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There are more than 1,000 bus lines in Shanghai city and about 50 bus lines are being opened, adjusted or lengthened every year.

Grouped by time, there are daytime buses, the rush hour buses in the morning and afternoon headed with 2 of the license number and the night buses headed with 3.
Classified by area, there are western pu river area, eastern Pu River area, around the Pu River (bridge and tunnel), and the suburban area.
Grouped by ticket, there are no-conductor buses with one Yuan ticket (within 13 km) or 1.5yuan ticket (more than 13 km), air-conditioned buses with 2 Yuan ticket and special lined buses with multiple tickets.

The main transit centers in the city are Shanghai Station, People's Square, Xu jiahui area, Zhong shan park and the five-pointed square.

Tips:

People can design the bus lines with computers.
details are in Shanghai traffic: www.jt.sh.ch and city traffic: www.chinaquest.com
The bus ticket in Shanghai:
① no-conductor buses.
There are 1 Yuan and 1.5 Yuan tickets. the buses with double digit and three digit numbers which begins with 1 or 2 or 7 are mostly go without conductor. passengers should prepare the changes. people can also buy commutation tickets. the ticket can not return if it is sold.
② diversified-ticket buses:
The special-lined buses with the first number of 5; special-lined buses to the new arrears of Pu Dong; the minibus lines with the first number of 8; the double-layered buses or air-conditioned buses with the first number of 9; many other air-conditioned tourism buses; the sightseeing buses.