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Line 17, Shanghai Metro

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Type
  
Rapid transit

Status
  
Under Construction

Opened
  
2017

Locale
  
Shanghai

Stations
  
13

System
  
Shanghai Metro

Services
  
2

Track length
  
35.3

Termini
  
Hongqiao Railway Station

Line 17 of the Shanghai Metro (Chinese: 上海轨道交通17号线) or Qingpu Line (Chinese: 青浦线) runs from Minhang District to Qingpu District. It starts at Hongqiao Railway Station and ends at Oriental Land Park. The total length is 35.2 km. Line 17's color is light red. Line 17 will begin operation in late 2017, from Hongqiao Railway Station to Oriental Land Park.

History

  • Line 17 is an east-west subway line on Shanghai Metro. It is under construction and is planned to open in 2017. It connects Hongqiao Railway Station in central Shanghai to the Oriental Land Park in the western suburb of Qingpu. It will be 35.2 km long with 11 stations, and will interchange with Lines 2 and 10.
  • During the line's planning stages, it was initially treated as a western extension of Line 2, and briefly took the designation of Line 20 before being officially renamed to its current number.
  • Late 2014, Begun Construction.

    • References

    Line 17, Shanghai Metro Wikipedia
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