Nanjing Metro

地铁About this metro system

Nanjing Metro has grown steadily since its first line opened in 2005 into a comprehensive 11-line system serving China's ancient southern capital. The network connects the main high-speed station (Nanjing South) to the city centre, the airport, and the principal historical sites that make the city one of China's most historically rich destinations.

Line 2 is the primary east–west spine, serving Confucius Temple (Fuzimiao), Xinjiekou (the commercial centre), and continuing east to Nanjing East station. Line 1 runs north–south from Nanjing South station through the centre to Nanjing station on the northern edge of the old city. The Purple Mountain area — containing the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum — is served by Line 2's eastern extension.

Nanjing's historical significance is exceptional: as the first capital of the Ming dynasty (before the capital moved to Beijing), the city retains the longest and most complete set of Ming city walls in China — approximately 35 kilometres, largely intact. The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum, commemorating the 1937 Japanese occupation atrocity, is a significant and sobering visit accessible on the metro network.