Why these people are so calm? Because they know another clean and modern train is coming in less than several minutes. Always on time. Calmness is a sign of confidence. And confidence comes from consistent high expectation and delivery, of oneself and of the society.
from nothing to this amazing subway in only 20 years!!!!! that's incredible...and so much clean....!!!! thank you for sharing !!!i would like to go to Shanghai.... and hong Kong too !!!! greets from France !!!!
Yes you should check out Hong Kong. The subway system is almost 50 years old and its holding strong. There is the standard subway from the 70s and the Tung Chung, airport, Disneyland line from the 90s.
+King Yu thanks so much...i'll go to check out the subway but if one day i go to Hong Kong i would like to visit the town from the first deck of the legendary tramway....
Yes. At early years without those half or full size screen door, I could hear the terrible news about people dropped to the tunnel(suicide / pushed) very often. But now, I haven't heard that for many years.
I stay in Europe for 8 years, and have visited more than 100 cities, so far the better and more convenient metro I met is Stockholm, S-Bahn and RE connection in Ruhr area of Germany and S+U Bahn in Berlin-Brandenburg, Shanghai is better than most of the rest. BTW, I saw Aurora in Kiruna, Abisko and Narvik. You Profile photo is cool.
The reason why it still takes a longer time after the door closes is that part of the line 2 station is curved rather than a straight line, thus a full height platform scene door is not able to be bulit. The door in this video requires a manual operation and double check by train captain and station staff to make sure no one/obejct is trapped.{for all stations]
+AllRequired It's very difficult to modernize a station built in 1904 to the level of another built in the 90s. The available space is not the same, modern ones have much more open space. It's very expensive and you would need to close the entire line. Try to close a subway line that serves 500k/800k passengers daily. Good luck with that.
Charles M Thats why the US is expected to decline, there are more and more people here in the States like you, can't take criticism. Kids in China are indeed better taken cared of than American kids. At least they don't have drug problem and school shootings like we do here.
Agree with comment below re: comparison to MTA. Shanghai subway is among the best managed system I've encountered and puts NY Transit to shame in all respects including behavior of passengers!
Which media? Whatever media it is, do not believe it. I have used both systems. NYC MTA is old, dirty and decrepit and passenger behavior is often deplorable. Shanghai subway is the complete opposite. This is coming from a native New Yorker.
Then it is smart, isn't it? Train jumpers causes HUGE delays.. I get pissed off every time when that happens because I have to add another 1 hour to my 2 hour journey from home to university (and vice versa) here in the Netherlands.
Yeah we have the same problem with our trains here in NZ. 5-10secs to complete some stupid computer routine every time the train wants to leave a station. It's just a massive slowdown on an otherwise good system.
You guys don't have metros though, you have the same shitty commuter heavy rail trains just like New York, Sydney and the rest of America and Australia.
Shanghai Metro feels VERY reminiscent of Hong Kong's highly rated MTR system - from station design, platform arrangement to overall design theme. Given Shanghai's population density which is similar to Hong Kong, it probably is a good idea to model it after MTR if this was the case.
Shanghais metro is my favorite by far. It's much much better than Londons subway or New York's for that matter. It's clean, fast, and efficient. The only down slide of it is traveling during rush hour.
The train in wuhan are usually powered by the third rail. The crowded Beijing Subway line 13 and Beijing Airport Line also use the third rails. There is no regulation that restrict which technic should be used.
All train drivers in PRC/ROC/Japan have to obey Pointing and Calling to prevent errors, and this is why it takes a long time for the train to depart. The driver have to leave the driver's room to monitor the closing doors, and later he or she has to return to the driver's room, pointing at signals and marks. This process often takes nearly 12-15 seconds. In some cities, the start of ATO system also takes 3-4 seconds. This makes the train idling before departure. But in JR or some other train companies, there is a conductor at the end of the train, so the conductor can handle the doors while the driver is checking the signals and marks. The conductor can help the train to depart immediately after its doors closed.
It's a beautiful system. I love how new it is. It's unfortunate the New York subway can't have the outside walls and doors for safety and less noise. The trains in the New York subway come in different sizes and so they can't all fit if they put automatic doors in the stations.
Beijing subway operated in 1969, Shanghai Subway operated in 1993. But right now Shanghai subway already longest in the world. The second longest is Beijing subway. Also Beijing subway changed the old line 1, 2, 13, and added the slide barrier door
I remember how some systems in China played this really long message on the platform when the train starts lo leave about transfers to local bus routes, attractions, and advice for passengers.
As a local who lived in Shanghai for 10 years, line 10 is the most clean line, and line 8 is the busiest line because it directly arrive at People's Square(shopping centre).
Great video. I have noticed long dwelling time at stations (I mean door opening/closing/arrival/departure process) is indeed very long compared to other metro systems. This applies not only to Shanghai but other Chinese cities (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen). To my understanding this is due to the fact that the driver must leave the cabin at every stop and visually observe the platform before departing. All about safety and extra steps to achieve it. Not sure if this is really necessary though. It will certainly have to change in the future. At the moment about 15 to 20 seconds in total are wasted at each station (by wasted I mean extra time it takes compared to other countries' metro systems) . So if you go 10 stops you'll be wasting about 2.5 minutes. If 20 stops then it's 5 minutes. Not really a big deal but again this doesn't happen elsewhere and there is no reason it has to happen in China.
urban dweller Indeed. Way too long. Either have an external camera for the driver to look at or a guard who can do this quicker and then let the driver know by means of an on-board communication system.
I'm pretty sure they have both. Don't think any modern metro trains come without cameras and comms. Seems to be a formal procedure that they must follow for some odd reason.
Hi, the 10s waiting time is actually invented by a research team at my undergrad university. Most Chinese subway systems have platform doors to prevent falling during rush hours and other accidents, but this also created a gap between the train doors and the platform doors. It happened before that someone/something(luggage, umbrella) got stuck in this narrow space. So we added sensors to both the two doors and they will automatically reopen if there is anything unexpected. Also, we added a vertical light belt to "cover" the gap at the end of the platform. The driver needs to check from the other end to see if the light belt is complete(which means nothing got stuck in the gap) because anything between the gap will partially block the light belt, and that is what the 10s is for. In addition, if the waiting time is significantly longer, it may be the case that there is another train in the next station. For cities like Shanghai, the interarrival time between trains can be as short as 70sec, so sometimes that happens.
I’m from Mainland China in Beijing and it’s pretty odd how people still don’t get the whole out first in second thing. Rush hour’s a mess on the way. Shanghai seems to be handled better though.
No matter compared to other countries, other Chinese cities or other Shanghai lines: line 2 has absolutely the longest most annoying door open and close wait I’ve used.
saxson911 The system hasn’t gotten an upgrade in a very long time. It’s, I believe, a lack of increased funding to accommodate the increased popularity and ridership on the metro.
saxson911 Jealous Westerners will find every convenient laughable excuse to dismiss China's achievements, since they know their freedom-laden democracies won't and can't provide useful public goods.
Fun fact, they install full height gates mainly to save energy, preventing air conditioned cool air to enter the tunnel. So you can see the old stations and on ground stations without air conditioning use half height gates.
Considering the history, line 3 should be the oldest. In 19th century, the British built a railway in north Shanghai which became the origin of the north part of the line. The south part of Line 3 is also built on one of the Chinese oldest inter-city railways, the Shanghai-Ningbo Railway and when the new S-N railway opened up, the old line that the Line 3 is currently using was abandoned. In order to make everything be used, let’s build a subway!🤪
Chinese people are so loud.... this is an impression in my mind before I come here in China to study...😂😂 but you know what??? When I come here, me and my friend are talking way more louder than Chinese haahaa.
Me upon seeing pictures of Shanghai metro: who tf needs such large and fancy stations? Me upon visiting Shanghai: Shanghai metro system needs bigger stations
+igrenade I agree there's a lot of stuff the MTA can look up to improve. But if MTA ever charges the subway the same fare as the London Underground there's going to be a riot.
Very good. In the newer shanghai metro trains like line 15, line 14, line 18, and some trains on line 10 and 8 have less idle time before departure and doors opening and closing due to the automatic control system. Line 17 is a bit older and doesn't have the automatic system but the idle time is less.
It is indeed slow without express services but the acceleration is much higher. Some old lines without express services are usually complemented with newer projects of "express lines"
I was in Shanghai last year, a large system but pretty easy to use. But the dwell time in the stations as you mention seem long. It takes a bit after the train stops before the doors open, then then even after the doors are closed it would take forever before the train would depart. Not sure why this was. Even when the were platform guards waving the train as clear (which seem odd with platform doors), it would still take forever. They could have higher frequencies with faster service if they would cut the dwell times... But still a nice system overall...
It think it is unfair to compare the subway in NYC and Shanghai. The subway was built much earlier. But I am still proud of what Shanghai have done these years. Love my hometown.
To your text on 2:45 : On the Line 2, the driver have to go out of his cabin and have to open/close the platform gates manually. On all other Lines (in the underground) are Full-Size Platform Gates, which open/close automatically.
Hi Elam, I think so. Though, I bought a multi-day pass, which I believe was not available from the machines, but I could get it from a ticketing agent (who spoke some rudimentary english).
Elam Daly i was able to buy a 24 hour ticket in shanghai at a ticket window------in shanghai i did find the whole metro system slower because of the door opening closing process took a long time.
That was excellent. Your captions are very helpful. Those line 3 cars look very long with five doors on each. Is the rolling stock similar on each line? It was odd that the screen barriers on some platforms were deactivated. Also on the platforms with full height barriers they were synchronised with the train doors. That long dwell time will surely be fixed if the need to increase service levels.
The subway of ShanghaI seems quite different from that of Seoul. Seoul metro is kind of too fast while Shanghai metro seems too slow. Neither do I like, though :( , I personally think the middle range of waiting time of subway between Seoul and Shanghai would be a perfect choice :D Shanghai metro seems quite clean and automated just like Seoul metro, Good for Asia! Greetings from Seoul, South Korea!
I think the speed between both are not too much different, but the gap between 2 stations in Seoul is less than that in Shanghai, that what I felt when I travel in seoul , I can even walk from on to another station in a few mins.
Liang Liang Haha.. yes.. In fact, that culture was usually made in the 20th century when Korea was in crisis historically, and the 빨리빨리 culture contributed to making Korea a developed country in such a short time as well. However, actually there are many problems made by the culture related to mistakes in Korea as well. (Too fast speed sometimes makes work imperfect you know :D)But one thing is good for sure, the fast delivery service everywhere in Korea :D. I've heard that there is kind of 'Manmandi' culture (slow but patient) in China. It's kind of interesting that there are such different cultures in both countries located very nearby each other and sharing lots of similar cultures (except for that one). :) Actually, I'm planning to visit Taiwan, Shanghai and Beijing this summer (first time to visit China) and I think it would be a quite fresh experience for me.:)
People in Shanghai: oh there's barriers better stand behind them to do my mundane tasks People living here in Boston: uHHuUhU gReEN tRAiN iS CoMiNG bETTeR gET oN ThE tRAcKs
Warning to travelers: You should never, ever, ever, ever go on the Shanghai subway at *peak times* (rush hour) unless absolutely necessary. There's a literal sea of people. People often debate about which lines are the most crowded, but as of my experience the worst are lines 2, 5, 9 and 16. AVOID. You will NOT be able to get in at 8 o'clock, especially at a station like People's Square. And even if you get in, you will not be able to get out. 1, 6, and 8 close behind these four. The comparatively better ones are 10 and 13.
I am compiling a video of railroad networks across Asia. I have not had a chance to film this system and was wondering if I could use 30 seconds of your footage? I would be more than happy to list your channel as credits under the description once I put out the video. :)
Would love you to do a video of Hong Kong MTR in the future. It really is one of the best in the world. I rank it and London Underground as the best metro in the world
In India we are building new metro lines in Mumbai city. I hope its standard is similar to the Beijing metro line. The metro stations in India are very dull in appearance compare to stations from East Asian countries. Not quite sure what is missing.
In 11:27 a woman rushed towards the closing doors and actually crossed the screen doors. The safety regulation demands drivers to look and point at the platform directly or look at monitors, and I'm pretty curious about why the driver did not open the door again for the risk that the woman may stuck in the train doors. Pointing and Calling, a system that every train driver in China have to obey, should have prevented things like this from happening.
+Ocean and every cities in China looks the same right? Honestly, what are the standard measurements of the subway system to be called "different" and "diverse", you're being highly subjective here
Had the pleasure of falling asleep and missing a changeover from the airport line and doing the round trip after a 14hr flight from Nairobi (no one bothered to wake up a black man 黑人). I ended up missing the last train to Wenzhou, getting a stomach upset and taking a bus to wenzhou where I was given a bed next to the toilet of the bus. I enjoyed the ride surprisingly 😂😂😂. Beijing people are more welcoming though... Shanghai surprised me everytime.🙄
Why these people are so calm? Because they know another clean and modern train is coming in less than several minutes. Always on time. Calmness is a sign of confidence. And confidence comes from consistent high expectation and delivery, of oneself and of the society.
Jin Kuang in addition to this Metro, you should also check out the Tokyo metro
Beijing metro was top notch too. This Kenyan enjoyed his 7 yrs in China. Amazing country.
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I love how at 11:30 that group of women got separated and the 2 people who didn't get on just laughed and waved lmao
Nicholas lofa IKR so common in china
@@yinan02 😯really ?
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I'd be damn mad if I was separated like that.
Hahahahaa
from nothing to this amazing subway in only 20 years!!!!! that's incredible...and so much clean....!!!! thank you for sharing !!!i would like to go to Shanghai.... and hong Kong too !!!! greets from France !!!!
You're welcome! Yes I also found that impressive.
Yes you should check out Hong Kong. The subway system is almost 50 years old and its holding strong. There is the standard subway from the 70s and the Tung Chung, airport, Disneyland line from the 90s.
+King Yu thanks so much...i'll go to check out the subway but if one day i go to Hong Kong i would like to visit the town from the first deck of the legendary tramway....
+Francois Gauthier I'm Shanghainese living in Paris and I'm sorry I am just always wondering what the bizarre smell is in Paris Metro?
+Guojun Cao i don't know but all i know is that it's not Chanel n°5....
that gate is so smart to add. Would avoid so many accidents
Chantel F There is thzt on some paris line toi
Yes. At early years without those half or full size screen door, I could hear the terrible news about people dropped to the tunnel(suicide / pushed) very often. But now, I haven't heard that for many years.
BlackZac Show most of the station have gates in China metro
Yee..
But they are adding a new type
Totally agree, but the train drivers who were told that they cannot travel faster than 45km/h in train stations may be sad about them, lol.
Shanghai is one of the beautiful city in world and his metro is also amazing. Shanghai metro is better than many european cities metro systems
u'r damn right about that
Thanks, It's true
you can see world through youtube,
The places I did not visit I try to see them through you tube
I stay in Europe for 8 years, and have visited more than 100 cities, so far the better and more convenient metro I met is Stockholm, S-Bahn and RE connection in Ruhr area of Germany and S+U Bahn in Berlin-Brandenburg, Shanghai is better than most of the rest. BTW, I saw Aurora in Kiruna, Abisko and Narvik. You Profile photo is cool.
The reason why it still takes a longer time after the door closes is that part of the line 2 station is curved rather than a straight line, thus a full height platform scene door is not able to be bulit. The door in this video requires a manual operation and double check by train captain and station staff to make sure no one/obejct is trapped.{for all stations]
Only around for 22 years and it's already super-advanced. Meanwhile, North America, with scores of subways decades older, lags miles behind.
+AllRequired It's very difficult to modernize a station built in 1904 to the level of another built in the 90s.
The available space is not the same, modern ones have much more open space. It's very expensive and you would need to close the entire line. Try to close a subway line that serves 500k/800k passengers daily. Good luck with that.
+ZeZeBatata69 Beijing subway was opened in 1968. But they upgrade many times as far . All of lines similar to Shanghai
brioan - did you know BART in sf as a temporary solution for barriers used traffic cones? Lol it didn’t work
Charles M
Thats why the US is expected to decline, there are more and more people here in the States like you, can't take criticism. Kids in China are indeed better taken cared of than American kids. At least they don't have drug problem and school shootings like we do here.
U see the power of communism?
Agree with comment below re: comparison to MTA. Shanghai subway is among the best managed system I've encountered and puts NY Transit to shame in all respects including behavior of passengers!
What you've said is completely the opposite from what I've heard from the media
Which media? Whatever media it is, do not believe it. I have used both systems. NYC MTA is old, dirty and decrepit and passenger behavior is often deplorable. Shanghai subway is the complete opposite. This is coming from a native New Yorker.
ElliotWORLD why would the media do that? They will lose their credibility....
I might add that this is curious to me. Subway: orderly, cooperative, civilized. Traveling on the streets, total mayhem.
Ask your Mom or any other trusted adult in your life,Wang Bo. Not a stranger on the internet.
so clean. and gates at tracks so no injuries occur. Smart.
New York subway and ttc subway didn't have that
It's to stop them from committing suicide.
Ryan Flores In China,more than 40 cities have its subway system,and every station is clean like this station
Not smart. Slows down Subway significantly. They're only there because mass amounts of people have tried to commit suicide that way
Then it is smart, isn't it? Train jumpers causes HUGE delays.. I get pissed off every time when that happens because I have to add another 1 hour to my 2 hour journey from home to university (and vice versa) here in the Netherlands.
I guess those who disliked cannot accept the fact there are other civilized besides U.S.
What if they aren't Americans
@@gameplaychannel1309 Well, just google 'TH-cam users by country'. The vast majority are from the US.
It's only China's coastal cities that deserve to have the 1st world status. The rest, and I mean a majority of China is poor and underdeveloped s fuck
Desmond I do not think so.
@@chrischoy9 Actually there are 41 cities in China that have metro. What about them？
Miss my hometown by watching this video..
Fei same...
But im flying to there in a few days! YaY
Same.
I feel u BUT IM HERE
Quiet subway, calm people, wow!
but those doors take fucking long to close. so annoying
only during off peak. Rush hour gets even worse than Mumbai
Yeah we have the same problem with our trains here in NZ.
5-10secs to complete some stupid computer routine every time the train wants to leave a station. It's just a massive slowdown on an otherwise good system.
You guys don't have metros though, you have the same shitty commuter heavy rail trains just like New York, Sydney and the rest of America and Australia.
borgia535 Unless you're at Peoples Square station, that's a different story
Shanghai Metro feels VERY reminiscent of Hong Kong's highly rated MTR system - from station design, platform arrangement to overall design theme. Given Shanghai's population density which is similar to Hong Kong, it probably is a good idea to model it after MTR if this was the case.
Shanghais metro is my favorite by far. It's much much better than Londons subway or New York's for that matter. It's clean, fast, and efficient. The only down slide of it is traveling during rush hour.
Mr. X it is newer. So naturally better. No surprise.
Toby Li Yes, But it’s maintenance has been considerably better than (obviously) US subways and European subways
@@Vermilion2049 Shanghai Metro is 30 years old, it's not about the age, it's about the maintenance
Unlike New York, trains here are actually powered by overhead power line. Interesting.
Well, considering this system is only ~20 years old, you would hope they did adopt some newer innovations.
David Wu Line 16 is third rail
The train in wuhan are usually powered by the third rail. The crowded Beijing Subway line 13 and Beijing Airport Line also use the third rails. There is no regulation that restrict which technic should be used.
Shanghai metro Line 16&17 is third rail. Pujiang line is rubber-wheel metro like the one in Montréal and Paris.
We have some trains in Chicago that are also powered by overhead wiring.
good idea to have these ramps to prevent people from accidentally falling over the line
Meanwhile @5:20 Amtrak Train Passes By LOL!
That's just a miniature train for kids to ride in.
HAHAHAHA
lmao
@@FelixAn that was a joke
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The metro is quiet, the people are quiet, everything is just so orderly. I'm sold.
All train drivers in PRC/ROC/Japan have to obey Pointing and Calling to prevent errors, and this is why it takes a long time for the train to depart. The driver have to leave the driver's room to monitor the closing doors, and later he or she has to return to the driver's room, pointing at signals and marks. This process often takes nearly 12-15 seconds. In some cities, the start of ATO system also takes 3-4 seconds. This makes the train idling before departure. But in JR or some other train companies, there is a conductor at the end of the train, so the conductor can handle the doors while the driver is checking the signals and marks. The conductor can help the train to depart immediately after its doors closed.
Shanghai is amazing!
It's a beautiful system. I love how new it is. It's unfortunate the New York subway can't have the outside walls and doors for safety and less noise. The trains in the New York subway come in different sizes and so they can't all fit if they put automatic doors in the stations.
In 2020 year Shanghai have 800km of the subway ！ 24 line
Beijing subway operated in 1969, Shanghai Subway operated in 1993. But right now Shanghai subway already longest in the world. The second longest is Beijing subway.
Also Beijing subway changed the old line 1, 2, 13, and added the slide barrier door
I remember how some systems in China played this really long message on the platform when the train starts lo leave about transfers to local bus routes, attractions, and advice for passengers.
As a local who lived in Shanghai for 10 years, line 10 is the most clean line, and line 8 is the busiest line because it directly arrive at People's Square(shopping centre).
Sky eyes I always felt line 13 and 12 were really clean
Great video. I have noticed long dwelling time at stations (I mean door opening/closing/arrival/departure process) is indeed very long compared to other metro systems. This applies not only to Shanghai but other Chinese cities (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen). To my understanding this is due to the fact that the driver must leave the cabin at every stop and visually observe the platform before departing. All about safety and extra steps to achieve it. Not sure if this is really necessary though. It will certainly have to change in the future. At the moment about 15 to 20 seconds in total are wasted at each station (by wasted I mean extra time it takes compared to other countries' metro systems) . So if you go 10 stops you'll be wasting about 2.5 minutes. If 20 stops then it's 5 minutes. Not really a big deal but again this doesn't happen elsewhere and there is no reason it has to happen in China.
urban dweller do understand the amount of people living in China is much more compared to the US or Europe.
Mr. X this has nothing to do with dwelling time at stations :)
urban dweller Indeed. Way too long. Either have an external camera for the driver to look at or a guard who can do this quicker and then let the driver know by means of an on-board communication system.
I'm pretty sure they have both. Don't think any modern metro trains come without cameras and comms. Seems to be a formal procedure that they must follow for some odd reason.
Hi, the 10s waiting time is actually invented by a research team at my undergrad university. Most Chinese subway systems have platform doors to prevent falling during rush hours and other accidents, but this also created a gap between the train doors and the platform doors. It happened before that someone/something(luggage, umbrella) got stuck in this narrow space. So we added sensors to both the two doors and they will automatically reopen if there is anything unexpected. Also, we added a vertical light belt to "cover" the gap at the end of the platform. The driver needs to check from the other end to see if the light belt is complete(which means nothing got stuck in the gap) because anything between the gap will partially block the light belt, and that is what the 10s is for. In addition, if the waiting time is significantly longer, it may be the case that there is another train in the next station. For cities like Shanghai, the interarrival time between trains can be as short as 70sec, so sometimes that happens.
People are so calm and the stations are not overcrowded. Would love to go there someday
I’m from Mainland China in Beijing and it’s pretty odd how people still don’t get the whole out first in second thing. Rush hour’s a mess on the way. Shanghai seems to be handled better though.
No matter compared to other countries, other Chinese cities or other Shanghai lines:
line 2 has absolutely the longest most annoying door open and close wait I’ve used.
Manhattan feels like 3rd world...
Old is not an excuse for no upgrade.
saxson911 The system hasn’t gotten an upgrade in a very long time. It’s, I believe, a lack of increased funding to accommodate the increased popularity and ridership on the metro.
Adventure Guy Isn't the ridership on the MTA much more than that of the tube?
NY subway smells like toilet. Canal Street station leaks when it's raining. I am from New Utrecht, work in Manhattan.
saxson911
Jealous Westerners will find every convenient laughable excuse to dismiss China's achievements, since they know their freedom-laden democracies won't and can't provide useful public goods.
So proud to live in SH❤
Fun fact, they install full height gates mainly to save energy, preventing air conditioned cool air to enter the tunnel. So you can see the old stations and on ground stations without air conditioning use half height gates.
Considering the history, line 3 should be the oldest. In 19th century, the British built a railway in north Shanghai which became the origin of the north part of the line. The south part of Line 3 is also built on one of the Chinese oldest inter-city railways, the Shanghai-Ningbo Railway and when the new S-N railway opened up, the old line that the Line 3 is currently using was abandoned. In order to make everything be used, let’s build a subway!🤪
This is nice, in lujiazui is the second tallest building in the world :) ive been there it gives me the creeps
woah, this video was made just 6 years ago and is already really outdated. im getting homesickness just from hearing the announcements, though.
Really good video! I like it. Thanks for sharing!
its glad to see our door function that well on the station, produced by shanghai jiacheng railway system
Chinese people are so loud.... this is an impression in my mind before I come here in China to study...😂😂 but you know what??? When I come here, me and my friend are talking way more louder than Chinese haahaa.
I know.
I'ts SOOOO loud.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
thx for sharing! thx for the good editing!
Me upon seeing pictures of Shanghai metro: who tf needs such large and fancy stations?
Me upon visiting Shanghai: Shanghai metro system needs bigger stations
Nice
wow very clean train station and comfortable unlike in japan very weird
how is japan weird?
sam kinstone i thought Japan will be much cleaner and tidy, you know, Japanese..
Both Tokyo and Shanghai subways are very clean, it's just Tokyo has way too many lines and confusing
sam kinstone Japan’s is just like, I don’t know, a LOT older.
Adventure Guy and London's is, idk, the *oldest*
i have been to many metro lines and the reason is because i love the engine sounds brrrrrrrrrr
omg chinas subway system makes the Mta look like a joke
Well it is much younger than New York City’s, so it is probably not a fair comparion.
+Luftschlange o
+igrenade I agree there's a lot of stuff the MTA can look up to improve. But if MTA ever charges the subway the same fare as the London Underground there's going to be a riot.
+Luftschlange you can compare with Bangkok train BTS that only opened in 1999
+CraftHunterGaming - (Ong) I'd be happy to. Are you sponsoring the trip to Singapore? :-)
It is a mixed blessing that the subway system is still expanding. Soon the housing price will escalate in Shanghai's rural areas as well.
Very good. In the newer shanghai metro trains like line 15, line 14, line 18, and some trains on line 10 and 8 have less idle time before departure and doors opening and closing due to the automatic control system. Line 17 is a bit older and doesn't have the automatic system but the idle time is less.
Is it faster than the NYC subway? It seemed to have left that station at a much higher acceleration than I'm used to seeing.
Marc Moore It’s slow. No express services. If you need to go between two very far places, you may have to make 30 stops.
@@QuarioQuario54321 At least, it doesn't smell like sewage and there's no rats on the tracks.
emma nebres It always smell more like urine to me
It is indeed slow without express services but the acceleration is much higher. Some old lines without express services are usually complemented with newer projects of "express lines"
Nicely done!
Thank you.
11:27 LOL
RIP
光复华夏 Train driver is savage
I mean trains come every 5 minutes in the off-rush hour, and 0-30 seconds during rush hour so its justified i guess?
This happens when you are dump...
That's why Shanghai subway barely delayed
beautifully filmed!!!
I was in Shanghai last year, a large system but pretty easy to use. But the dwell time in the stations as you mention seem long. It takes a bit after the train stops before the doors open, then then even after the doors are closed it would take forever before the train would depart. Not sure why this was. Even when the were platform guards waving the train as clear (which seem odd with platform doors), it would still take forever. They could have higher frequencies with faster service if they would cut the dwell times... But still a nice system overall...
It think it is unfair to compare the subway in NYC and Shanghai. The subway was built much earlier. But I am still proud of what Shanghai have done these years. Love my hometown.
陈奕 me too
To your text on 2:45 :
On the Line 2, the driver have to go out of his cabin and have to open/close the platform gates manually.
On all other Lines (in the underground) are Full-Size Platform Gates, which open/close automatically.
My mind: Jenn, divert your 2018 Spring Break from Tokyo to Shanghai.
Pretty cool, and it so fast. can't wait to have one in 2018. :*
that train at 5:20 sounds like a dinosaur :(
Does Donald Trump sound like a Dinosaur?
it's a train for tourists
FoxHQ That’s not a train, there are no rails
FoxHQ reminds me of the Ocean City Peoplemover
Rode on it before. It's just a typical small train joyride to help tourists tour around East Nanjing Road and the hub of the city in People's Square.
I love the sound of a train in a tunnel
Great video!
What about buying tickets if you don't speak Mandarin? I'm assuming they have ticket machines with an English option?
Hi Elam, I think so. Though, I bought a multi-day pass, which I believe was not available from the machines, but I could get it from a ticketing agent (who spoke some rudimentary english).
Yes, ticket machine is with English option.
Elam Daly i was able to buy a 24 hour ticket in shanghai at a ticket window------in shanghai i did find the whole metro system slower because of the door opening closing process took a long time.
You can use automatic ticket selling machine in all China's subway stations, they have English service.
You can simply show QR code with your mobile phone and no need buy ticket now.
That was excellent. Your captions are very helpful.
Those line 3 cars look very long with five doors on each. Is the rolling stock similar on each line?
It was odd that the screen barriers on some platforms were deactivated. Also on the platforms with full height barriers they were synchronised with the train doors.
That long dwell time will surely be fixed if the need to increase service levels.
The Chinese subway is so clean and modern. It's futuristic too
The subway of ShanghaI seems quite different from that of Seoul. Seoul metro is kind of too fast while Shanghai metro seems too slow. Neither do I like, though :( , I personally think the middle range of waiting time of subway between Seoul and Shanghai would be a perfect choice :D Shanghai metro seems quite clean and automated just like Seoul metro, Good for Asia! Greetings from Seoul, South Korea!
I think the speed between both are not too much different, but the gap between 2 stations in Seoul is less than that in Shanghai, that what I felt when I travel in seoul , I can even walk from on to another station in a few mins.
congratulations for the improvement of Asia, especially Korea and China
주우찬 South Korean folks are famous for their impatient. 빨리빨리.. is that right ? :D
Liang Liang Haha.. yes.. In fact, that culture was usually made in the 20th century when Korea was in crisis historically, and the 빨리빨리 culture contributed to making Korea a developed country in such a short time as well. However, actually there are many problems made by the culture related to mistakes in Korea as well. (Too fast speed sometimes makes work imperfect you know :D)But one thing is good for sure, the fast delivery service everywhere in Korea :D. I've heard that there is kind of 'Manmandi' culture (slow but patient) in China. It's kind of interesting that there are such different cultures in both countries located very nearby each other and sharing lots of similar cultures (except for that one). :) Actually, I'm planning to visit Taiwan, Shanghai and Beijing this summer (first time to visit China) and I think it would be a quite fresh experience for me.:)
익명할래 I’m sorry? Too slow? Is trains arriving within 0-5 minutes of each other, 0-1 minutes of each other during rush hour too slow?
Line 11,12 and 13 extension opened on Dec.19,2015 you're more welcome to check them out
Great video.
People in Shanghai: oh there's barriers better stand behind them to do my mundane tasks
People living here in Boston: uHHuUhU gReEN tRAiN iS CoMiNG bETTeR gET oN ThE tRAcKs
Why does it take so long to open doors or to depart? Looks comical, I have never seen that elsewhere.
Warning to travelers: You should never, ever, ever, ever go on the Shanghai subway at *peak times* (rush hour) unless absolutely necessary. There's a literal sea of people. People often debate about which lines are the most crowded, but as of my experience the worst are lines 2, 5, 9 and 16. AVOID. You will NOT be able to get in at 8 o'clock, especially at a station like People's Square. And even if you get in, you will not be able to get out. 1, 6, and 8 close behind these four. The comparatively better ones are 10 and 13.
I am compiling a video of railroad networks across Asia. I have not had
a chance to film this system and was wondering if I could use 30
seconds of your footage? I would be more than happy to list your channel
as credits under the description once I put out the video. :)
All the people who pass by just stare at the camera like “Is he doing what I think he’s doing?”
I miss shanghai too i hope when I going back to shanghai march 27 my family will reunite
Would love you to do a video of Hong Kong MTR in the future. It really is one of the best in the world. I rank it and London Underground as the best metro in the world
what day you coming back to new york city to make more subway videos because there are awsome
The Line 2 Old platform doors are now replaced with Upgraded Platform Doors.
Nice acceleration
I love Shanghai！ 我爱上海！
As I was riding one it took 30-45 secs for my arrival at the next stations
In India we are building new metro lines in Mumbai city. I hope its standard is similar to the Beijing metro line. The metro stations in India are very dull in appearance compare to stations from East Asian countries. Not quite sure what is missing.
大部分中国城市的地铁线路其实都有自动驾驶系统（ATO/ATC），但是为了避免司机对于手动驾驶生疏了，会在一些非高峰时段采用手动驾驶练习驾驶。
Yeah, I'm chinese but I can't understand that so please english.
Pixoo He says Chinese subway drivers are always noobs so most lines are driven automatically.
11:29 Oh! Jajaja No llegaron a tiempo... Pero menos mal que no quedaron tan cerca de la barrera andén 😅
Wow 👍👌💐
WOw zbrdast yar
Much better and cleaner than the nasty NYC subways
In 11:27 a woman rushed towards the closing doors and actually crossed the screen doors. The safety regulation demands drivers to look and point at the platform directly or look at monitors, and I'm pretty curious about why the driver did not open the door again for the risk that the woman may stuck in the train doors. Pointing and Calling, a system that every train driver in China have to obey, should have prevented things like this from happening.
awesome
good video
I am actually from Beijing, but I think that Shanghai does better in subway maintained and it doesn't seem overcrowded and dirty compare to Beijing.
MTA NYC Subway should’ve get screen doors to prevent passengers from littering and falling down the tracks
I think every city 's subway in China are all the same
+Ocean and every cities in China looks the same right? Honestly, what are the standard measurements of the subway system to be called "different" and "diverse", you're being highly subjective here
Ocean not really, some station is too crowded that the station is out of control in rush hour
Simon Mao I’ve once seen during rush hour 5 trains on the same line (line 2) arrive within 5 seconds of another pulling out
Had the pleasure of falling asleep and missing a changeover from the airport line and doing the round trip after a 14hr flight from Nairobi (no one bothered to wake up a black man 黑人). I ended up missing the last train to Wenzhou, getting a stomach upset and taking a bus to wenzhou where I was given a bed next to the toilet of the bus. I enjoyed the ride surprisingly 😂😂😂. Beijing people are more welcoming though... Shanghai surprised me everytime.🙄
Good!!!
Now the platform gate had been activated in all stations
Nowadays the Shanghai subway reach the 711 km.
Super super subway👍👍👍👍👍
Just one year from Shanghai Metro Accident!!!
I'm Chinese I went on lines 1,2,9,10, and 4.
It seems people don't wait for passengers to leave the train first
Um that's pretty much the case for most metros in the world and I live in a western country
Justin Xie wasn't aiming my comment to you
Luftschlange,My favourite line is Blue Line & Line 8 of Shanghai Metro.
The trains seem so long compared to anything I've seen in the US
Line 2 doesn't have barriers... In Beijing...
Line2 and line 1 in Beijing was opened in 1968. So it's oldest line in Beijing subway
3:03 that's dangerous how fast the doors close
That barrier thingy its called platform screen doors similar to singapore metro