Line 6 is an eastern north-south line of the Shanghai Metro network. 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. The line is colored magenta on system maps.
Line 6 opened on December 29, 2007. The trains, with 4 carriages each, are manufactured by Shanghai Electric and Alstom. 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 line was built to accommodate light metro narrow-bodied "C size" trains, which is not interchangeable with wide-body "A size" trains 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. Line 6 was forecasted to carry 105,000 people/day. However within the first few days of operation the line has exceeded 150,000 people/day. 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. The busiest section of the line is running at 133% capacity. With the opening of Line 12 the Shanghai Metro advises passengers divert to the new line to relieve crowding.
Interchanges
Century Avenue is an interchange among Lines 2, 4, 6 and 9.
Lancun Road is an interchange between Lines 4 and 6.
West Gaoke Road is an interchange between Lines 6 and 7.
Oriental Sports Center, the final station of Line 6, opened in April 2011. It is an interchange among Lines 6, 8 and 11.
Jufeng Road is an interchange between Lines 6 and 12.
Dongming Road is an interchange between Lines 6 and 13.
Gangcheng Road, the other terminal station of Line 6, will be an interchange between Lines 6 and 10.
Yunshan Road will be an interchange between Lines 6 and 14.
