Airport link line is a

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line currently under construction on the

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, and will be run by

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. It runs from

Hongqiao railway station Hongqiao may refer to the following locations in China: Literal meaning * Covered bridge (廊桥 or 虹桥 in Chinese), a kind of bridge which looks like a rainbow Transport * Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (上海虹桥国际机场) ...

Minhang District Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wu ...

Shanghai East railway station Shanghai East railway station () is a planned new station in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. It will be located beside Shanghai Pudong International Airport, forming a future major intermodal passenger transport hub. Shanghai East Railway Station ...

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

. The 68.6-kilometer express line is expected to shorten the travel time between the airports of Hongqiao and

from 90 minutes (by Metro Line 2) to under 40 minutes. Construction started in June 2019. The line is expected to open at the end of 2024. The line leads from the Hongqiao hub (not included), heads south along the east side of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line, crosses the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Passage and then turns to the east and travels along Chunshentang, 1.6 kilometers south of S20, after crossing the

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. Walk on the south side of S20 and S1, pass through

Pudong International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports serving Shanghai and a major aviation hub of East Asia. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic fights, while the city's othe ...

and then follow the north side of S32 into

. The main line is 67.339 kilometers long, of which: the bridge section is 4.313 kilometers, the roadbed section is 2.578 kilometers, and the underground section is 60.448 kilometers. The project is divided into east and west construction. The west section is located in Minhang District , starting from Hongqiao Hub in the west and ending at the east end well of Huajing Station in the east. With a total investment of 9.549 billion yuan. It will use a large tunnel boring machine for construction, developed by Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co, the shield named Qiyue, or "swift horse", weighs around 3,200 tons and is 99 meters long. The 14-meter diameter blades, whereas normal blades used to dig the city’s subways are 6.9 meters, can dig and push 60 millimeters a minute underground. A rail transit-style bus operation is adopted, the platform design, train schedule and other aspects are similar to subways, and citizens can use public transportation cards to enter and exit the station.

and Resort station and the termini have a reserved length for 16 car CRH6F trains, other stations will accommodate 8 car CRH6F trains.

Proposed Stations

Service routes

* M - Mainline:

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* T - Through line:

↔ (

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on )

Through operations

* Through operations from to Chengbei Road on the are scheduled. * Through operations from Pudong International Airport T3 to Lingang on the are scheduled. Lingang Express Route

Important stations

In terms of operation mode, rail transit-style bus operation is adopted; platform design, train schedule and other aspects are similar to subways, and citizens can use

Shanghai public transport card The Shanghai Public Transportation Card (SPTC) ( also known as ) is a contactless card, utilizing RFID technology, which can be used to access many forms of public transport and related services in and around Shanghai. Uses The SPTC is a form ...

to enter and exit the station. Approximately 88 percent of the line will run underground, the remaining sections elevated. The above-ground section is between Qibao and Huajing stations.Work starts on Pudong section of airport express link
/ref> There are 7 underground stations and 2 above-ground stations. It will use EMU trains with a maximum operating speed of 160 km/h.

Future extensions

A branch line from Shanghai South Railway Station to the Airport Link Line Sanlin South Station will be constructed.

References

Notes

Shanghai Metro lines Proposed buildings and structures in Shanghai

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

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