Jinshajiang Road station explained

Jinshajiang Road
Native Name:金沙江路
Native Name Lang:zh
Symbol Location:shanghai
Symbol:metro
Address:North Kaixuan Road (Chinese: 凯旋北路) and Ningxia Road
Borough:Putuo District, Shanghai
Country:China
Map Type:China Shanghai
Coordinates:31.2322°N 121.4133°W
Operator:Shanghai No. 2/3 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Line:
    Platforms:4 (1 island platform for Line 13 and 2 side platforms for Lines 3 & 4)
    Tracks:4
    Structure:Elevated (Lines 3 & 4)
    Underground (Line 13)
    Accessible:Yes

    Jinshajiang Road is an interchange station on Lines 3, 4, and 13 of the Shanghai Metro. It is located in Putuo District, Shanghai and is one of the stations where Lines 3 and 4 share tracks.

    The station opened on 26 December 2000 as part of the initial section of Line 3 from to,[1] [2] and Line 4 service began here on the final day of 2005.[3] On 30 December 2012, the Line 13 portion of the Jinshajiang Road station began its test runs, providing service westbound towards . Although service did not include mobile or Wi-Fi signals, the metro did provide service from this station to five stations in Jiading District, including Line 13's initial northern terminus, .

    The station served as the eastern terminus of Line 13 until the opening of the eastern extension to Changshou Road on 28 December 2014.

    During the 2021 Shanghai People’s Congress deputies suggested to change the station name to East China Normal University. The naming the station Jinshajiang Road isn't ideal because none of its exits is on Jinshajiang Road and people might confuse it with the West Jinshajiang Road Station on Line 13.[4]

    Location

    The station is next to the Global Harbor shopping mall, which opened on 5 July 2013.[5] It is attached directly to the mall underground. The station is also near East China Normal University's Putuo campus.

    Notes and References

    1. News: http://sh.eastday.com/m/20130527/u1a7417946.html. 27 May 2013. Eastday. zh. zh:20年迈向世界:珍贵老照片展示上海地铁发展. 14 July 2013. 12 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112210654/http://sh.eastday.com/m/20130527/u1a7417946.html. dead.
    2. Web site: http://shtong.gov.cn/node2/node19828/node20119/node20150/node64296/userobject1ai59994.html . zh:上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书 . shtong.gov.cn. 13 September 2017.
    3. Web site: http://shtong.gov.cn/node2/node19828/node76465/node76486/node76582/userobject1ai93531.html . zh:上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书 . shtong.gov.cn. 13 September 2017.
    4. https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2101273903/ Professors call for renaming Metro stations after nearby universities
    5. News: Roman Interiors and Departmental Therapy – Global Harbor Mall . www.shanghaiwow.com . 8 July 2013 . 31 August 2013 .