dahuasan Road	大华三路		1.25	19.05	35
●	●	Xincun Road	新村路		1.06	20.11	37	Putuo
●	●	Langao Road	岚皋路		0.81	20.92	39
●	●	Zhenping Road	镇坪路	3   4	1.53	22.45	42
●	●	Changshou Road	长寿路	13	1.03	23.48	45
●	●	Changping Road	昌平路		0.75	24.23	47	Jing'an		Underground Side
●	●	Jing'an Temple	静安寺	2   14  Yan'an BRT	1.38	25.61	50			Underground Island
●	●	Changshu Road	常熟路	1	1.09	26.7	52	Xuhui
●	●	Zhaojiabang Road	肇嘉浜路	9	1.66	28.36	55
●	●	Dong'an Road	东安路	4	0.96	29.32	57
●	●	Middle Longhua Road	龙华中路	12	0.75	30.07	59
●	●	Houtan	后滩		2.21	32.28	63	Pudong	20 April 2010[11]
●	●	Changqing Road	长清路	13 [i]	1.28	33.56	65		5 Dec 2009[10]
●	●	Yaohua Road	耀华路	8	0.94	34.50	67
●	●	Yuntai Road	云台路		0.73	35.23	69
●	●	West Gaoke Road	高科西路	6	0.97	36.20	72
●	●	South Yanggao Road	杨高南路		1.48	37.68	74			Underground Double Island
●	●	Jinxiu Road	锦绣路		1.44	39.12	77			Underground Island
●	●	Fanghua Road	芳华路		1.45	40.57	80
●	●	Longyang Road	龙阳路	2   16   18   Maglev [ii]	1.69	42.26	83
●	●	Huamu Road	花木路		1.14	43.40	86
↑ Virtual transfer with line 13 – passengers who hold the Shanghai Public Transportation Card and transfer within 30 minutes of exiting the station are able to transfer to other lines without exiting the system. ↑ Out of system transfer with Shanghai Maglev Train.

Headways

Technology

References