Line 13 (Shanghai Metro)

Line 13 is a north-west to south-east line of the Shanghai Metro network. It runs between Jinyun Road in Jiading and Zhangjiang Road in Pudong. It was once used as a dedicated line (Expo line) for the World Expo to serve the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The line is colored pink on system maps.

Line 13
Platform at West Jinshajiang Road
Overview
Other name(s)	M5 (planned name); Expo line (former name in 2010)
Native name	上海地铁13号线
Status	Operational
Owner	Shanghai Rail Transit Line 13 Development Co., Ltd.
Locale	Pudong, Huangpu, Jing'an, Putuo, and Jiading districts, Shanghai, China
Termini	Jinyun Road Zhangjiang Road
Stations	36
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Shanghai Metro
Services	Mainline: Jinyun Road ↔ Zhangjiang Road Partial mainline: Jinyun Road ↔ Huapeng Road
Operator(s)	Shanghai No. 2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Depot(s)	Beidi Road depot; Chuanyang River depot
Rolling stock	62 Class A 6-car trains
Daily ridership	737,800 (2019 peak)[1]
History
Commenced	March 21, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-21) (Expo line section)
Opened	April 20, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-20) (As Expo line from Madang Road to Shibo Avenue)
Last extension	December 30, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-30)
Closed	November 2, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-11-02) (Expo line)
Reopened	December 30, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12-30)
Technical
Line length	43.3 km (26.91 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines 1.5kV DC
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) Average speed: 32.8 km/h (20 mph)
Signalling	ALSTOM Urbalis CBTC
Route map To scale geographic map: Line 13, 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  2  East Xujing Zhuguang Road (u/c)  17   17  Yunle Road (u/c) Jile Road (u/c) Fangle Road (u/c) Jidi Road (u/c) Suzhou Creek Nanxin Loop railway CR: HuHang CRH: JingHu/HuNing ICR/HuSuTong Jinyun Road  Jiamin (u/c) Jiamin line (u/c) West Jinshajiang Road  2  │ Beidi Road Depot Fengzhuang South Qilianshan Road Zhenbei Road Daduhe Road  15   15  Jinshajiang Road  3   4  (shared)  3  shared track w/  4  Longde Road  11   11  Suzhou Creek  14  Wuning Road  14   7  Changshou Road  7  Jiangning Road Suzhou Creek  1  Hanzhong Road  1   12   12  Suzhou Creek  1  Shanghai Natural History Museum  2  West Nanjing Road  2   12   12   14  Middle Huaihai Road  1   10  Site of the First CPC National Congress · Xintiandi  10  Madang Road  9   9   4  │ Luban Road (on line 4) World Expo Museum Huangpu River Shibo Avenue  19 (planned)  19  (planned) Contact line to line 7  7  Changqing Road  7   8  Chengshan Road  8   6  Dongming Road  6  Huapeng Road Xianan Road Beicai Chenchun Road  18  Lianxi Road  18  Middle Huaxia Road  16   16   Maglev   11  Chuanyang River Depot Zhongke Road  21  (u/c) Xuelin Road  21 (u/c) Zhangjiang Road

History

Special Phase

The Special Phase of Line 13 operated between Madang Road and Shibo Avenue, during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Following the end of the Expo, this phase was closed. This part of the line reopened on December 19, 2015, along with the full opening of the line.

1st Phase

The 1st Phase of Line 13 ran between all the stations between Jinyun Road and Jinshajiang Road, with 7 stations. The section opened in December 2012.^[2]

2nd Phase and 3rd Phase

The two phases ran from Changqing Road to Zhangjiang Road in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park region. The rest of the line was opened on December 19, 2015.

Shanghai Metro Line 13 opening history
Segment	Commencemed	Opened	Length	Station(s)	Name	Investment
Madang Road — Shibo Avenue	21 Mar 2007	20 Apr 2010	4.0 km (2.49 mi)	3	Expo line (special phase)	¥1.338 billion
	closed:	2 Nov 2010	Temporary ceased operation	-3
Jinyun Road — Jinshajiang Road	28 Dec 2008	30 Dec 2012	9.9 km (6.15 mi)	5	Phase 1 (1st section)	¥12.417 billion
South Qilianshan Road		15 Jun 2013	Infill station	1
Daduhe Road		1 Nov 2014	Infill station	1
Jinshajiang Road — Changshou Road	15 Nov 2011	28 Dec 2014	2.9 km (1.8 mi)	3	Phase 1 (2nd section)
Changshou Road — West Nanjing Road	15 Nov 2011	19 Dec 2015	2.6 km (1.6 mi)	4	Phase 1 (3rd section)
West Nanjing Road — Madang Road	20 Nov 2009		2.8 km (1.7 mi)	2	Expo line (1st section)	¥4.521 billion
Madang Road — Shibo Avenue			Reentered operation	3
Shibo Avenue — Changqing Road		30 Dec 2018	1.0 km (0.6 mi)	1	Expo line (2nd section)
Changqing Road — Middle Huaxia Road	31 Dec 2013		10.5 km (6.5 mi)	8	Phase 2	¥12.932 billion
Middle Huaxia Road — Zhangjiang Road	30 Mar 2014		4.8 km (3.0 mi)	3	Phase 3
Zhuguang Road - Jinyun Road	28 Jun 2021	end 2025 (exp.)	9.8 km (6.1 mi)	5	West extension	¥12.629 billion
Zhangjiang Road - Dangui Road[3]	28 May 2023	end 2026 (exp.)	4.52 km (2.8 mi)	2	East extension

Stations

Further information: List of Shanghai Metro stations

Service routes

Shanghai Metro Line 13 service routes
M - Mainline: Jinyun Road ↔ Zhangjiang Road P - Partial mainline: Jinyun Road ↔ Huapeng Road
Routes		Station name		Connections	Distance			Location	Open- ing	Plat- form[4]
M	P	English	Chinese		km		min
		Zhuguang Road	诸光路	17	0.00	0.00	0	Minhang	u/c	Underground Island
		Yunle Road	运乐路		1.781	1.781
		Jile Road	季乐路		1.120	2.901
		Fangle Road	芳乐路		0.996	3.897				Underground Side & Island
		Jidi Road	纪翟路		1.443	5.340				Underground Island
●	●	Jinyun Road	金运路		0.00	0.00	0	Jiading	30 Dec 2012[5]	Underground Island
●	●	West Jinshajiang Road	金沙江西路		1.52	1.52	3
●	●	Fengzhuang	丰庄		1.94	3.46	6
●	●	South Qilianshan Road	祁连山南路		1.31	4.77	8	Putuo	15 June 2013[6]
●	●	Zhenbei Road	真北路		1.48	6.25	11		30 Dec 2012[5]
●	●	Daduhe Road	大渡河路	15	1.24	7.49	13		1 Nov 2014[7]	Underground Side
●	●	Jinshajiang Road	金沙江路	3   4	1.62	9.11	16		30 Dec 2012[5]	Underground Island
●	●	Longde Road	隆德路	11	1.21	10.32	18		28 Dec 2014[8]
●	●	Wuning Road	武宁路	14	0.85	11.17	20
●	●	Changshou Road	长寿路	7	1.08	12.25	22
●	●	Jiangning Road	江宁路		0.70	12.95	24		19 Dec 2015[9]
●	●	Hanzhong Road	汉中路	1   12	1.63	14.58	27	Jing'an
●	●	Shanghai Natural History Museum	自然博物馆		0.65	15.23	28
●	●	West Nanjing Road	南京西路	2   12 [lower-roman 1]	0.86	16.09	31			Underground Side
●	●	Middle Huaihai Road	淮海中路		0.96	17.05	33	Huangpu		Underground Island
●	●	Site of the First CPC National Congress · Xintiandi	一大会址·新天地	10	1.21	18.26	35
●	●	Madang Road	马当路	9	0.63	18.89	37		20 Apr 2010/ 19 Dec 2015[9][lower-roman 2]
●	●	World Expo Museum	世博会博物馆		1.53	20.42	40
●	●	Shibo Avenue	世博大道		1.61	22.03	42	Pudong		Underground Side & Island
●	●	Changqing Road	长清路	7 [lower-roman 3]	0.89	22.92	44		30 Dec 2018[12]	Underground Island
●	●	Chengshan Road	成山路	8	1.16	24.08	46
●	●	Dongming Road	东明路	6	1.40	25.48	48
●	●	Huapeng Road	华鹏路		1.15	26.63	51
●		Xianan Road	下南路		1.82	28.45	53
●		Beicai	北蔡		1.07	29.52	56
●		Chenchun Road	陈春路		0.93	30.45	58
●		Lianxi Road	莲溪路	18	1.34	31.79	60
●		Middle Huaxia Road	华夏中路	16	1.77	33.56	62			Underground Double Island
●		Zhongke Road	中科路		1.06	34.62	65			Underground Island
●		Xuelin Road	学林路		1.96	36.58	68
●		Zhangjiang Road	张江路		1.69	38.27	70
		Middle Gaoke Road	高科中路						u/c	Underground Island
		Dangui Road	丹桂路
Virtual transfer with line 2 or line 12 – 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. 20 April 2010－2 November 2010: (as the Expo 2010 line).[10][11] Virtual transfer with line 7 – 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.

Important Stations

• West Nanjing Road - located under the busy Nanjing Road. Interchange with lines 2 and 12.
• Jinshajiang Road - located near East China Normal University and Global Harbor. Interchange with lines 3 and 4.
• Site of the First CPC National Congress · Xintiandi - located by Xintiandi Style Mall and the renovated Xintiandi Shikumen neighborhood. Interchange with line 10.

Future Expansion

Shanghai Metro Line 13 West Extension

West extension: It will be extended for 9.47 km (5.88 mi) from Jinyun Road station to Zhuguang Road station on line 17 and add 5 stations.^[13] The stations are: Jizhai Road station; Fangle Road station; Jile Road station; Yunle Road station; and Zhuguang Road station. Construction started on June 28, 2021.

East extension: is part of Phase III adjustment and starts from the current Zhangjiang Road station and ends at Zhangjiang Jidian Port (area), mainly along Zhangdong Road, with a line length of about 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi). Both are underground lines with 2 stations.^[14]

Station name change

• On September 18, 2014, Lupu Bridge was renamed the World Expo Museum.
• On June 20, 2021, Xintiandi was renamed as the Site of the First CPC National Congress · Xintiandi.

Headways

Shanghai Metro Line 13 headway[15]
Time		Jinyun Road - Huapeng Road	Huapeng Road - Zhangjiang Road
Monday - Friday (Working Days)
AM peak	7:30–9:30	About 2 min and 30 sec	About 5 min
Off-peak	9:30–17:00	About 6 min
PM peak	17:00–19:30	About 3 min	About 6 min
Other hours	Before 7:30 After 19:30	About 6 – 10 min
Saturday and Sunday (Weekends)
Peak	8:30–20:30	About 5 min
Other hours	Before 8:30 After 20:30	About 6 - 10 min
Extended Operation Interval (Friday, Saturday)
	After 22:30	About 15 min ~ 20 min

Technology

Rolling Stock

The trains of Line 13 are composed of 6-carriages Class A cars, with a design speed of 80 km/h (50 mph), VVVF AC drive, and a design life of 30 years and are China's first domestically developed trains. Trains have a capacity of about 1,860 people. Carriages are 23.54 metres (77 ft 3 in) in length, 3.0 metres (9 ft 10 in) in width, and 3.8 metres (12 ft 6 in) in height.

09A02 trains (numbers 0942–0945, 0948) were used on Line 13, only used during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which were reassigned from line 9 to line 13, all of which have now been transferred back to line 9.

Shanghai Metro Line 13 rolling stock
Fleet numbers	Manufacturer	Time of manufac- turing	Class	No of car	Assembly[lower-roman 1]	Rolling stock	Number	Notes
144	CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.	2011-2014	A[lower-roman 2]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	13A01	1301-1324 (130011-131441)	Original name: AC18.
228	CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.	2016-2018	A[lower-roman 2]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	13A02	1325-1362 (131451-133721)	[16]
Tc: Trailer with cab; Mp: EMU with pantograph; M: EMU without pantograph. Class A carriage: 21-24m in length, 3.0m in width and 3.8m in height; Capacity: about 310 people.

Future Rolling Stock

Shanghai Metro Line 13 future rolling stock
Fleet numbers	Manufacturer	Time of manufac- turing	Class	No of car	Assembly[lower-roman 1]	Rolling stock	Number	Notes
144	CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.	2023-2025	A[lower-roman 2]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	13A03	13063-13086 (133731-135161)
36	CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd.	2025	A[lower-roman 2]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	13A04	13087-13092 (133731-135161)
Tc: Trailer with cab; Mp: EMU with pantograph; M: EMU without pantograph. Class A carriage: 21-24m in length, 3.0m in width and 3.8m in height; Capacity: about 310 people.

• 
  13A01 train
• 
  13A02 train

References

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6. 13号线祁连山南路站6月15日起开站迎客. Shanghai Metro Official Site. 2013-06-14.
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14. "地铁13号线东延伸、21号线一期延伸到上海东站、浦东机场 [The east extension of Metro Line 13 and the first phase of Line 21 extend to Shanghai East Railway Station and Pudong Airport]". June 1, 2021.
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External links

• Geographic data related to Line 13 (Shanghai Metro) at OpenStreetMap