# Guanglan Road station

Guanglan Road (simplified Chinese: 广兰路; traditional Chinese: 廣蘭路; pinyin: Guǎnglán Lù) is an interchange station between Line 2 and Line 21 of the Shanghai Metro. The station is located along Zuchongzhi Road and is located between the stations of Tangzhen and the Jinke Road on Line 2. The station is located east of the intersection between Zuchongzhi Road and Guanglan Road, and has four exits. The station was opened on 24 February 2010, after Line 2 was extended from Zhangjiang High Technology Park.
The station has 3 tracks (5 when Line 21 is complete), 1 island platform(2 when Line 21 is complete), and a side platform. Line 2 Trains heading to National Exhibition and Convention Center use the line 2 island platform and trains heading to Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 use the side platform, while Line 21 uses another set of island platforms when built.

## History

By 2008, the Line 2 terminated at the Zhangjiang High Technology Park station. On 24 February 2010, the line was expanded from this station through the Jinke Road station to the Guanglan Road station. Two months later, the line was extended past this station through Tangzhen, Middle Chuangxin Road, East Huaxia Road, Chuansha, Lingkong Road, Yuandong Avenue, and Haitiansan Road stations to the Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 station, which serves the Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

## Facilities

The station is located in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, along Zuchongzhi Road, near an intersection with Guanglan Road and Shenjiang Road.

### Exits

Shaped like an oblong rectangle, the station has 4 exits, 1-5 (There is no Exit 3)
* Exits 1 and 5 are located north of Zuchongzhi Road, with exit 1 further to the east than exit 5.
* Exits 2 and 4 are located south of the road, with exit 4 further to the west than exit 2. Exit 4 is located south of the Pudongxingqu Zhangjiangzhen Zhongxin Elementary School, which occupies the area above the western section of the station. The eastern section of the station is located beneath a Shanghai Tianxiang Garment Manufacturing Ltd. Co. building. The station is served by bus routes 615, 636, and 990.

## Service

Along Line 2, the station is located between the Jinke Road station and the Tangzhen station. It takes approximately 60 minutes to ride the train to National Exhibition and Convention Center, the west end of the line, and 34 minutes to Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2, the eastern terminus. The train operates from 5:30 to 22:45 westbound and from 6:30 to 21:00 eastbound. On weekdays, trains leave the station approximately every 3 minutes and 30 seconds during peak hours and every four to ten minutes during non-peak hours. Peak hours are defined as from 7:30 to 9:30 and 17:00 to 19:00 on Monday through Thursday, as well as 7:00 to 9:00 and 12:50 to 20:30 on Friday. On weekends, trains leave the stations every 4 minutes and 5 seconds from 8:00 to 20:30, and every five to ten minutes during other times. Before 2019, the station was a transfer station for passengers traveling to or from points east on Line 2. Originally, Line 2 used 4-carriage trains heading east of Guanglan Road while 8-carriage trains were used heading west. In April 2019, short-running on the eastern portion of the line became rush hour only and mainline services were extended to Pudong Airport with 8-carriage trains.

## Future

Line 21 will stop at this station when constructions are expected to finish at 2027.

## Station Layout

| G | Entrances and Exits | Exits 1-2, 4-5 |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Station Agent |
| B2 | Westbound | ← Line 2 towards National Exhibition and Convention Center (Jinke Road) |
| Island platform ||
| B2 | Westbound | ← Line 2 towards National Exhibition and Convention Center (Jinke Road) |
| B2 | Eastbound | → Line 2 towards Pudong Airport Terminal 1&2 (Tangzhen) → |
| Side Platform, doors open on the right ||