Metro trial launches green drive

In Shanghai, Metro line offered a free trial ride on its first phase of track. When it opens at the end of the year it will become the first subway route from the north-east of the city to downtown.

This is also Urban Public Transport Week in 108 cities across the country including Shanghai.

City residents are encouraged to commute on foot, by bikes or ride Metros, buses and taxis to support the week’s theme of ‘green traffic and health.’

Metro Line 8 runs from Shiguang Road Station, across the Huangpu River and ends at Yaohua Road Station in Pudong, where the World Expo site is under construction. The route runs across Yangpu, Hongkou and Zhabei districts, located in the northeast parts of the city, and then goes through Huangpu and Luwan districts, along the Bund, before extending to Pudong.

According to the current construction schedule by the end of this year the city will see another 100-plus kilometers of new Metro routes and extensions completed.