Stasiun tersebut adalah bagian awal dari Jalur 2 yang dibuka dari Taman Zhongshan sampai Jalan Longyang yang dibuka pada 20 September 1999. Stasiun tersebut terletak di Distrik Jing'an, di bawah Kuil Jing'an dan mal Jiu Guang. Kuil Jing'an (Hanzi sederhana: йќ™е®‰еЇє Hanzi tradisional: йќње®‰еЇє Pinyin: JГ¬ng'ДЃn SГ¬) adalah nama dari sebuah stasiun persimpangan antara Jalur-jalur dan dari Shanghai Metro.From Pudong the bus is usually faster and more convenient than the subway connection. The ride takes about half an hour from Hongqiao Airport and 45вЂ“60 minutes depending on traffic from Pudong Airport. The shuttle bus from Pudong leaves the airport as 'Airport Bus Line 2' towards the 'Airport City Terminal' which is the official name of the Jingan Temple shuttle bus station and costs 22 ВҐ as of January 2015. There are shuttle buses between Jing'an Temple and Hongqiao or Pudong airports.

It is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened from Zhongshan Park to Longyang Road that opened on 20 September 1999 the interchange with line 7 opened on 5 December 2009 as part of that line's initial section between Shanghai University and Huamu Road. This station is located in Jing'an District, below the historic Jing'an Temple and the Jiu Guang shopping mall. Jing'an Temple (simplified Chinese: йќ™е®‰еЇє traditional Chinese: йќње®‰еЇє pinyin: JГ¬ng'ДЃn SГ¬) is the name of an interchange station between Lines 2 and 7 of the Shanghai Metro.

Jing an temple