Jinke Road (Shanghai Metro)
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Jinke Road is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro
Shanghai Metro
The Shanghai Metro is the urban rapid transit system of China's largest city, Shanghai. The system incorporates both subway and light rail lines. It opened in 1995, making Shanghai the third city in Mainland China, after Beijing and Tianjin, to have a rapid transit system...

. Located along Zuchongzhi Road, the station is located between the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (Shanghai Metro)
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station had been the line's eastern terminus for more than 9 years, before the extension to Guanglan Road entered operation....

 and the Guanglan Road station
Guanglan Road (Shanghai Metro)
Guanglan Road Station is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station is located along Zuchongzhi Road and is located between the Tangzhen station and the Jinke Road station on Line 2. The station is located at an intersection of Zuchongzhi Road and Guanglan Road, and has four exits...

. This station, with two exits, is part of the eastern extension of Line 2 from the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station, and opened February 24, 2010.

History

By 2008, the Line 2 terminated at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (Shanghai Metro)
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station had been the line's eastern terminus for more than 9 years, before the extension to Guanglan Road entered operation....

. On February 24, 2010, the line was expanded from this station through the Jinke Road station to the Guanglan Road station, which was the formal opening of this station. The extension extended the line to about 29 kilometres (18 mi) which now included 19 stations. The entire metro increased its length to around 335 kilometres (208.2 mi) which included 223 stations. The opening of Jinke Road alleviated traffic away from the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station and for those commuting to the nearby Pudong Software Park. The extension also included a rebuilding of the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (Shanghai Metro)
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station had been the line's eastern terminus for more than 9 years, before the extension to Guanglan Road entered operation....

 from February 14 to February 23 to improve power supply and other equipment. Two months later, the line was extended past the station through the Tangzhen, Middle Chuangxin Road
Middle Chuangxin Road (Shanghai Metro)
Middle Chuangxin Road is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. It came into operation on April 8, 2010.This station is part of the eastern extension of Line 2, which is completed in 2010....

, East Huaxia Road
East Huaxia Road (Shanghai Metro)
East Huaxia Road Station is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. Located along the Huaxia Elevated Road, it is between the Middle Chuangxin Road and Chuansha stations on line 2...

, Chuansha
Chuansha (Shanghai Metro)
Chuansha Station is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. It came into operation on April 8, 2010.This station is part of the eastern extension of Line 2, which is completed in 2010.The station is located in Chuansha Town, Pudong....

, Lingkong Road
Lingkong Road (Shanghai Metro)
Lingkong Road is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. It came into operation on April 8, 2010.This station is part of the eastern extension of Line 2, which is completed in 2010....

, Yuandong Avenue
Yuandong Avenue (Shanghai Metro)
Yuandong Avenue is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. It came into operation on April 8, 2010.This station is part of the eastern extension of Line 2, which is completed in 2010....

, and Haitiansan Road
Haitiansan Road (Shanghai Metro)
Haitiansan Road Station is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. It came into operation on April 8, 2010.This station is part of the eastern extension of Line 2, which is completed in 2010.The station is located in Shanghai's Pudong New Area....

 stations to the Pudong Airport station
Pudong International Airport (Shanghai Metro)
Pudong International Airport is the name of a station on the Shanghai Maglev Train and also a station on Line 2, part of the line's eastern extension which has been completed in 2010. The station is located at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport....

, which serves the Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is the primary international airport serving Shanghai, China, and a major aviation hub in Asia. The other major airport in Shanghai, Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic flights...

.

Facilities

The station is an island platform with two tracks, one eastbound and one westbound, on either side. The station is located in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, along Zuchongzhi Road between intersections at Jinke Road and Halei Road. Roughly shaped like a rectangle, the station has two exits, one on each end. On the west end is Exit 3, and on the east side is Exit 1. Both exits are located south of Zuchongzhi Road. The station is served by bus routes 609 and 636.

Service

Along Line 2, the Jinke Road station is located between the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park (Shanghai Metro)
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park is the name of a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station had been the line's eastern terminus for more than 9 years, before the extension to Guanglan Road entered operation....

 and the Guanglan Road station
Guanglan Road (Shanghai Metro)
Guanglan Road Station is a station on Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. The station is located along Zuchongzhi Road and is located between the Tangzhen station and the Jinke Road station on Line 2. The station is located at an intersection of Zuchongzhi Road and Guanglan Road, and has four exits...

. It takes approximately 55 minutes to ride the train to the East Xujing station, the western terminus, and about 35 minutes to ride to the Pudong Airport station
Pudong International Airport (Shanghai Metro)
Pudong International Airport is the name of a station on the Shanghai Maglev Train and also a station on Line 2, part of the line's eastern extension which has been completed in 2010. The station is located at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport....

, the east end. The train operates from 5:33 to 22:48 westbound and from 6:25 to 23:40 eastbound. On weekdays, trains leave the station approximately every 3 minutes and 30 seconds during peak hours and every four to ten minutes during non-peak hours. Peak hours are defined as from 7:30 to 9:30 and 17:00 to 19:00 on Monday through Thursday, as well as 7:00 to 9:00 and 12:50 to 20:30 on Friday. On weekends, trains leave the stations every 4 minutes and 5 seconds from 8:00 to 20:30, and every five to ten minutes during other times.

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