Line 12 (Shanghai Metro)

Line 12 is an east–west line of the Shanghai Metro network. It runs from Jinhai Road in Pudong to Qixin Road in Minhang District. The first section from Tiantong Road to Jinhai Road opened on 29 December 2013,^[2] and additional stations up to Qufu Road were in operation by 10 May 2014.^[3] The remaining stations opened on 19 December 2015.^[4][5] Since the opening of the extension in December 2015, Line 12 has the most interchanges with other metro lines in the Shanghai Metro.^[6] The line is colored forest green on system maps.

Line 12
Dalian Road station line 12 platform
Overview
Other name(s)	M2 (planned name); Minpu line
Native name	上海地铁12号线
Status	Operational
Owner	Shanghai Rail Transit Line 12 Development Co., Ltd.
Locale	Pudong; Yangpu, Hongkou, Jing'an, Huangpu, Xuhui, and Minhang districts, Shanghai, China
Termini	Qixin Road Jinhai Road
Stations	32
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Shanghai Metro
Services	Mainline: Qixin Road ↔ Jinhai Road; Partial Mainline: Hongmei Road ↔ Jufeng Road
Operator(s)	Shanghai No. 4 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Depot(s)	Zhongchun Road parking lot; Jinqiao parking lot
Rolling stock	75 Class A 6-car trains
Daily ridership	826,000 (2019 Peak)^[1]
History
Commenced	December 30, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-30)
Opened	December 29, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-29)
Last extension	December 19, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-19)
Technical
Line length	40.4 km (25.10 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines (1500 volts)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) Average speed: 28.5 km/h (18 mph)
Signalling	ALSTOM Urbalis CBTC
Route map To scale geographic map: Line 12, Shanghai Metro v t e Legend Direct link │ Re-entry only SPTC required │ Out of system China Rail │ Suburban Rail │ Metro Operational │ Planned or u/c Elevated │ At grade │ Under- ground Zhongchun Road Depot Airport link Nanxin Loop railway CR: HuHang CRH: HuHang / HuSuHu (u/c) Qixin Road  Jiamin (u/c) Jiamin (u/c) Hongxin Road Gudai Road Donglan Road Hongmei Road Hongcao Road  15  Guilin Park  15  Caobao Road  1   1  Longcao Road  3   23 (planned)  3   23  (planned)  11  Longhua  11  Contact line to line 7 Middle Longhua Road  7   7  Damuqiao Road  4   4  Jiashan Road  9   9   10  South Shanxi Road  1   10   1   14   13  West Nanjing Road  2   13   2  Shanghai Natural History Museum (on line 13) Suzhou Creek  1  Hanzhong Road  1   13   13   8  Qufu Road  8  Tiantong Road  10   10  International Cruise Terminal  19  (planned) Tilanqiao  19 (planned)  4  Dalian Road  4   18  Jiangpu Park  18  Ningguo Road Longchang Road Aiguo Road Fuxing Island Huangpu River Donglu Road  6  Jufeng Road  6  North Yanggao Road  21 (u/c)  21  (u/c) Jinjing Road  Chongming  (u/c) Shenjiang Road  Chongming (u/c)  9  Jinhai Road  9  Jinqiao Depot  14

History

Shanghai metro line 12 opening history
Segment	Commencement	Opened	Length	Station(s)	Name	Investment
Tiantong Road — Jinhai Road	30 Dec 2008	29 Dec 2013	17.5 km (10.87 mi)	15	Initial phase (1st section)	¥23.399 billion
Qufu Road — Tiantong Road	30 Dec 2008	10 May 2014	1.1 km (0.68 mi)	1	Initial phase (1st section)
Qixin Road — Qufu Road	30 Dec 2008	19 Dec 2015	21.8 km (13.55 mi)	16	Initial phase (2nd section)
Dongjing — Qixin Road	16 Dec 2022	exp 2027	17.2 km (10.69 mi)	6	Western extension

Construction accident

On December 31, 2012, the ground maintenance warehouse of Jinqiao Parking Lot collapsed during the construction process, resulting in 5 deaths and 18 injuries.^[7]

Stations

Further information: List of Shanghai Metro stations

Service routes

Shanghai metro line 12 service routes
M - Mainline: Qixin Road ↔ Jinhai Road P - Partial Mainline: Hongmei Road ↔ Jufeng Road
Routes		Station name		Connections	Distance			Location	Open- ing	Plat- form^[8]
M	P	English	Chinese		km		min
		Dongjing	洞泾	9	0.00	0.00		Songjiang	West extension under construction
		Liuwu Highway	刘五公路		1.91	1.91
		Husong Highway	沪松公路		1.96	3.87
		Hi-Tech Park	科技园		5.36	9.23
		Changxi Road	场西路		1.44	10.67
		Changdong Road	场东路		1.78	12.45
●		Qixin Road	七莘路		4.73	17.18	0	Minhang	19 Dec 2015^[9]	Underground Island
●		Hongxin Road	虹莘路		1.73	18.91	4
●		Gudai Road	顾戴路		1.23	20.14	6
●		Donglan Road	东兰路		1.87	22.01	9
●	●	Hongmei Road	虹梅路		0.69	22.70	11
●	●	Hongcao Road	虹漕路		1.42	24.12	14	Xuhui
●	●	Guilin Park	桂林公园	15	0.83	24.95	16
●	●	Caobao Road	漕宝路	1	1.55	26.50	19
●	●	Longcao Road	龙漕路	3	0.84	27.34	21
●	●	Longhua	龙华	11	1.04	28.38	24
●	●	Middle Longhua Road	龙华中路	7	1.35	29.73	26			Underground Side
●	●	Damuqiao Road	大木桥路	4	1.57	31.30	29			Underground Island
●	●	Jiashan Road	嘉善路	9	1.01	32.31	31
●	●	South Shaanxi Road	陕西南路	1   10	1.49	33.80	34	Huangpu
●	●	West Nanjing Road	南京西路	2   13 ^[i]	1.40	35.20	37	Jing'an
●	●	Hanzhong Road	汉中路	1   13	1.48	36.68	40
●	●	Qufu Road	曲阜路	8	1.24	37.92	43		10 May 2014^[10]
●	●	Tiantong Road	天潼路	10	1.04	38.96	45		29 Dec 2013^[11]	Underground Side
●	●	International Cruise Terminal	国际客运中心		1.69	40.65	49	Hongkou
●	●	Tilanqiao	提篮桥		0.98	41.63	51			Underground Island
●	●	Dalian Road	大连路	4	0.79	42.42	53	Yangpu
●	●	Jiangpu Park	江浦公园	18	1.29	43.71	55
●	●	Ningguo Road	宁国路		0.91	44.62	58
●	●	Longchang Road	隆昌路		1.42	46.04	61			Underground Side
●	●	Aiguo Road	爱国路		0.92	46.96	63			Underground Island
●	●	Fuxing Island	复兴岛		0.82	47.78	65
●	●	Donglu Road	东陆路		1.70	49.48	68	Pudong
●	●	Jufeng Road	巨峰路	6	1.09	50.57	71
●		North Yanggao Road	杨高北路		1.27	51.84	74
●		Jinjing Road	金京路		1.16	53.00	76
●		Shenjiang Road	申江路		1.14	54.14	78
●		Jinhai Road	金海路	9	2.53	56.67	83			Underground Side
Virtual transfer with line 2 or line 13 – passengers who hold the Shanghai Public Transportation Card and transfer within 30 minutes of exiting the station are able to transfer to other lines without exiting the system.

Important Stations

• Hanzhong Road – a major interchange station with lines 1 and 13.
• South Shaanxi Road – a major interchange station with lines 1 and 10.
• West Nanjing Road – located under the busy Nanjing Road, and an interchange station with lines 2 and 13.

Future expansion

West extension

In June 2021 Songjiang's Party secretary announced that a five station 17.3 km (10.7 mi) west extension to Dongjing on line 9 will start construction within the year.^[12] Construction began on December 16, 2022 with six stations planned on the extension, all in Shanghai's Songjiang District.^[13]

Station name change

• On June 6, 2012, Chuanchang Road was renamed Middle Longhua Road (before line 12 began serving the station).

Headways

Shanghai metro line 12 headway^[14]
Time		Qixin Road - Hongmei Road	Hongmei Road - Jufeng Road	Jufeng Road - Jinhai Road
Monday - Friday (Working Days)
AM peak	7:30–9:30	About 5 min	About 2 min and 30 sec	About 5 min
Off-peak	9:30–16:30	About 6 min
PM peak	16:30–20:00	About 7 min and 30 sec	About 3 min and 45 sec	About 7 min and 30 sec
Other hours	Before 7:30 After 20:00	About 6 - 8 min
Saturday and Sunday (Weekends)
Peak	8:00–19:00	6 min
Other hours	Before 8:00 After 19:00	8 - 10 min

Technology

Rolling Stock

The trains of Line 12 are composed of 6-carriage of Class A cars, with a design speed of 80 km/h (50 mph), VVVF AC drive, and a design life of 30 years.

Shanghai metro Line 12 Rolling stock
Fleet numbers	Manufacturer	Time of manufac- turing	Class	No of car	Assembly^[i]	Rolling stock	Number	Notes
246	Bombardier Movia 456	2011-2013	A^[ii]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	12A01	1201-1241 (120011-122461)	Original name: AC09B. Same as 07A01 and 09A02 (but different painting).
90	Bombardier Movia 456	2017-2018	A^[ii]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	12A02	1242-1256 (122471-123361)
114	CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd.	2018-2020	A^[ii]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	12A03	12057-12075 (123371-124501)	USB charging ports (concealed design).
Tc: Trailer with cab; Mp: EMU with pantograph; M: EMU without pantograph. Class A carriage: 21-24m in length, 3.0m in width and 3.8m in height; Capacity: about 310 people.

Future Rolling Stock

Shanghai Metro Line 12 future rolling stock
Fleet numbers	Manufacturer	Time of manufac- turing	Class	No of car	Assembly^[i]	Rolling stock	Number	Notes
108	TBA	2026-2027	A^[ii]	6	Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc	12A04	12076-12093 (124511-125581)
Tc: Trailer with cab; Mp: EMU with pantograph; M: EMU without pantograph. Class A carriage: 21-24m in length, 3.0m in width and 3.8m in height; Capacity: about 310 people.

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  12A01 train
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  12A02 train being hauled

References

1. "Metro breaks records" (in Chinese). Shanghai Metro. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. . Eastday. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
3. Xu, Huili (23 May 2014). "Qufu Rd. Station of Metro Line 12 Opens on May 10". Graphics by Zuo Rongliang. Shanghai Shentong Metro Group. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. Chen, Lydia (30 December 2008). . Shanghai Daily. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
5. Xu, Huili; Qu, Chunliang (2 November 2015). "Metro Lines 12, 13 Adjust Departure Time of First, Last Trains from Oct. 24". Graphics by Ji Zhoujie. Shanghai Shentong Metro Group. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. Zhang, Ningniing (18 December 2015). "Metro network adds 27 stations". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
7. 2013-02-09
8. 乘车指南 > Station信息. Shanghai Metro Official Site. Retrieved 17 December 2015. Instructions: 点击相应线路，选择Station，点击"站层图"可查看相应Station的站台结构。
9. 上海地铁运管中心 (17 December 2015). 12月19日起 11、12、13号线新延伸段建成试运营. Shanghai Metro Official Site. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
10. 12号线曲阜路站5月10日起开站. Shanghai Metro Official Site. 5 May 2014.
11. 12号线、16号线12月29日起载客试运营. Shanghai Metro Official Site. 27 December 2013.
12. Songjiang's development full steam ahead
13. "设6站、全长17.27公里！轨道交通12号线西延伸工程正式开工建设". Information Office of Shanghai Municipality. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
14. "Schedule" (in Chinese). Shanghai Metro. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.