The total number of passengers taking Shanghai Metro reached 11.21 million on September 16, thanks partly to the various activities, including the ongoing Double Five Shopping Festival.

It's the first time in 2022 that the number has exceeded the landmark of 11 million.

Shanghai's subway system transported a total of 254 million passengers in August, according to the Shanghai Transport Command . The daily average number of passengers riding the Metro was 8.2 million in August, rising 19.5 percent from that of July.

In August, the highest number of passengers was on August 26 when the total number of passengers riding the Metro reached 10.01 million, surpassing the landmark of 10 million on a single day for the first time since the COVID-19 resurgence.

The city's Metro network was partly suspended at the end of March as Shanghai initiated its phased lockdown for Pudong and Puxi.

In early April, apart from Metro Line 6 and Line 16 in Pudong, the whole subway network came to a standstill. During the peak of the pandemic, the two lines only received about 1,800 passengers a day.

The last two remaining lines were also suspended on May 10, the first time since the city's first Metro Line 1 began operating in May 1993.

As the pandemic waned, four Metro lines initially restored operation on May 22 with longer intervals and limited operating hours.

The number of passengers has increased rapidly since the lockdown was lifted on June 1. The network handled some 1.8 million commuters during the morning rush on July 1, almost the same as that before the resurgence.