People's Square (Shanghai)
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People's Square (Chinese: 人民广场; pinyin: Rénmín Guǎngchǎng) is a large public square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China.
Prominent landmarks on and around the square include:
- Shanghai City Hall
- Shanghai Grand Theatre
- Shanghai Museum
- Shanghai Museum of Art
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
- People's Park
[edit] Transportation
People's Square is also the name of a metro station, located below the square.
This station is part of Line 1 and Line 2, making it the only transfer station between these two lines. This station is exceptionally busy because of a unique combination of being surrounded by office buildings, shopping centers and several touristic attractions. This combination causes it to be extremely busy during peak times, but it remains very busy during the rest of the day as well. To regulate the masses a second tunnel between the platforms has been built so that passenger traffic is now one-way.
In the future a third platform will be opened here for Line 8. It remains to be seen how this will affect traffic flows at the station.
| Stations of the Shanghai Metro | |
|---|---|
| Line 1 | Fujin Rd - Youyi Rd - Baoyang Rd - Gongfu Xincun - Hulan Lu - Tonghe Xincun - Gongkang Lu - Pengpu Xincun - Wenshui Lu - Shanghai Circus World - Yanchang Lu - Zhongshan Bei Lu - Shanghai Railway Station - Hanzhong Lu - Xinzha Lu - People's Square - Huangpi Nan Lu - Shanxi Nan Lu - Changshu Lu - Hengshan Lu - Xujiahui - Shanghai Indoor Stadium - Caobao Lu - South Railway Station - Jinjiang Park - Lianhua Lu - Waihuan Lu - Xin Zhuang |
| Line 2 | Zhongshan Park - Jiangsu Road - Jing'an Temple - Nanjing Road (West) (formerly Shimen No.1 Road) - People's Square - Nanjing Road (East) (Formerly Middle Henan Road) - Lujiazui - Dongchang Road - Shiji Avenue (Formerly Dongfang Road) - Shanghai Science and Technology Museum - Shiji Park - Longyang Road - Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park |
| Line 8 | under construction |
| (stations in italics are not yet in use or under construction) | |
