Welcome to the world's biggest metro system.
Welcome to Shanghai.
Or should I say, welcome to the future.
Just take look at this station.
I've been to a lot of metro stations
throughout China in different cities.
I've been to the Chendu one,
Shenzhen one, Guangzhou, Guiyang.
I've been to loads.
But China just keeps on outdoing itself.
Each one I go to, it just gets better and better.
Look at this.
We're back again.
Back once again in a science fiction movie.
This is not science fiction.
China made it science fact.
The design is amazing.
It goes through a range of colours.
So this is line 14.
We're currently at Yu Yuan garden, right.
And this is the deepest metro
station in all of Shanghai.
We are 36 metres underground right now.
Just think about that for a second.
China built this 36 metres underground.
What's going on?
You can see on the screen there when
the train arrives, it's just arrived now.
And then when the next train is,
and when the third train is coming,
and then also at the bottom,
you can see the capacity, how full each carriage is.
That is crazy.
I don't know how...
How is it detecting that?
So then you can choose one
of the emptiest carriages
right let's get inside the train.
And I have heard that this train
is also fully automated.
There's no driver.
So let's go take a look.
Everyone's just heading back home.
It's rush hour.
Wow, look at this.
No driver.
Oh, I'm at the back end.
I should have gone to the front.
Well, we've got a little window there
to see the tunnel.
Okay, away we go!
I'm facing the wrong way.
And we have arrived at the next station.
It was pretty fast.
It's like two or three minutes.
We're now at Lujiaxui.
Let's get off the train now.
Wow, look at this.
All the people just coming in at the entrance.
So this line was built to relieve
passenger flow pressure from line two.
And you can see
all the passengers that would have been on line
two, but now they're using this line instead.
China's always improving people's lives.
Look at all these people using this
convenient public transport system.
And then just look at this station.
Each station that you get off at
has a different kind of style.
No need for a ticket.
Just scan your phone like this, and we're away.
We're free.
I just popped outside now just to get a glimpse
of my favourite building in Shanghai.
I guess my three favourite buildings.
Hold on the trees are in the way.
Look at that. That is just insane.
Shanghai Tower, Jim Mao Tower and the SWFC.
Chinese infrastructure is just it's uncomparable.
Shopping malls, metro systems, crazy skyscrapers.
I'm just trying to head outside now on a bridge
to get a good shot of all the skyscrapers,
and then we're going to go back into the metro.
More metro, more station hunting.
I have got some good timing today.
The sun is just setting.
Wow, look at this.
There's the Pearl tower there.
That's also one of my favourite
buildings in Shanghai.
Wow, look at this.
I mean, you really do feel like
you're walking in the future.
You're like walking in a science fiction movie.
Oh, I just walked in front of someone's picture.
Wow, look at that.The sunset.
My goodness gracious me,
I've got perfect timing today.
There's another view of the three towers.
This is amazing.
Meanwhile in America.
Oh, man.
You don't realise how hot it is in Shanghai
because you spend most of the time
in shopping malls like this.
and it's got the AC on.
And then also in the Metro,
you have the AC and so you get used to it.
It's only until you come outside and it's like...
Boom. Hits you.
It's so hot in Shanghai at the moment.
Back in the metro now,
and you may have noticed throughout this video
that I'm taking the stairs,
not using the escalators,
I'm taking the healthy option,
because you might have seen in that last video
that I ate so much street food and I gained
10kg of weight, so I've got to burn it off.
Oh, my God. Look at this.
So this is just kind of a walkway
to get to the station.
Look at this screen.
It's crazy. So clear as well.
Meanwhile, in America,
I've now arrived at South Pudong Road.
And once again, another kind of style again.
Oh, this one's kind of just a straight white line.
I like it, though. It's kind of minimalistic.
And once again, you may have noticed throughout
this entire video and all the places I went,
everywhere spotless, clean,
safe, little kiddos running around,
no homeless people, no beggars sat around.
If this was the UK, there'd be a beggar,
like on each one of these posts all the way.
Or some homeless person sleeping.
Is there any here?
You can see the map there.
I mean, look at all those stations.
That is just insane.
And Shanghai Metro system is the world's biggest
metro system by route length
totaling 802 kilometres.
It's also the second biggest by number
of stations, with 408 stations on 19 lines.
And the train has just arrived.
I better hurry up, or I'm going to miss it.
I am now at Jing'an Temple Station.
This is on line two.
Now, this is a bit of a classic station.
It was built in 2000.
It's 23 years old.
And I actually remember taking this line a lot
in 2011, when I used to live in Shanghai.
I always used to take line two.
I'm taking a trip down memory lane.
I'm having fond memories
of my old commute on line two.
But even though it's 23 years old look at this.
Is it crumbling?
Is it like, run down, worn out?
No, it's been maintained over those 20 plus years.
Meanwhile, in America
Line 2 is one of the longest and one
of the oldest lines on Shanghai Metro.
And it's also one of the busiest so like I was
saying, line 14 was built to try to relieve
the passenger flow of this line.
I've just got off the train because
I've spotted a pretty cool station.
This is Wuzhong Road.
Look at this.
It's like we're on some kind of starship enterprise.
Wow
Let's head up here, oh my god...
Oh, my God, I just spotted...
What the...
What on earth?
What the hell?
Oh, my God.
What the hell?
It's like some futuristic kind of...
I don't know what to call it.
Like an aircraft hangar.
And the spaceship just flies in and lands here.
That's crazy.
You can see the...
The three towers that I just showed you.
And the Oriental Pearl Tower.
Wow, this is amazing.
China just keeps they just
keep outdoing themselves at every station.
Right, let's head outside now.
It is now 08:00 p.m..
I came in, I came in here at 04:00 p.m..
I've been checking out all
these stations for 4 hours.
Okay, this one or this one?
This one or this one.
Okay, take the healthy stairs.
Healthy stairs. Here we go.
Here we go.
Oh, I made it.
Okay.
And we're back out on the streets of Shanghai.
It's a bit dark here.
Can you see me?
Right anyway,
that is the end of this video.
And I will see you in the next one.
And now I'm really out of breath.
Signing off.