South Shaanxi Road () is an interchange station between Lines 1, 10 and 12 of 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 ...

. It is situated within the inner ring-road on the boundary between

Huangpu District Huangpu, also formerly romanized Whangpoo or Whang-Po, may refer to: * Huangpu District, Shanghai, China ** Huangpu River, in Shanghai, China * Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ** Huangpu Military Academy, in Guangzhou, China * Pazhou ...

and

Xuhui District Xuhui District is a core urban district of Shanghai. It has a land area of and a population of 982,200 as of 2008. The Xuhui District is named after its namesake, the historic area of Xujiahui. Xujiahui was historically land owned by Ming dyna ...

. The newest line that the station serves is Line 12 which opened on 19 December 2015. During the construction of Line 12, interchanging between lines 1 and 10 required exiting the station and crossing a road. Passengers using a

Shanghai Public Transportation 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 ...

were not charged an extra fare as long as they re-entered the station within 30 minutes; those using single-ride tickets, however, had to purchase a new ticket. The main shopping mall at the station is IAPM which is placed at the crossing between the three lines, so it has direct underground entrances from lines 10 and 12. These entrances don't have metro exit numbers, so they are additional to the 10 numbered exits. The station got its name from the road along which line 12 is lying, South Shaanxi Road. This is the South portion of Shaanxi Road, which in turn got its name from

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

Province.

Places nearby

IAPM Mall IAPM Mall, or iAPM Mall, () is a shopping mall located at 999 Huaihai Road in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. This upscale mall houses big-name boutiques on the first two floors, including Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu and Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCar ...

Huaihai Road Huaihai Road or Huaihai Lu (; Shanghainese: ''Wahae Lu'') is a road in Shanghai, China. The central section of Huaihai Road is one of the two major shopping streets in central Shanghai; the other is Nanjing Road. Compared with the more touristy Na ...

, shopping street *

Xintiandi Xintiandi (, Shanghainese: ''Shinthidi'' lit. "New Heaven and Earth",Warr, Anne: ''Shanghai Architecture'', The Watermark Press, 2007, fig. "New World") is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiand ...

* Xiangyang Park *

Jinjiang Hotel Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel (a.k.a. Jin Jiang Hotel) is a luxury hotel in Shanghai. The main part of the hotel comprises two early 20th century apartment buildings, set around two lawns. The hotel contains 515 guest rooms, which include both mod ...

* Shanghai Culture Plaza (former Canidrome site) * Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts * Yongkang Road which used to be the expats' favorite bar street.

Gallery

File:201603 Name board of South Shaanxi Road Station.JPG, Line 12 platform File:Shanghai Metro - Line 10 - South Shaanxi Road.JPG, Line 10 platform File:Station Entrance Shanghai ShanXiNanLu.JPG, Exit 3 in 2004 File:South Shaanxi Road Station Exit 3.jpg, Exit 3 in 2016 File:Exit 10 of South Shaanxi Road Station (20180101141327).jpg, Exit 10 and IAPM Mall in the background File:Exit_to_iapm_at_South_Shaanxi_Road_Station_(20180101153934).jpg, Exit to IAPM Mall

References

Railway stations in Shanghai Railway stations in China opened in 1995 Shanghai Metro stations in Huangpu District Shanghai Metro stations in Xuhui District Line 1, Shanghai Metro Line 10, Shanghai Metro Line 12, Shanghai Metro {{Shanghai-metro-stub