Shanghai Metro Line 1 is a north-south line of the Shanghai Metro, running from Fujin Road in the north through Shanghai Railway Station to Xinzhuang in the south. It was the first line to open in the Shanghai Metro system and serves many important points in the city, including People's Square and Xujiahui. Due to the large number of important locations it serves, the line is extremely busy, carrying a daily ridership of more than one million passengers; it runs at grade beside the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway in the south, underground through the city center, and elevated on the second deck of the North-South Elevated Road in the north, and is colored red on system maps.
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Established Year SignificanceThe first line to open in the Shanghai Metro system, carrying an average of 600,000 passengers a day in its first year 1 Route TypeNorth south rapid transit metro line, part of the Shanghai Metro 1 TerminiFujin Road in the north to Xinzhuang in the south 1 Operational Status Operational Status
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Source Line 1 (Shanghai Metro) (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Shanghai Metro Line 1
WikipediaHistory section, on the 1993 opening of the line's southern sectionQuote, History section, on the 1993 opening of the line's southern section
The southern section of line 1 (four stations) opened on May 28, 1993.
Line 1 (Shanghai Metro) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Metro Lines, Lead sentence
Line 1 (Chinese: 上海地铁1号线) is a north-south line of the Shanghai Metro.
Exemplifies: Rapid Transit, Lead sentence
Line 1 (Chinese: 上海地铁1号线) is a north-south line of the Shanghai Metro.
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