Line 8, Shanghai Metro

Line 8, Shanghai Metro

An AC07 series train at Laoximen Station on Line 8.
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Shanghai Metro
Status Extension to South Pujin Road under construction.
Locale Shanghai, China
Termini Shiguang Road
Shendu Highway
Stations 30
Daily ridership 1.09 million (2015 peak)[1][2]
Operation
Opened December 29, 2007
Operator(s) Shanghai No.4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Character Underground and elevated
Technical
Line length 37.4 km (23.24 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification Overhead lines (1500 volts)
Operating speed 80 km/h (49.71 mph)
Route map
Line 8

Line 8 is a north-south line of the Shanghai Metro network. It runs from Shiguang Road Station, in Yangpu District to Shendu Highway Station, in Minhang.The line is colored blue on system maps.

Service routes

Stations

Service

routes
Station Name
English
'Station Name
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Hanzi
Transfer
Location
● Shiguang Road 市光路 Yangpu
● Nenjiang Road 嫩江路
● Xiangyin Road 翔殷路
● Huangxing Park 黄兴公园
●● Middle Yanji Road 延吉中路
●● Huangxing Road 黄兴路
●● Jiangpu Road 江浦路
●● Anshan Xincun 鞍山新村
●● Siping Road 四平路  10  Hongkou
●● Quyang Road 曲阳路
●● Hongkou Football Stadium 虹口足球场  3 
●● North Xizang Road 西藏北路 Jing'an
●● Zhongxing Road 中兴路
●● Qufu Road 曲阜路  12 
●● People's Square 人民广场  1  2  Huangpu
●● Dashijie 大世界
●● Laoximen 老西门  10 
●● Lujiabang Road 陆家浜路  9 
●● South Xizang Road 西藏南路  4 
●● China Art Museum 中华艺术宫 Pudong
●● Yaohua Road 耀华路  7 
●● Chengshan Road 成山路
●● Yangsi 杨思
●● Oriental Sports Center 东方体育中心  6  11 
● Lingzhao Xincun 凌兆新村
● Luheng Road 芦恒路 Minhang
● Pujiang Town 浦江镇
● Jiangyue Road 江月路
● Lianhang Road 联航路
● Shendu Highway 沈杜公路

Important stations

Introduction

The subway line's first phase, which opened on December 29, 2007, runs between Shiguang Road Station and Yaohua Road Station, excluding Zhoujiadu Station. Trial operation began for the first phase of this line on September 16. The second phase, from Yaohua Road Station to Shendu Highway Station, excluding Oriental Sports Center Station, began its trial runs on July 5, 2009. Oriental Sports Center Station opened in April 2011. The third phase will extend Line 8 south from Shendu Highway Station to South Pujin Road and will be 6.2 km long. It could possibly use rubber tire technology.

Even though Line 8 is a heavy rail rapid transit line, "C size" trains used for light metro lines consisting of 6 or 7 cars are being used throughout the line with platforms built to accommodate up to 8 car trains. Due to the trains relatively small size and capacity compared to "A size" trains used on other Shanghai Metro lines the line is extremely crowded. This has caused much doubt among the public in the Shanghai Metro's ability to accurately predict passenger flows for future lines.[3] It was revealed that line 8 originally was forecasted to have a short term daily ridership of 400,000-500,000 people/day, which warrants the use of "A size" trains. This is not surprising given Line 8 is planned to pass by some of Shanghai's densest neighborhoods and several major attractions. However the forecast was downgraded to 200,000 people/day which allowed Shanghai Alstom, a company interested in manufacturing and selling "C size" trains in Shanghai, to build trains for line 8.[3] There are no short term solutions to the overcrowding. The loading gauges of "A size" trains are incompatible with "C size" trains but parallel relief bus services have started operating.[3]

Rolling Stock

Type Time of manufacturing Series Sets Assembly Notes
Type C 2006–2008 AC07 28 Tc＋Mp＋M＋M＋Mp＋Tc (6 car set)
Tc＋Mp＋M＋T＋M＋Mp＋Tc (7 car set)		Manufactured by Alstom
Type C 2009–2012 AC15 18 Tc＋Mp＋M＋M＋M＋Mp＋Tc Manufactured by CNR Changchun
Type C 2010–2012 AC15B 20 Tc＋Mp＋M＋M＋M＋Mp＋TcManufactured by CNR Changchun

References

  1. ↑ "上海地铁官方微博". 上海地铁. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  2. ↑ "12月31日客流破千万". Shanghai Metro. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "客流预测报告做出前内定小型车". Sina. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

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