Shanghai Metro

Shanghai Metro - the biggest on the extent of underground lines in the world (420 km), the daily ridership of more than 7 million. People. Shanghai - the third city in China after Beijing and Tianjin, which began construction of the metro. This is one of the youngest and fastest-growing metro systems, there are 12 active lines and 5 more under construction, including the continuation of the existing ones. According to the long-term plan to 2025, Shanghai plans to build 11 more subway lines and 10 lines of LRT (Light Railway). Unfortunately, I went down into the subway a few times, and I did not like it.

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01. Entrance to the subway. With convenient, one can see what is the line input.





02. Shanghai Metro modern, fast and affordable, at the stations kept clean. Design Sad, used cheap finishing materials. Metro looks more like a provincial shopping center. Colored strip on the glass indicate the color line, which owns the station.



03. In the Shanghai metro has a system of payment depending on the distance. September 15, 2005 after the increase of the cost ranged from 3 yuan for 3 kilometers to 8 yuan per 46 km.
At the end of 2005, Shanghai Metro introduced a unified system of payment (before the transplant with lines 5 and back passengers had to pay extra because the lines are owned by different companies).



04. All tickets sold through vending machines. To organize all - made fence.



05. In order to buy a ticket - you need to specify which station is going to go, and the system will calculate the fare. Ticket is a regular plastic card, which exit you need to pass.



06. at some stations there are points of inspection. Things may be asked to pass through a scanner. When you exit are boxes with the exposition seized from passengers of prohibited items.



07. This is such an arsenal have collected at one station.



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09. At interchange stations is very convenient to make the navigation arrows. Immediately clear which way to go.



10. Stations of almost all the same ...



11. In contrast to many other metro systems in the world, in the Shanghai subway is used tokosёm top, possibly due to the voltage used in 1500 - twice as much as on most systems with the lower tokosёmom. Track width - European 1,435 mm, which allows us to transport wagons, using the railway network of the country.



12. Metro is equipped for the disabled movement. On line 4, the platform is separated from the ways of a transparent wall with sliding doors, they also planned to equip other lines previously opened.



13. LCD monitors inside the train cars are going underground, display advertising and the name of the next station. The trains are also playing a record with the name of the next station in the Chinese and English languages, and information about the sights and shops next to the next station - only in Chinese.



14. At the stations, hot and humid, but in themselves are air-conditioned trains.



15. Underpass. Here it is necessary to consider that everything was done very poorly. Tile staggers and falls off, all small leaks.



16. Exit to the city.



17. When leaving the homeless often sleep. Judging by the number, nobody rides.



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