Openend in 2014, the Shanghai Metro Museum (, Pinyin:shànghǎi dìtiě bówù guǎn) is a museum about the
Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shangha ...
, located near the
Ziteng Road Station of a branch of the Shanghai Metro
Line 10. The museum consists of 3,000 square meters.
There are
simulators
A simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. Simulations require the use of models; the model represents the key characteristics or behaviors of the selected system or process, whereas the ...
,
diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle mode ...
s, and a 5D
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
* ...
.
It has been proclaimed that the second part of the museum is under construction and will include items such as the subway parking lot, and control center.
It is China's only professional metro museum.
Exhibits
The major
exhibits
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
in the
museum
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are the metro simulator,
dioramas,
the walk through a mock-up
subway tunnel, and a 5D
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
* ...
. There are over sixty items in the museum. The museum is currently collecting items from the public to expand its collection.
In this way, the museum will find a better way of introducing the Shanghai Metro.
The exhibits showcase the
metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
's past, present, and future.
* The First Line Hall has been dedicated to the first line. There are many items, such as tickets.
* The
diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle mode ...
shows what it looks like when
Line 1 passes over
Line 2. Inside it, there is a model of a pair of empty shoes. They are a memorial to the metro fatalities that happened before there were platform screen doors.
* The 5D
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
* ...
shows a display of what to do when the
metro train catches fire in a station.
It shows an imaginary movie of starting on a metro track, a person will go through rock walls and battle dangerous animals and end up in a
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 ...
sky city.
The chairs will move and the viewer wears special glasses.
* The simulator is a
simulator
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of driving the Shanghai Metro train. If a participant exceeds 80
km/h
The kilometre per hour ( SI symbol: km/h; non-standard abbreviations: kph, km/hr) is a unit of speed, expressing the number of kilometres travelled in one hour.
History
Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the term "kilometres per ho ...
, the simulator will activate the
emergency stop
A kill switch, also known as an emergency stop (E-stop), emergency off (EMO) and as an emergency power off (EPO), is a safety mechanism used to shut off machinery in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner. Unlike a normal ...
. If this happens, the participant will have to press a restart button to accelerate.
There is a working horn.
*
![Line4Model](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Line4Model.jpg)
There is a working model of
Line 4 in the
museum
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.
It is not very accurate because the train is above ground and it never passes under the
Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...
.
* The interactive
touch screen
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...
game is a game to touch all dangerous items on transportation devices. There is also one where participants find subway stations.
In another one viewers create a subway car with a body, pantograph etc.
*
![Mockuptunnel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Mockuptunnel.jpg)
This museum gives visitors an experience to walk through a
mock-up
In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale model, scale or physical model, full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes. A mockup may be a ''protot ...
subway tunnel. The floors are glass with mock-up rails under it. There is also a small model of a
tunnel boring machine
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They may also be used for microtunneling. They can be designed to bore throu ...
that is used to excavate metro tunnels.
* There are drawings of transport disasters in the hall of the museum.
* There are exhibits that show how the
SMT Shanghai Maglev works.
* There is a sandbox that shows live train operation and signals in the museum. It is large.
* There are also five screens that let viewers see live train operation.
Gift Shop
There is a
gift shop
A gift shop or souvenir shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs, memorabilia, and other items relating to a particular topic or theme. The items sold often include coffee mugs, stuffed animals, toys, t-shirts, postcards, handmade collect ...
inside the museum. There are
Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shangha ...
Mascot Chang Chang pillows,
Shanghai Metro map umbrellas,
carpets, soft toys, pencil cases, and caps.
Location
The museum is located at 1779 Wuzhong Lu, near Ziteng Lu, Minhang district.
The location is easily accessed by Metro Line 10
Ziteng Road station. The museum is built over
China Railway
China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China.
China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout Ch ...
s tracks.
Gallery
File:ShanghaiMetroMuseumSimulator.jpg, The simulator in the museum.
File:Mockuptunnel.jpg, The mock-up tunnel in the museum.
File:Line4Model.jpg, The working model of line 4.
See also
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Shanghai Railway Museum
Shanghai North railway station (), located on East Tianmu Road, was the main railway station of Shanghai during most of the 20th century. It was closed in 1987 and a replica of the original 1909 building, erected on the same site, is now the . Th ...
*
Shanghai maglev museum
References
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Museums in Shanghai
Shanghai Metro
Railway museums in China