Shanghai Metro: Accessibility Guide & Travel Information

Join me on the Shanghai Metro as I tell you all the information you need to know about how to use it and access it. The Shanghai Metro (Chinese: 上海地铁; pinyin: Shànghǎi Dìtiě) is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shanghai rail transit, the Shanghai Metro system is the world's biggest metro system by route length, totalling 802 kilometres (498 mi). It is also the second biggest by the number of stations with 408 stations on 19 lines. It ranks first in the world by annual ridership with 3.88 billion rides delivered in 2019. The daily ridership record was set at 13.29 million on March 8, 2019.