Hongqiao Railway Station Station is an interchange station between Line 2 and Line 10 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...

. The station entered operation on 1 July 2010, nearly four months after the opening of the line's Hongqiao extension. It is located near Hongqiao International Airport and a railway station of the same name. The Line 10 section of the station will commence operation at a later date.

From the 2010—2020 metro construction plan, 3 new metro lines are planned to start from this station; they are Line 17 via Baoshan Industry Park to Gongqing Forest Park

Gongqing Forest Park

Gongqing Forest Park is the second-largest park in the city of Shanghai. It is located in the Yangpu District in the north section of the city. As there currently is no metro connection, the park is accessible by taxi or bus only, so it is somewhat less crowded than Century Park, the largest park...

, Line 20, to Qingpu

Qingpu District

Qingpu District is a district of Shanghai Municipality, China. The only freshwater lake of Shanghai, Lake Dianshan, the source of the Huangpu River, is located in Qingpu.The population of Qingpu was 1,081,000. It has an area of 675.11 km²....

 and Line 22

Line 22, Shanghai Metro

Line 22, also known as Jinshan Railway Line, is a metro line under construction in Shanghai. It runs from Shanghai South Railway Station in Xuhui District via Xinzhuang in Minhang District to Jinshan New Town in Jinshan District, crossing Huangpu River on a dedicated railway bridge. Passengers will...

 to Xinzhuang.