Dongjing station
metro station in Shanghai, China
Dongjing (simplified Chinese: 洞泾; traditional Chinese: 洞涇; pinyin: Dòngjīng) is a station on Shanghai Metro Line 9. It is located in Dongjing Town, in Songjiang District.
The station began operations on December 29, 2007, as part of the initial phase of Line 9's development, which aimed to improve connectivity between the suburbs and central Shanghai. Dongjing Station primarily serves the suburban areas surrounding Songjiang and provides a crucial link between residential neighborhoods and the broader Shanghai Metro network. The station is also planned to serve the western extension of Line 12, which is currently under construction.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dongjing station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.