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The mesmerising lights of the Bund Sight Seeing Tunnel
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Metro:
Thanks to a pre-Expo 2010 infrastructure boom, Shanghai has the longest metro sys-
tem in the world. The city currently has 11 metro lines (with several more under construction)
running all across the city from around 6am to midnight. Everything is signposted in English
and Chinese, and on-train stop announcements are multilingual. Metro line 2 connects Pud-
ong International Airport in the east with Hongqiao Airport in the far west.
Purchase a ticket at the machines in each subway station (you can press a button for
English and follow the prompts). Have plenty of coinage on you, as only some machines ac-
cept notes.
Alternatively, you can purchase a stored-value Shanghai Public Transportation Card -
jiaotong yikatong
- that can be used to pay for fares on the metro, plus taxis, buses, ferries
and Maglev. The added bonus with the Maglev is that you won't have to produce your air
ticket to get the RMB40 flyer's fare (handy when running late for your flight). The cards can
be purchased at the service desk of most Shanghai metro stations with an RMB50 deposit.
