The last two lines of the Shanghai Metro closed on Tuesday afternoon, thus bringing the entire Shanghai Metro to a halt. “From 1 p.m. on May 10, 2022 and until further notice, the sixth and sixteenth lines of the Shanghai Metro will cease operation. At this time, all lines and stations of the Shanghai Metro have stopped working,” reads a message published on the official Weibo account of the subway.

The Shanghai Metro ranks first in the world in terms of length – 831 kilometers. As of December 30, 2021, the Shanghai Metro system consisted of 20 lines and 508 stations. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the average daily ridership was more than 10 million.

Authorities in eastern China’s 25 million people Shanghai imposed the lockdown on March 28. The initial plan was to implement the lockdown, which was necessary to conduct several rounds of mass testing and prevent the spread of the disease, in two phases and end on April 5, but the lockdown was extended indefinitely due to the large number of infected people.In China, authorities have had a “zero-tolerance” policy for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, so even with not particularly high rates of COVID-19 in the country.