Line 6 (Shanghai Metro)

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.

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	Gangcheng Road Oriental Sports Center
Stations	28
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	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 (2002-10-31)
Opened	December 29, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12-29)
Last extension	April 12, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-12)
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) North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Gaoqiao Gang Hangjin Road South Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Zhouhai Road Wuzhou Avenue Dongjing Road  21 (u/c)  21  (north ext: planned; phase 1: u/c) Zhaojia Ditch Jufeng Road  12   12  Wulian Road Boxing Road Xigou Gang Jinqiao Road Yunshan Road  14   14  Deping Road Yangjing Gang Beiyangjing Road  18  Minsheng Road  18  Yuanshen Stadium  4  Century Avenue  2   4   9   2   9  Pudian Road Zhangjia River Lancun Road  4   4  Shanghai Children's Medical Center Linyi Xincun 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

History

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 billion
South Lingyan Road — Oriental Sports Center		12 Apr 2011	1.2 km (0.75 mi)	1	Line 8 & 11 connector project

Controversy

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

Further information: List of Shanghai Metro stations

Service routes

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		km		min
●		●	Gangcheng Road	港城路	10	0.00	0.00	0	Pudong	29 Dec 2007[8]	Elevated Side
●		●	North Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone	外高桥保税区北		1.62	1.62	3
●		●	Hangjin Road	航津路		1.53	3.15	5
●		●	South Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone	外高桥保税区南		1.71	4.86	7
●		●	Zhouhai Road	洲海路		2.03	6.89	10
●		●	Wuzhou Avenue	五洲大道		1.08	7.97	12
●		●	Dongjing Road	东靖路		1.32	9.29	15
●	●	●	Jufeng Road	巨峰路	12	1.11	10.40	17			Elevated Island
●	●	●	Wulian Road	五莲路		0.96	11.36	20			Elevated Side
●	●	●	Boxing Road	博兴路		0.90	12.26	22			Sub-surface Side
●	●	●	Jinqiao Road	金桥路		0.81	13.07	24
●	●	●	Yunshan Road	云山路	14	1.13	14.20	27
●	●	●	Deping Road	德平路		1.03	15.23	29
●	●	●	Beiyangjing Road	北洋泾路		1.34	16.57	31
●	●	●	Minsheng Road	民生路	18	0.89	17.46	33
●	●	●	Yuanshen Sports Center	源深体育中心		0.87	18.33	36
●	●	●	Century Avenue	世纪大道	2   4   9	0.93	19.26	38
●	●	●	Pudian Road	浦电路		1.07	20.33	40			Underground Island
●	●	●	Lancun Road	蓝村路	4	0.93	21.26	43
●	●	●	Shanghai Children's Medical Center	上海儿童医学中心		0.99	22.25	45
●	●	●	Linyi Xincun	临沂新村		1.34	23.59	47
●	●	●	West Gaoke Road	高科西路	7	1.11	24.70	50
●	●	●	Dongming Road	东明路	13	1.45	26.15	52
●	●	●	Gaoqing Road	高青路		1.57	27.72	54
●			West Huaxia Road	华夏西路		1.40	29.12	57			Sub-surfaceSide
●			Shangnan Road	上南路		0.80	29.92	60
●			South Lingyan Road	灵岩南路		1.08	31.00	62
●			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

• 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

There are no plans to extend the line.

Station name change

• 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

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

Signalling

Rolling Stock

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. 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
• 
  06C04 train

References

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