Line 7 is a northwest–southeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. It connects the Baoshan District of Shanghai with the downtown core as well as the Pudong New Area and the Expo 2010 site. It currently runs from in Baoshan District to in Pudong, which is near Shanghai New International Expo Center. serves as a terminus for trains returning to Chentai Road Depot. The line is colored orange on system maps.

History Construction began on November 24, 2005. The first section of the line from Huamu Road to Shanghai University opened to the public on December 5, 2009. In the first few months of operation, the trains only operated from 9AM-4PM to allow for extended testing of the line. On February 20, 2010, operating hours have been extended to fall in line with the rest of the metro system afterwards. On April 20, 2010, Houtan station entered operation. In December 2010, three stations on the northern extension of the line opens. In June 2011, two more stations on the northern extension of the line opens. In July 2014, Qihua Road station entered operation.

colspan="7" style="text-align: center" bgcolor=# | |-bgcolor=#cccccc !Segment!!Commencement!!Opened!!Length!!Station(s)!!Name!!Investment |-bgcolor=#ffc399 |style="text-align: left;"| Shanghai University — Huamu Road | 24 Nov 2005 | 5 Dec 2009 | | 26 |style="text-align: left;"| Initial phase | ¥18.7 billion |-bgcolor=#ffc399 |style="text-align: left;"| Houtan | | 20 Apr 2010 | Infill station | 1 |style="text-align: left;"| | |-bgcolor=#fee1cc |style="text-align: left;"| Meilan Lake — Shanghai University | 24 Nov 2005 | 28 Dec 2010 | | 3 |style="text-align: left;"| Northern extension | ¥3.157 billion |-bgcolor=#fee1cc |style="text-align: left;"| Panguang Road, Liuhang | | 30 Jun 2011 | Infill stations | 2 |style="text-align: left;"| | |-bgcolor=#fee1cc |style="text-align: left;"| Qihua Road | | 22 Jul 2014 | Infill station | 1 |style="text-align: left;"| | |- style= "background:#; height: 2pt" | colspan = "7" |

Stations

Service routes

M - Mainline: ↔ P - Partial Mainline: ↔ ● 0.000.000Baoshan28 Dec 2010Elevated Side● Luonan Xincun1.651.654● Panguang Road2.984.63830 June 2011Underground Island● 0.975.6010● 1.727.321328 Dec 2010●●2.7410.061722 July 2014●●1.6811.74205 Dec 2009●●0.9512.6922●●1.4214.1125Underground Island & Side●●Changzhong Road1.4115.5227Underground Island●●1.2416.7630●●1.0417.8032●●Dahuasan Road1.2519.0535●●1.0620.1137Putuo●●0.8120.9239●● 1.5322.4542●●1.0323.4845●●0.7524.2347Jing'anUnderground Side●● Yan'an BRT1.3825.6150Underground Island●●1.0926.752Xuhui●●1.6628.3655●●0.9629.3257●●0.7530.0759●●2.2132.2863Pudong20 April 2010●●1.2833.56655 Dec 2009●●0.9434.5067●●0.7335.2369●●0.9736.2072●●1.4837.6874Underground Double Island●●1.4439.1277Underground Island●●1.4540.5780●● 1.6942.2683●●1.1443.4086

Important stations station, which serves the Shanghai University. station is a station where line 7 crosses lines 3 and 4. station, located under the busy Nanjing Road, is an interchange with line 2.

Future expansions There are no current extensions planned.

Station name change On June 6, 2012, Chuanchang Road was renamed .

Headways <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> ! colspan="5" style="text-align: center" bgcolor=# | |-bgcolor=# | colspan=2| || - || - || - |-bgcolor=#cccccc ! colspan=5; align=center|Monday - Friday (Working Days) |- |||7:30–9:00|| About 3 min and 30 sec|| Southbound: Average 1 min and 55 secNorthbound: Average 3 min || Southbound: Average 4 min Northbound: Average 3 – 6 min |-bgcolor=#EFEFEF |Off-peak||9:00–17:30|| About 11 min || colspan="2" align="center"|About 5 min and 30 sec |- |rowspan=2|PM peak||rowspan=2|17:30–20:30|| Southbound: Average 6 min and 55 sec || colspan="2" align="center"| Southbound: Average 4 min and 40 sec |- |Northbound: Average 3 min and 30 sec | Northbound: About 2 min and 44 sec | Northbound: Average 5 min and 30 sec |-bgcolor=#EFEFEF |Other hours|| After 19:00 | |10 – 11 min || colspan="2" align="center"|5 – 8 min |-bgcolor=#cccccc ! colspan=5 align=center|Saturday and Sunday (Weekends) |- |Peak||8:00–20:00|| About 10 min|| colspan="2" align="center"|About 5 min |-bgcolor=#EFEFEF |Other hours|| Before 8:00After 20:00 | |10 – 11 min || colspan="2" align="center"|5 – 8 min |-bgcolor=#cccccc ! colspan=5 align=center|Extended operation (Friday and Saturday) |- | || After 22:30 || ||colspan="2" align="center"|Average 20 min |- style= "background:#; height: 2pt" | colspan = "7" | |- | colspan = "5" | |- style= "background:#; height: 2pt" | colspan = "5" |

Rolling stock Fleet numbers Manufacturer Time of manufac-turing Class No of car Assembly Rolling stock Number Notes |-bgcolor=#fee1cc | 252 || Bombardier || 2008–2010 || A || 6 || Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc || 07A01|| 0701-0742(070011-072521)|| Line 7|| Original name: AC10. Same as 09A02 and 12A01 (but different painting). |-bgcolor=#ffc399 | 180 || CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. || 2016-2018 || A || 6 || Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc || 07A02 || 0743-0772(072531-074321)|| Line 7|| Same as 09A03 (but different painting). |-bgcolor=#fee1cc | 42 || CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. || 2019-2020 || A || 6 || Tc+Mp+M+M+Mp+Tc || 07A03 || 07073-07079(074331-074741)|| Line 7||

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