Shanghai Metro on the right track after 30 years The city's first Metro line, the 6.6-kilometer southern part of Line 1, which ran between Xujiahui and Jinjiang Park, began operations on May 28, 1993.To get more news about shanghai metro, you can visit shine news official website. After 30 years development, the city's Metro system has expanded from five stops to 508 stops, from one line to 20 lines, with passenger capacity from 1.06 million per year to more than 13 million per day. Meanwhile, the overall length of the city's Metro network, has increased to 831 kilometers, becoming the largest metro system among all the cities in the world, according to Shanghai's Metro operator, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group. A 30-year anniversary ceremony was held at Shanghai Metro's Meilong Base on Laohumin Road in Xuhui District, where the first group of Metro trains stop.At the base, one of the first batch trains stopped with special decoration to highlight the 30-year progress of the city's Metro system. On the train, there is a small sign showing it was imported from Berlin, German. "The train is still in use on Line 1," said a staffer with the Metro operator. "The number on its body, starting with '93' shows that it was enabled in 1993 and has been with us for 30 years." Now, the city's Metro has different train types, such as underground, overhead as well as magnetic levitation trains, most of which were domestically developed and produced. Over the past years, the Metro operator put in a lot of effort in increasing the passenger's experience when taking subways. The operator implements many emergency measures such as adding more trains and extending operating hours during travel peak days, including the May Day holiday, National Day Holiday as well as the Spring Festival travel rush. Nowadays, the passenger volume of Shanghai's Metro accounts for 73 percent of the city's whole public transportation networks. The Metro has become the main public travel option for Shanghai residents. Along with becoming longer, the Metro network is changing into a more comfortable, functional and intelligent system.The 4.52-kilometer-long section includes two stops, connecting the eastern end of Zhangjiang Road and an integrated circuit design industrial park in Zhangjiang area. After it is completed and put into operation, it will improve local public transport and contribute to attract more high-tech enterprises and talent to settle in the industrial park. Shanghai is also gradually launching the new round of construction programs on the Metro network during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), with the total length expanding 248 kilometer and adding more than 130 stops. After the plan is completed, the city will form a Metro system with operating mileage topping 1,000 kilometers and the number of stops hitting 640, according to the operator.