Buses in Shanghai

Zongshen Dazhong of Qingpu District has a special livery of a combination of yellow and green on some of its bus routes.

During the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the city piloted a program that includes 256 new energy buses with low to no emission.

However, the obvious benefits of the trolley buses have brought back a renewed interest in keeping and developing the program.

In February 2017, a number of ordinary bus lines running under the Yan'an Elevated Road was altered and transformed into the Yan'an Road Medium Capacity Bus Transit System, a trolleybus bus rapid transit line running in the reserved lanes in the center of Yan'an Road.

On 28 July 2021, the Shanghai road transport department raised the issue of 'optimising' the traditional trolleybus network, which will result in the removal of all infrastructure on routes 6, 8, 13, 22, 25 and 28 to balance between historical value and space taken by wires.

In the recent decade, there has been increased activity in network optimization and as a result, many bus lines have been cut, shorted, and combined.

According to the local charging policy, passengers using Shanghai public transportation cards or Shanghai public transportation QR codes can enjoy one yuan off for transfers between metro and buses within 120 minutes.

Since Sept 27, 2023, Shanghai's MaaS system introduced a digital one-day pass, which can be purchased through the dedicated WeChat miniprogram at 19.8 yuan, and passengers may take most bus lines (excluding expressway buses) without limit in 24 hours.