East Huaxia Road | |
Native Name: | 华夏东路 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
Symbol Location: | shanghai |
Symbol: | metro |
Address: | Pudong, Shanghai |
Country: | China |
Map Type: | China Shanghai |
Operator: | Shanghai No. 2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd. |
Platforms: | 2 (2 side platforms) |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Underground |
Accessible: | Yes |
Code: | L02/06 |
East Huaxia Road is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. Located along the Huaxia Elevated Road, it is between the and stations on Line 2. It came into operation on April 8, 2010 as part of an eastward extension from to .
The station is located beneath Third Huaxia Road, between Qingyi Road (Chinese: 青艺路) and the Huaxia Elevated Road. Along Line 2, it is located between the and stations.[1] It takes about 20 minutes to ride the train to the, the eastern terminus of the line, and about 70 minutes to, the west end.[2] The station has three exits, numbered 1, 4, and 5. Exit 1 is branched northeast of the station, south of the Huaxia Elevated Road and east of Third Huaxia Road. Along the northwest side of the station is Exit 4 which is located west of Third Huaxia Road. Exit 5 is located south of Qingyi Road east of the station.[3]
By early March 2010, line 2 had been completed through .[4] [5] On April 8, the line was extended past the station through the, and stations, through East Huaxia Road, as well as the,,, and stations to station, which serves the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. This extension originally used four-carriage trains as opposed to the eight-carriage trains used west of Guanglan Road, which served as the transfer point until eight-carriage through trains were introduced in April 2019.[6]