FACTS · 《6 公里》 6 Kilometres
Every number on screen, its source and the quoted wording. Checked 2026-10-24/25; opening years re-checked 2026-10-28. Values live in timeline.js (FX).
| On screen | Value | Source | Quoted wording |
|---|---|---|---|
| First section date | 1993.5.28 | The Paper (澎湃新聞), 2023-05-28, https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23236386 ; Shanghai Metro official WeChat (shmetro), 2023-05-25, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/rB4x9smT5bt-5Pva95-8yg | "1993年5月28日，上海地鐵1號線南段（徐家彙站至錦江樂園站）開通觀光試運營，線路全長6千米，共設車站5座，開啟了上海的軌道交通時代。" [On 28 May 1993 the southern section of Shanghai Metro Line 1 (Xujiahui to Jinjiang Park) opened for sightseeing trial operation; the line is 6 km long with 5 stations, and it began Shanghai's rail-transit era.] / "1993年5月28日，上海地鐵1號線南段錦江樂園站至徐家彙站通車試運行" [On 28 May 1993 the southern section of Shanghai Metro Line 1, Jinjiang Park to Xujiahui, opened for trial running] |
| First section length | 6 公里 / 6 km | The Paper, as above | "線路全長6千米，共設車站5座" [the line is 6 km long with 5 stations] |
| First section stations | 5 站 (5 stations): 錦江樂園, 新龍華, 漕寶路, 上海體育館, 徐家彙 (Jinjiang Park, Xinlonghua, Caobao Road, Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Xujiahui) | The Paper, as above; the 1993 name 新龍華: The Paper (今日閔行 "Minhang Today", pictures from shmetro), https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23259606 | "共設車站5座" [5 stations in all]; "乘客在當年的'新龍華站'候車" [passengers waiting at what was then "Xinlonghua station"]; "新龍華站（今上海南站站附近）" [Xinlonghua station (near today's Shanghai South Railway Station station)] |
| 1995, Line 1 to Shanghai Railway Station, network 16.1 km | 16.1 | The Paper 23236386; zh.wikipedia 上海軌道交通1號線 ("Shanghai Metro Line 1", supporting) | "1995年：4月10日，地鐵1號線向社會開放試運營。" [1995: on 10 April, Metro Line 1 opened to the public for trial operation.]; "工程全線（上海火車站站—錦江樂園站）試運營，總長16.1公里" [the whole line (Shanghai Railway Station to Jinjiang Park) in trial operation, 16.1 km in total] |
| 1999, Line 2 (中山公園—龍陽路, Zhongshan Park–Longyang Road), first line under the Huangpu | 1999 | The Paper 23236386; Jiefang Daily 2000-06-10 via Sina, https://news.sina.com.cn/china/2000-06-10/96410.html ; Shanghai Release via The Paper, https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_22843411 | "1999年：9月20日，上海地鐵2號線基本建成試通車。" [1999: on 20 September, Shanghai Metro Line 2 was essentially complete and opened for trial running.]; "從浦西的中山公園站至浦東的龍陽路站，全長16.3公里" [from Zhongshan Park in Puxi to Longyang Road in Pudong, 16.3 km in all]; "綠色的2號線是上海第一條穿越黃浦江" [the green Line 2 is Shanghai's first (line) to cross under the Huangpu] |
| Opening years on the line bullets | 3: 2000 · Maglev: 2002 · 5: 2003 · 4: 2005 · 6, 8, 9: 2007 · 7, 11: 2009 · 10, 13: 2010 · 12, 16: 2013 · 17: 2017 · Pujiang: 2018 · 18: 2020 · 14, 15: 2021 · Airport link: 2024 | The Paper 23236386 (the 30-year chronology "上海地鐵站線開通全記錄" ("a complete record of Shanghai Metro station and line openings"), built from Shanghai Metro's own record); Airport link: The Paper, 2024-12-27, https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_29760221 ; Maglev also: Beijing Youth Daily via Sina, https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2003-01-03/0506860702.shtml | 3: "上海地鐵明珠線（3號線）一期工程（上海南站站至江灣鎮站）" [Shanghai Metro Pearl Line (Line 3), phase 1 (Shanghai South Railway Station to Jiangwan Town)] (2000); Maglev: "上海磁浮列車示範線（龍陽路站至浦東國際機場站）開通試運營" [Shanghai Maglev demonstration line (Longyang Road to Pudong International Airport) opens for trial operation] (2002-12-31); 5: "上海地鐵5號線（莘莊站至閔行開發區站）開通試運營" [Line 5 (Xinzhuang to Minhang Development Zone) opens for trial operation] (2003); 4: "上海地鐵4號線“C”字型線路（大木橋路站至藍村路站）開通試運營" [Line 4's C-shaped route (Damuqiao Road to Lancun Road) opens for trial operation] (2005); 6: "上海地鐵6號線（港城路站至靈巖南路站）開通試運營" [Line 6 (Gangcheng Road to South Lingyan Road) opens for trial operation], 8: "上海地鐵8號線一期（市光路站至耀華路站，除周家渡站）開通試運營" [Line 8 phase 1 (Shiguang Road to Yaohua Road, except Zhoujiadu) opens for trial operation], 9: "上海地鐵9號線一期（松江新城站至桂林路站）開通試運營" [Line 9 phase 1 (Songjiang Xincheng to Guilin Road) opens for trial operation] (2007-12-29); 7: "上海地鐵7號線一期（上海大學站至花木路站，除後灘站）開通試運營" [Line 7 phase 1 (Shanghai University to Huamu Road, except Houtan) opens for trial operation] (2009-12-05); 11: "上海地鐵11號線一期主線…開通試運營" [Line 11 phase 1 main line … opens for trial operation] (2009-12-31); 10: "上海地鐵10號線一期（新江灣城站至航中路站）開通試運營" [Line 10 phase 1 (Xinjiangwancheng to Hangzhong Road) opens for trial operation] (2010-04-10); 13: "上海地鐵13號線世博段（馬當路站至世博大道站）開通試運營" [Line 13 Expo section (Madang Road to Expo Avenue) opens for trial operation] (2010-04-20); 12: "上海地鐵12號線東段（金海路站至天潼路站）開通試運營" [Line 12 east section (Jinhai Road to Tiantong Road) opens for trial operation], 16: "上海地鐵16號線（羅山路站至滴水湖站）開通試運營" [Line 16 (Luoshan Road to Dishui Lake) opens for trial operation] (2013-12-29); 17: "上海地鐵17號線全線開通試運營" [the whole of Line 17 opens for trial operation] (2017-12-30); Pujiang: "上海地鐵浦江線開通試運營" [Pujiang Line opens for trial operation] (2018-03-31); 18: "上海地鐵18號線一期南段（御橋站至航頭站）開通試運營" [Line 18 phase 1 south section (Yuqiao to Hangtou) opens for trial operation] (2020-12-26); 15: "上海地鐵15號線（除桂林路站）開通試運營" [Line 15 (except Guilin Road) opens for trial operation] (2021-01-23); 14: "上海地鐵14號線（除龍居路站）" [Line 14 (except Longju Road)] (2021-12-30); Airport link: "27日，連通虹橋和浦東兩大機場的上海軌道交通市域線機場聯絡線（以下簡稱“市域機場線”）也開通初期運營。" [On the 27th, the Shanghai suburban airport link line connecting Hongqiao and Pudong airports (the "airport link" below) also opened for initial operation.] |
| 2010: 420 km (counter and time line) | 420 | 新民週刊 (Xinmin Weekly) 2022-03-14, https://img1.xinmin.cn/xmzk/2022-03-14/200314.pdf ; first past 400 km with Line 10 on 2010-04-10: https://img1.xinmin.cn/xmzk/2022-03-14/060314.pdf | "世博會開幕前，上海實現了 420 公里運營里程、282 座車站數的目標" [before the Expo opened, Shanghai reached its targets of 420 km in operation and 282 stations]; "自 2010 年世博會前夕隨著 10 號線的建成，上海地鐵運營里程超過 400 公里" [on the eve of the 2010 Expo, with Line 10 completed, Shanghai Metro's route length passed 400 km] |
| 1993 → 2010 = 17 years | 17 | arithmetic from the two rows above | |
| Today (2026): 906 km, 21 lines | 906 | Xinhua, 2025-12-27, http://www.news.cn/20251227/ab4daa463ea64289bafea8800917e3c8/c.html (no new line or section opened 2026-01 to 2026-10, per CAMET H1 2026 bulletin and the absence of any opening report) | "至此，上海軌道交通全網運營線路共21條，運營總里程達到906公里，車站總數523座。" [With this, Shanghai's rail-transit network has 21 lines in operation, 906 km in total and 523 stations.] (includes Maglev and the airport link; excludes the Jinshan railway) |
| Daily ridership record | 1339.7 萬人次 (13.397 million trips), 2024.3.8 | The Paper, https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_26618192 | "2024年3月8日上海地鐵總客流為1339.7萬人次（不含磁浮線）。" [On 8 March 2024 Shanghai Metro's total ridership was 13.397 million trips (excluding the Maglev).] |
| London opened 1863, first section about 6 km | 1863 · 6 km | London Transport Museum, https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/visit/museum-guide/worlds-first-underground ; length: Metropolitan Railway, 3.75 miles (Day & Reed 2008, p. 14, via en.wikipedia) | "The first section of the Metropolitan opened from Paddington to Farringdon on 10 January 1863."; "The 3.75-mile (6 km) railway opened to the public on 10 January 1863" |
| London today 402 km | 402 | TfL, https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/london-underground | "London Underground, better known as the Tube, has 11 lines covering 402km and serving 272 stations." |
| 1863 → 2026 = 163 years | 163 | arithmetic |
Figures checked and not used
- First section: 6 km and 1993-05-28, not 4.4 km. Chinese official and press sources give 6 km and 5 stations for 錦江樂園—徐家彙 (Jinjiang Park–Xujiahui), opened for (sightseeing) trial operation on 1993-05-28 (tickets on sale from 1993-04-09 per 今日閔行, "Minhang Today"). The 4.4 km found in English Wikipedia is a different span, 徐家彙—上海南站 (Xujiahui–Shanghai South Railway Station, four stations). The film's title follows: 《6 公里》.
- "London took a hundred-odd years to reach 400 km": no reliable source gives the year London reached ~400 km. The time line states only what is sourced: London 1863 (6 km) → 2026 (402 km), 163 years; Shanghai 1993 (6 km) → 2010 (420 km), 17 years, → 2026 (906 km).
- "The world's longest metro network" is not claimed anywhere on screen: by the Ministry of Transport (Aug 2026) Beijing has 909.0 km and Shanghai 881.5 km (counted differently); Shanghai's own figure is 906 km.
Counter rule
The route-length drums land only on sourced values (6.0, 16.1, 420.0, 906.0). Between 1995 and 2010, and between 2010 and 2026, the drums spin blurred and settle on the next value, so no unsourced intermediate figure is ever readable. During the first section (1.75–4.35 s) the counter measures the drawn line from 0 to 6.0.
Line colours and names
Line colours are the commonly published values (official colour names from Shanghai Release: 1 正紅 (bright red), 2 綠 (green), 3 黃 (yellow) …; hex values from the community table on en.wikipedia Module:Adjacent stations/Shanghai Metro). English station names follow the network's usual signage (上海體育館 = Shanghai Indoor Stadium, not Shanghai Stadium). The schematic geometry is our own drawing; topology of the main interchanges follows the real network, minor stations are generated ticks.