Shanghai Metro is set to adjust its fares for the first time in 21 years, and a public hearing on the proposed plan is scheduled to be held next month.

On July 29, the official website of Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission released an announcement, planning to adjust the city's rail transit fares and hold a public hearing. This will be the first adjustment to Shanghai's subway fares in 21 years, with the last adjustment made in 2005.

According to the announcement, the public hearing is scheduled to be held on September 7, 2026. The fare mechanism applies to all urban rail transit lines across the city, excluding the Maglev Line, Jinshan Railway, Suburban Airport Line and other suburban lines that will be opened later.

When the fare was adjusted in 2005, Shanghai's subway was stepping into a peak construction period, with passenger flow continuing to rise and the transport capacity of some lines being severely saturated during peak hours. The goal of the fare adjustment was to "shift peak passenger flow to off-peak hours" to ease the overloading pressure in peak periods. By the end of 2005, only five subway lines from Line 1 to Line 5 had been put into operation in the city, with the total operating mileage just exceeding 100 kilometers.

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