Oh thank frickin' goodness. Line 7 and Line 9 of the metro recently extended their opening and closing hours as to actually be useful. No longer do the metros open and close to avoid rush hours. Line 7 now opens around 6 in the morn and runs til about 10pm. Line 9's first train is 5:50am if coming from Songjiang Xincheng and 7am if coming from Century Avenue. Get on it before 9:45pm to make sure you catch it before it tucks away for the night. more ›

What is it with people acting strangely on the subway these days? Yesterday, a woman caused a delay on the Line 9 after brandishing a fruit knife at other passengers. Also, a man has apparently been dressing up as his favorite Korean Idol and doing strange dances all over our metro - to the delight of netizens, who've named him "Leopard Print Man" and uploaded videos and posted his pictures on various internet forums. more ›

The second phase of Line 9 is set to open before the end of this year, meaning that by January 2010, we'll all be able to hop on a subway at Grand Gateway in Xujiahui and get off at the Pearl Tower in Lujiazui like it ain't no thing! The 14km stretch of track, which will also traverse through Luwan, Huangpu and further out into Pudong, will be completed on July 20. Trains will begin testing for two months after that. Other lines on track for opening before the end of the year include Line 6 and the first phase of Line 11. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the second phase of Metro Line 8 began operation, extending the service from its current terminal at the Chengshan Road Station in Pudong to Minhang's Shanghai Airspace Science Park Station. Source: Shanghai Daily more ›

The lonely orphan of the Shanghai subway system, metro Line 9 will be opening this Saturday along with new Lines 6/8 and the extensions of Lines 1/4. Line 9 has been nicknamed the "Ancient Speedway" because it passes through several historically significant satellite towns of Shanghai: Qibao, Jiuting and Songjiang. more ›