Shanghai Expo Transportation

Expo Entrance Gate 1

The public transportation network for the Shanghai Expo is massive and convenient. Metro lines 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 13 are in services to reach the Expo site. Labels and instructions over the metro stations are so clear that visitors won't get lost. Please read my page Expo Transport Guide for details.

On our first day of the Expo visit, we entered the site in Zone D through Gate 1. Groups and individual visitors were lining up in different queues for admissions to the park. I went to the nearby toilet while waiting for the gate to open. Toilets are clean. Entrance gate queuing areas open at 08:30am. We went through security checks quickly. Zone maps are available at entrances. Once we had got a map, we could easily move around. 

Shibao Avenue Metro Station

The site is extremely large. It is good that there are free intra-site transport services. There are frequent shuttle buses running among zones and across the Huangpu River. Six ferry piers are in service to facilitate people traveling across the river. Piers L1, L3, and L5 are located in Puxi. Piers L2, L4, and L6 are situated at Pudong. A metro line (Number 13) also carries people to the site, away from the site, and within the site across the river. Apart from free shuttle services, visitors can also pay to tour the site by riding the golf-cart-like vehicles.

We left the site through Gate 1 on our first-day visit. Since the gate is about 15 minutes' walk from the Luban Road Metro Station (Metro Line 4), we took a free shuttle bus which stopped right at the Station. It was convenient. There were volunteers helping us out of the gate.

We entered the Expo park from different gates at Pudong on the following two days. In the very late evening of our second-day visit, we left the park through the Shibao Avenue Metro Station (Metro Line 13) which is located at Zone B inside the park. We then got change to Metro Line 7 through security checks at Gate 9 inside the Madang Road Metro Station. We were lucky to catch the last train. 

The first Expo Axis

In the very late evening of our third-day visit, we left the site through Gate 6. From there we saw the full scene of the first Expo Axis. The night view of the Expo Axis is  particularly charming and magnificent. The lighting keeps changing its color, and there sometimes appears the wording of Expo. This is the best location for photographing the Axis. Inside the park, people won't be able to see the beautiful back side of the Axis. On the way to the station, we also saw the flags of all participating countries. There is no need to take any shuttle bus because this gate is close to Yaohua Metro station (Metro Line 7). We caught the last train at 11:15pm.