| 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.| Segment | Commencement | Opened | Length | Station(s) | Name | Investment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangcheng Road — South Lingyan Road | 31 Oct 2002 | 29 Dec 2007 | 31.12NaN2 | 27 | Initial phase | ¥12 billion | |
| South Lingyan Road — Oriental Sports Center | 12 Apr 2011 | 1.22NaN2 | 1 | Line 8 & 11 connector project | |||
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.
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| ● | ● | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Pudong | 29 Dec 2007[7] | Elevated Side | |||||
| ● | ● | 1.62 | 1.62 | 3 | ||||||||
| ● | ● | Hangjin Road | 1.53 | 3.15 | 5 | |||||||
| ● | ● | 1.71 | 4.86 | 7 | ||||||||
| ● | ● | 2.03 | 6.89 | 10 | ||||||||
| ● | ● | 1.08 | 7.97 | 12 | ||||||||
| ● | ● | 1.32 | 9.29 | 15 | ||||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.11 | 10.40 | 17 | Elevated Island | ||||||
| ● | ● | ● | Wulian Road | 0.96 | 11.36 | 20 | Elevated Side | |||||
| ● | ● | ● | Boxing Road | 0.90 | 12.26 | 22 | Sub-surface Side | |||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.81 | 13.07 | 24 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.13 | 14.20 | 27 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.03 | 15.23 | 29 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.34 | 16.57 | 31 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.89 | 17.46 | 33 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.87 | 18.33 | 36 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.93 | 19.26 | 38 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.07 | 20.33 | 40 | Underground Island | ||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.93 | 21.26 | 43 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 0.99 | 22.25 | 45 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.34 | 23.59 | 47 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.11 | 24.70 | 50 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.45 | 26.15 | 52 | |||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 1.57 | 27.72 | 54 | |||||||
| ● | 1.40 | 29.12 | 57 | Sub-surfaceSide | ||||||||
| ● | 0.80 | 29.92 | 60 | |||||||||
| ● | 1.08 | 31.00 | 62 | |||||||||
| ● | 1.54 | 32.54 | 65 | 12 April 2011[8] | Underground Double Island (shared with) | |||||||
There are no plans to extend the line.
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| Monday - Friday (Working Days) | |||||||
| 7:20–9:00 | About 2 min | About 4 min | |||||
| Off-peak | 9:00–16:30 | About 9 min | About 4 min and 30 sec | About 9 min | |||
| PM peak | 16:30–19:00 | About 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 | 8:30–20:30 | About 10 min | About 3 min and 20 sec | About 10 min | |||
| Other hours |
| About 10 min - 12 min | About 5 min - 10 min | About 10 min - 12 min | |||
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 6 | Original 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 | ||