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Line 2 二号线
'Opened for testing'	October 28 1999
'Official opening'	June 13 2000
'Length'	25.4km
'Stations'	17
'From'	Songhong Road
'Via'	People's Square, Zhongshan Park
'To'	Zhangjiang

'Line 2' forms the west-east axis of the Shanghai metro network, intersecting with the north-south axis Line 1 at People's Square. Currently Line 2 runs from Songhong Road in the west to Zhangjiang in the east, passing under the Huangpu river and the Lujiazui financial district in Pudong.

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History

Stations

References

History

★ October 28, 1999 — Zhongshan Park - Longyang Road (16.4 km, 12 stations)

★ December 26, 2000 — Longyang Road - Zhangjiang (2.8 km, 1 station)

★ December 30, 2006 — Zhongshan Park - Songhong Road (6.75 km, 4 stations)
Work is underway on a western extension from Songhong Road to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and an eastern extension from Zhangjiang to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, most of which will be built underground ^[1]. Extension to both airports will see the total length of the metro line increase to over 50km, considerably longer than the current 25.4km.
In October 2006, it was decided to rename three stations on Line 2 until the end of the year^[2][3], adopting a new naming scheme: metro stations are no longer supposed to be named after neighbouring vertical streets (like bus stations), but famous streets and sights in the vicinity, making it easier for visitors to find these places. The renamed stations are Shiji Avenue (formerly Dongfang Road), Nanjing Road (E.) (formerly Middle Henan Road) and Nanjing Road (W.) (formerly Shimen No. 1 Road).

Stations

Some important stations on the line are:

★ Zhongshan Park - Interchange with Line 3 and Line 4. Zhongshan Park, Shanghai's largest park, Several major shopping malls, including 'Metro Town' and 'Cloud Nine'.

★ Jing'an Temple - close to famous Jing'an Temple and the terminal for some airport buses, as well as a shopping plaza.

★ People's Square - at People's Square, an important business and shopping area, the station is one of the busiest on the network. Interchange with Line 1.

★ Nanjing Road (E.) - on Nanjing Road pedestrianised shopping street, and close to The Bund and the bookstores on Fuzhou Road.

★ Lujiazui - the first stop in Pudong, in the middle of the Lujiazui financial center, close to the Huangpu River, Oriental Pearl Tower and Jinmao Building.

★ Shiji Avenue - the biggest station in Shanghai, it will be a 4-line-interchange-station in the soon future. Now You can interchange Line 4 here.

★ Longyang Road - Near Shanghai New International Exhibiton Center and several large stores (Decathlon, Metro, B&Q). Transfer with the Shanghai Maglev and buses to Pudong Airport.

References

1. Metro goes underground to muffle row, ''Shanghai Daily'', 17 January 2007
2. Three Metro station names will be changed, ''Shanghai Daily'', 21 October 2006
3. 'Shiji Avenue' new Metro station name, ''Shanghai Daily'', 21 October 2006