Jiamin line

Jiamin line (Chinese: 嘉闵线; pinyin: Jiāmǐn xiàn) is a commuter rail line currently under construction on the Shanghai Suburban Railway, and will be run by Shentong Metro Group.^[3] It runs from Yindu Road in Minhang District to Chengbei Road in Jiading District.^[1] Construction started on 28 June 2021. The line is expected to open in 2027.^[2]

Jiamin line
Jiamin
Overview
Other name(s)	L3 (planned name Shanghai Metro) Line 17 (planned name Shanghai Metro up to 2011)
Status	Under construction
Locale	Shanghai, China
Termini	Yindu Road Chengbei Road[1]
Connecting lines	1   2   5   9   10   11   12   13   14   22   25   Airport Link
Stations	15
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Shanghai Suburban Railway
Operator(s)	Shentong Metro Group
Rolling stock	China Railway CRH6
History
Commenced	June 28, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-06-28)
Planned opening	2027[2]
Technical
Line length	44.04 km (27 mi) km[2]
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines (AC 25 kV)
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)

Proposed Stations

Map of Jiamin Line.

Station name[1]		Connections	Distance km		Location	Open- ing
English	Chinese
Yindu Road	银都路	5	0.0	0.0	Minhang	Phase I 2027
Xinjian Road	莘建路	1 [note 1] (via Humin Road/North Xinzhuang Station)	2.123	2.123
Qixin Road	七莘路	12	2.991	5.114
Qibao	七宝	9	2.843	7.957
Huxing Road	沪星路	25 [note 2]	1.218	9.175
Yingbinsan Road	迎宾三路		2.079	11.254
Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2	虹桥2号航站楼站	2  10   17 (via Hongqiao Railway Station)  Airport Link   Demonstration Area [note 3] AOH	2.417	13.671
Tianshan Road	天山路		2.859	16.530
Jinyun Road	金运路	13	2.250	18.780	Jiading
Lexiu Road	乐秀路	14	3.275	22.075
Nanxiang	南翔	11  22 [note 4]	3.815	25.870
Fengmao Road	丰茂路		7.179	33.049
Jiajian Highway	嘉戬公路		3.236	36.285
Xincheng Road	新成路		3.883	40.168
Chengbei Road	城北路	11  (via North Jiading)	3.086	43.255

Important stations

Except for the Hongqiao hub section, which is laid on the ground, the length of the ground section is 2.68 kilometers, and the rest are all underground sections, the length of which is 41.36 kilometers. There are 14 underground stations and 1 ground station on the whole line. It adopts EMU trains with a maximum operating speed of 160 km/h, and a combined fast and slow train transportation mode.^[4]

The line has double island platforms in some stations, allowing express/local services.

Future extensions

Shanghai Commuter Rail Jiamin line with extension to Taicang

The line is expected to be extended north to Taicang in neighboring Jiangsu Province in the future.^[5]