Century Avenue station

For Century Avenue station of Ningbo Rail Transit, see Shiji Avenue station.

Century Avenue (simplified Chinese: 世纪大道; traditional Chinese: 世紀大道; pinyin: Shìjì Dàdào) is a major Shanghai Metro interchange station named after Century Avenue, which runs above the station. It is currently one of two stations (the other one being Longyang Road station) on the Shanghai Metro network to serve four lines (namely Lines 2, 4, 6 and 9), and the first four-line interchange metro or subway station in mainland China.^[1]

Century Avenue 世纪大道
Line 4 platform
General information
Location	Intersection of Century Avenue, Dongfang Road, and Zhangyang Road Pudong, Shanghai China
Coordinates	31°13′43″N 121°31′38″E
Operated by	Shanghai No. 1/2/3/4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4      Line 6      Line 9
Platforms	8 (3 island platforms on Lines 2, 4 & 9 and 2 separate side platforms on Line 6)
Tracks	8
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	L02/15(Line 2) L04/13(Line 4) L09/34(Line 9)
History
Opened	20 September 1999 (1999-09-20) (Line 2) 28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) (reopening; Lines 2 and 4) 29 December 2007 (2007-12-29) (Line 6) 31 December 2009 (2009-12-31) (Line 9)
Closed	22 October 2005 (2005-10-22), has been reopened.
Previous names	Dongfang Road (up to 28 October 2006)
Services
Preceding station Shanghai Metro Following station Dongchang Road towards National Exhibition and Convention Center Line 2 Shanghai Science and Technology Museum towards Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 Xiangcheng Road Clockwise Line 4 Pudong Avenue Counter-clockwise Yuanshen Sports Center towards Gangcheng Road Line 6 Pudian Road towards Oriental Sports Center Shangcheng Road towards Shanghai Songjiang Railway Station Line 9 Middle Yanggao Road towards Caolu
Location Century Avenue Location in Shanghai

This station, first known as Dongfang Road station (东方路站),^[2][3] is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened from Zhongshan Park to Longyang Road that opened on 20 September 1999.^[4][5][6] Beginning on 22 October 2005,^[3] the station closed for reconfiguration and improvements in preparation for the planned 4-line interchange with Lines 4, 6, and 9.^[3] On 28 October 2006, the station was reopened and first served as an interchange between Lines 2 and 4,^[7] and the name was changed to the present Century Avenue according to the new convention to name metro stations after famous streets or sights in the vicinity. The interchange with Line 6 opened on 29 December 2007 as part of that line's initial section between Gangcheng Road and South Lingyan Road,^[8] while the fourth interchange with Line 9, part of the line's downtown (Century Avenue to Yishan Road) section, opened on 31 December 2009.^[9]

The station uses an optimized interchange solution. Line 6 uses two side platforms on the upper underground level and heads north-south, while Lines 2, 4 and 9 all use island platforms on the lower level and head east-west.^[1][7]

Station Layout

G	Entrances and Exits	Exits 1-12
B1	Concourse B	Faregates, Station Agent
	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Northbound	←      Line 6 towards Gangcheng Road (Yuanshen Sports Center)
	Southbound	→      Line 6 towards Oriental Sports Center (Pudian Road) →
	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Concourse A	Faregates, Station Agent
B2	Westbound	←      Line 9 towards Songjiang South Railway Station (Shangcheng Road)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	→      Line 9 towards Caolu (Middle Yanggao Road) →
	Westbound	←      Line 2 towards East Xujing (Dongchang Road)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	→      Line 2 towards Pudong International Airport (Shanghai Science and Technology Museum) →
B3	Counterclockwise	←      Line 4 to Pudong Avenue
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Clockwise	→      Line 4 to Xiangcheng Road →

References

1. 上海世纪大道站成国内首个4线换乘站. Tencent (QQ) Expo 2010. Oriental Morning Post. 22 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. Metro #2 Station Name Change Archived January 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. Li Yanqiu (李艳秋); Zhong Hui (钟晖) (22 October 2005). Wang Fei (王飞) (ed.). 地铁2号线今起直接驶过东方路站 东方路站封站一年 [Line 2 trains from today will skip Dongfang Road station; Dongfang Road station to close for one year]. eastday.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018. 这两天，东方路站站厅的2号、3号出口附近已贴出东方路站未来"四线换乘"的效果图
4. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
5. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
6. 20年迈向世界：珍贵老照片展示上海地铁发展. Eastday (in Chinese). 27 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
7. 上海轨交枢纽世纪大道站实现零换乘明日启用. Sina News. Jiefang Daily. 27 October 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
8. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
9. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2017.