Line 1 (Shanghai Metro)

Line 1
Line 1 AC06 trainset in November 2013
Overview
Other name(s)	R1 (planned name)
Native name	上海地铁1号线
Status	Operational; Extension to Chongming Island previously planned
Owner	Shentong Metro Line 1 Development Co., Ltd. (south of Shanghai Circus World); Shanghai Gonghexin Road Elevated Development Co., Ltd. (north of Shanghai Circus World)
Locale	Minhang, Xuhui, Huangpu, Jing'an, and Baoshan districts, Shanghai, China
Termini	Fujin Road Xinzhuang
Stations	28
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Shanghai Metro
Operator(s)	Shanghai No. 1 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Depot(s)	Fujin Road Depot; Meilong Depot
Rolling stock	73 Class A 8 car trains
Daily ridership	1.507 million (2019 peak)[1]
History
Commenced	January 19, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-19)
Opened	May 28, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-05-28)
Last extension	December 29, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-29)
Technical
Line length	36.39 km (22.61 mi)[2]
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground: Shanghai South Railway Station ↔ Wenshui Road Elevated: Xinzhuang ↔ Jinjiang Park At grade: Wenshui Road ↔ Fujin Road
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines (1500 volts)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)[3] Average speed: 33.9 km/h (21 mph)
Signalling	CASCO
Route map Route on the Shanghai map: To scale geographic map: Line 1, Shanghai Metro This diagram: view talk edit 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 Fujin Road Depot Fujin Road West Youyi Road Bao'an Highway Gongfu Xincun Yunzao River Hulan Road  18 (u/c)  18  (u/c) Tonghe Xincun Gongkang Road Pengpu Xincun Nanhe freight line Wenshui Road Shanghai Circus World  20 (planned)  20  (planned) Yanchang Road North Zhongshan Road  3  track sharing w/  4  CRH: HuSuTong / HuNing ICR CR: HuKun / JingHu │ Shanghai EMU Parking lot Shanghai Railway Station SHH  3   4  (shared)  13  Hanzhong Road  12   13   12  Suzhou Creek  13  Xinzha Road  8   2  Contact line to line 8 People's Square  2   8   8   14  Site of the First CPC National Congress · South Huangpi Road station  14   14   10  Middle Huaihai Road (on line 13)  13  South Shanxi Road  10   12   12  Changshu Road  7   7   10  Hengshan Road  11  Xujiahui  9   11   9   3  track sharing w/  4  Shanghai Indoor Stadium  4   4   11  Caoxi Road (on line 3)  3  Caobao Road  12   12  Shanghai South Railway Station Depot Shanghai South Railway Station SNH  3   15   Jinshan   15  Meilong Depot Jinjiang Park Lianhua Road Waihuanlu Xinzhuang XZH  5   Jinshan   5  (under reconstruction)   Jinshan │ CR: HuKun Jiamin line (u/c) Humin Road (planned)  Jiamin (u/c) Jiamin line (u/c)

Line 1 is a north–south line of the Shanghai Metro. It runs from Fujin Road in the north, via Shanghai Railway Station to Xinzhuang in the south. The first line to open in the Shanghai Metro system, line 1 serves many important points in Shanghai, including People's Square and Xujiahui. Due to the large number of important locations served, this line is extremely busy, with a daily ridership of over 1,000,000 passengers.^[4] Generally, the line runs at grade beside the Shanghai–Hangzhou railway in the south, underground in the city center and elevated on the second deck of the North–South Elevated Road in the North. The line is colored red on system maps.