Line 6 (Shanghai Metro) Explained

Native Name:上海地铁6号线
Native Name Lang:zh
Other Name:L4 (planned name);
Pudong line (Chinese: 浦东线);
Pudong light rail ;
Hello Kitty line (nickname)
Type: Rapid transit
System: Shanghai Metro
Status:Operational
Locale:Pudong district, Shanghai, China
Stations:28
Daily Ridership:520,000 (2019 peak)[1]
Owner:Shanghai Rail Transit Pudong Line Development Co., Ltd.
Operator:Shanghai No. 4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Character:Underground and elevated
Depot:Gangcheng Road Depot;
Sanlin parking lot
Stock:76 Class C 4-car trains
Linelength:32.3182NaN2
Tracks:2
Electrification:Overhead lines (1500 volts)
Speed:800NaN0
Average speed: 30.10NaN0
Signalling:Thales’ SelTracTM CBTC

Line 6 is an eastern north–south line of the Shanghai Metro network. It opened on December 29, 2007. The entire line is located in the Pudong New Area. A complete trip between the two end terminals, and takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. Line 6 has been dubbed the unofficial nickname “Hello Kitty Line” due to its lurid pink livery. The line is colored

magenta on system maps.

History

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SegmentCommencementOpenedLengthStation(s)NameInvestment
Gangcheng Road — South Lingyan Road31 Oct 200229 Dec 200731.12NaN227Initial phase¥12 billion
South Lingyan Road — Oriental Sports Center12 Apr 20111.22NaN21Line 8 & 11 connector project

Controversy

Like the Lexington Avenue Subway in New York City, passenger traffic has consistently exceeded the designed capacity of the line since its opening and causes severe strain to the services. The planning of Line 6 began in 2000, but real estate development along the proposed line happened faster than anticipated upon the line's initial opening. Uniquely at the time, a majority of the Line 6 opened in one phase creating a 30km (20miles) long corridor overnight. Existing buses were cancelled or diverted simultaneously due to the opening of Line 6, forcing residents along the line to travel by rail transit. This was exacerbated by high initial train headways upon opening as all ordered rolling stock have not been completely delivered. Additionally, the line had relatively short operating hours leading to large number of passengers flooding into the first train.[2] Line 6 was initially forecasted to carry 105,000 people/day. However the aforementioned factors led to the ridership of the line to exceed 150,000 people/day during the first few days of operation.[3] Realizing the sheer miscalculation during construction, the municipal government have pledged to add new trains and shorten wait times starting in June 2008. However, Line 6 still suffers severe crowding and delays especially during rush hours with passenger flow growing faster than expected.[4] In 2012 the busiest section of the line was still running at 133% capacity.[5] With the opening of Line 12 the Shanghai Metro advises passengers divert to the new line to relieve crowding.[6] The line was built to accommodate light metro narrow-bodied "C size" trains with 4 carriages each, which is not interchangeable with wide-body "A size" trains with 6 to 8 carriages on other Shanghai Metro lines. This difference in loading gauge has made it impractical to upgrade the line to higher capacity "A size" trains to relieve demand. The platform length (especially at underground stations) has made it impractical to upgrade the line to accommodate more carriages.

Stations

Service routes

  • M - Mainline: ↔
  • C - Core: ↔ (not operating during AM peak)
  • A - AM Peak: ↔
0.000.000Pudong29 Dec
2007[7]
Elevated Side
1.621.623
Hangjin Road1.533.155
1.714.867
2.036.8910
1.087.9712
1.329.2915
1.1110.4017Elevated Island
Wulian Road0.9611.3620Elevated Side
Boxing Road0.9012.2622Sub-surface Side
0.8113.0724
1.1314.2027
1.0315.2329
1.3416.5731
0.8917.4633
0.8718.3336
0.9319.2638
1.0720.3340Underground Island
0.9321.2643
0.9922.2545
1.3423.5947
1.1124.7050
1.4526.1552
1.5727.7254
1.4029.1257Sub-surfaceSide
0.8029.9260
1.0831.0062
1.5432.546512 April
2011[8]
Underground Double Island (shared with)

Important stations

Future expansion

There are no plans to extend the line.

Station name change

Headways

-
-
-
Monday - Friday (Working Days)
7:20–9:00About 2 min About 4 min
Off-peak 9:00–16:30 About 9 min About 4 min and 30 sec About 9 min
PM peak16:30–19:00About 3 min and 45 sec About 2 min and 30 sec About 3 min and 45 sec
Other
hours
About 10 min - 12 min About 5 min - 6 min About 10 min - 12 min
Saturday and Sunday (Weekends)
Peak 8:30–20:30About 10 min About 3 min and 20 sec About 10 min
Other
hours
Before 8:30
After 20:30
About 10 min - 12 min About 5 min - 10 min About 10 min - 12 min

Technology

Rolling Stock

The designed speed of the train is 80 km/h, the length (Class A carriages are longer at 23 meters) is 19.49 meters (Tc)/19.44 meters (Mp, M), and the width (Class A carriages are wider at 3.0 meters) is 2.6 meters.

Fleet numbers Manufacturer Time of
manufac-
turing
Class No
of
car
Assembly Rolling stock Number Notes
84 SATCO 2007-2009 C 4 Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc 06C01 0601-0603
(060011-060121)
0605-0613
(060131-060421)
0615-0623
(060431-060901)
Line 6Original name: AC12.
44 2009-2010 C 4 Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc 06C02 0625-0633
(060911-061241)
0635-0636
(061251-061321)
Line 6[9] Original name: AC14.
72 2011-2012 C 4 Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc 06C03 0637-0643
(061331-061561)
0645-0653
(061571-061881)
0655-0656
(061891-061961)
Line 6 Original name: AC14.
104 2018-2020 C 4 Tc+Mp+Mp+Tc 06C04 06057-06082
(061971-063001)
Line 6

References

  1. Web site: Metro breaks records . 2019-03-09 . Shanghai Metro 163 Official . 2019-03-09 . zh .
  2. https://archive.today/20120716160426/http://topic.news365.com.cn/jjstxg_4090/200801/t20080103_1709261.htm Four reasons cause the line 6 to be full
  3. Web site: 客流预测报告做出前内定小型车. Sina. 2013-01-27.
  4. Web site: 轨交拥挤排行榜:"6号线德平路到世纪大道站"最挤. 2012-11-22.
  5. Web site: 地铁限流知识 . 2013-03-09 . 文明地铁(安全地铁)宣传 . 上海地铁运管中心 . 2012-03-30 .
  6. Web site: 12号线、16号线12月29日起载客试运营 . 2013-12-28 . 上海地铁运管中心 . 2013-12-27 .
  7. Web site: http://news.qq.com/a/20071226/003868.htm. zh:上海地铁6号线将试运营 粉红为车厢主题颜色. 2007-12-26. Tencent (QQ) News.
  8. Web site: http://roll.sohu.com/20110508/n307009283.shtml. zh:济阳路站更名为东方体育中心站. 2011-05-08. Sohu.
  9. Web site: https://www.crrcgc.cc/ckgf/g7656/s15215/t265144.aspx. zh:上海地铁6号线车辆 . zh . zh:中车长春轨道客车有限公司. 2020-03-20.