| Century Avenue | |
| Native Name: | 世纪大道 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Symbol Location: | shanghai |
| Symbol: | metro |
| Address: | Intersection of Century Avenue, Dongfang Road, and Zhangyang Road |
| Borough: | Pudong, Shanghai |
| Country: | China |
| Map Type: | China Shanghai |
| Coordinates: | 31.2287°N 121.5272°W |
| Operator: | Shanghai No. 1/2/3/4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd. |
| Line: | |
| Platforms: | 8 (3 island platforms on Lines 2, 4 & 9 and 2 separate side platforms on Line 6) |
| Tracks: | 8 |
| Structure: | Underground |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Code: | L02/15(Line 2) L04/13(Line 4) L09/34(Line 9) |
| Closed: | , has been reopened. |
| Former: | Dongfang Road (up to 28 October 2006) |
Century Avenue is a major Shanghai Metro interchange station named after Century Avenue, which runs above the station. It is currently one of two stations (the other one being Longyang Road station) on the Shanghai Metro network to serve four lines (namely Lines 2, 4, 6 and 9), and the first four-line interchange metro or subway station in mainland China.[1]
This station, first known as Dongfang Road station,[2] is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened from to that opened on 20 September 1999.[3] [4] [5] Beginning on 22 October 2005,[6] the station closed for reconfiguration and improvements in preparation for the planned 4-line interchange with Lines 4, 6, and 9.[6] On 28 October 2006, the station was reopened and first served as an interchange between Lines 2 and 4,[7] and the name was changed to the present Century Avenue according to the new convention to name metro stations after famous streets or sights in the vicinity. The interchange with Line 6 opened on 29 December 2007 as part of that line's initial section between and,[8] while the fourth interchange with Line 9, part of the line's downtown (Century Avenue to) section, opened on 31 December 2009.[9]
The station uses an optimized interchange solution. Line 6 uses two side platforms on the upper underground level and heads north-south, while Lines 2, 4 and 9 all use island platforms on the lower level and head east-west.[1] [7]
| G | Entrances and Exits | Exits 1-12 |
| B1 | Concourse B | Faregates, Station Agent |
| Side platform, doors open on the right | ||
| Northbound | ← towards Gangcheng Road (Yuanshen Stadium) | |
| Southbound | towards Oriental Sports Center (Pudian Road) → | |
| Side platform, doors open on the right | ||
| Concourse A | Faregates, Station Agent | |
| B2 | Westbound | ← towards Songjiang South Railway Station (Shangcheng Road) |
| Island platform, doors open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | towards Caolu (Middle Yanggao Road) → | |
| Westbound | ← towards East Xujing (Dongchang Road) | |
| Island platform, doors open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | towards Pudong International Airport (Shanghai Science and Technology Museum) → | |
| B3 | Counterclockwise | ← to Pudong Avenue |
| Island platform, doors open on the left | ||
| Clockwise | to Pudian Road → |