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

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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

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. 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. ShanghaiMetroMuseumSimulator

Exhibits

The major

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in the

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are the metro simulator, dioramas, the walk through a mock-up subway tunnel, and a 5D

. 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

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's past, present, and future. * The First Line Hall has been dedicated to the first line. There are many items, such as tickets. * The

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

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

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of driving the Shanghai Metro train. If a participant exceeds 80

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, the simulator will activate the

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. If this happens, the participant will have to press a restart button to accelerate. There is a working horn. * Line4Model

There is a working model of Line 4 in the

. It is not very accurate because the train is above ground and it never passes under the

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. * The interactive

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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

This museum gives visitors an experience to walk through a

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subway tunnel. The floors are glass with mock-up rails under it. There is also a small model of a

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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

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inside the museum. There are

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

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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.

References

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Exhibits

Gift Shop

Location

Gallery

See also

References