[Shanghai Metro] L4: Hailun Road → Shanghai Indoor Stadium (Outer Loop) 上海地铁4号线: 海伦路 → 上海体育馆 (外环)

Date taken: 25/12/2024 Christmas Day

I was in Shanghai for a year-end vacation from 19 Dec 2024 till 30 Dec 2024, and got around the city by the extensive metro system.

Here is a ride onboard Line 4 (L4) a circle line of the Shanghai Metro. L4 operates in two loops: An inner clockwise loop from Yishan Road (宜山路) via Hongqiao Road (虹桥路), Hailun Road (海伦路) and Century Avenue (世纪大道), and an outer anti-clockwise loop in the opposite direction from Century Avenue via Hailun Road, Hongqiao Road and Yishan Road.

L4 has a shared section with the Line 3 between Hongqiao Road (虹桥路) and Baoshan Road (宝山路) stations, hence it will be quite a sight seeing trains of 2 lines sharing the same tracks and calling at the same platforms.

This is a L4 Shanghai-Alstom (SATCO) Metropolis 04A02 train, Set 0436, on the Anti-clockwise/Outer Loop from Hailun Road (海伦路) to Shanghai Indoor Stadium (上海体育馆). This train model was purchased to increase capacity along both L3 and L4 as ridership increases.

During this trip, I rode on 5 of the 18 metro lines - Lines 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10.

Timetstamps
0:00 – 海伦路 Hailun Rd
3:54 – 宝山路 Baoshan Road
7:36 – 上海火车站 Shanghai Railway Station
11:14 – 中潭路 Zhongtan Road
13:46 – 镇坪路 Zhenping Road
16:38 – 曹杨路 Caoyang Road
18:54 – 金沙江路 Jinshajiang Road
21:46 – 中山公园 Zhongshan Park
24:14 – 延安西路 West Yan'an Road
26:44 – 虹桥路 Hongqiao Road
30:06 – 宜山路 Yishan Road
32:56 – 上海体育馆 Shanghai Indoor Stadium