Hangzhou Metro Subway Map 杭州地铁2.1 - App Store

Hangzhou's metro, drawn as a map you'll want to keep. Whale's Hangzhou Metro puts the whole Hangzhou Metro - 13 lines and 266 stations, everything open in 2026 - on a paper-and-ink map made for this app, with every station named in English, Chinese and pinyin. Works offline. Free.

THE MAP
Cream paper, ink lettering, a touch of vermilion: a map that reads like the city instead of a diagram. Every line in its official colour, with its number repeated along the line so you never lose track of which one you're on. Interchanges carry badges for every line that stops there, each terminus is named, and the rivers, lakes and shoreline are drawn in. West Lake, Leifeng Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, the Broken Bridge and Hefang Street are marked where they really are. It's drawn as vectors, so pinch in as far as you like - it stays crisp.

FIND A STATION
. Type any station in English, Chinese or pinyin - "Longxiangqiao", "龙翔桥" or the first few letters all work
. The whale flies you there and points at it
. Your recent stations are remembered

PLAN A ROUTE
. Tap a station, then another: the fewest-stops route is drawn bold with everything else dimmed
. Transfers and a journey-time estimate on the card - Hangzhou East to Longxiangqiao (West Lake), for example
. Share the route as text to a friend, or to your notes

READ THE SIGNS
. Every station card shows the Chinese name, pinyin with tone marks, and English
. Tap the speaker to hear the name spoken aloud
. Highlight a single line to trace it from end to end

MADE FOR TRAVEL
. Fully offline: no roaming, no VPN, no account, nothing to download after install
. Day or night: the paper map, or ink on slate - your choice in About
. iPhone and iPad
. Free, supported by one small banner

WHAT'S ON THE MAP
Line 1 to Xiaoshan Airport, Line 19 between the airport and the West Railway Station, Line 3's Shima branch, Line 6's Shuangpu branch, Line 16 to Lin'an, and the Hanghai intercity line to Haining. 44 interchange stations, all with badges.

GOOD TO KNOW
Is it up to date? Yes - 13 lines and 266 stations as of 2026, including this year's openings. Station positions come from OpenStreetMap; the design and layout are ours.
Learning Chinese? Every station card links to HSK Hero, our recognition game for the 5,000 HSK words - the same studio, the same care.
Going to other cities? Whale's Metro Maps cover Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Zhengzhou. The More Cities tab links to each.
Who makes it? Handtechnics, a small independent studio that has been making Chinese travel and learning apps since 2012.

Download it before you land. 一路平安!

Version History Routes now mark both ends of the journey: a start pennant on the first station and a finish flag on the last. Station and line names are no longer cut off at larger text sizes. Plus a number of small fixes throughout. 2.1 Sep 26 Completely rebuilt for 2026. A brand-new map with every line and station current for this year, drawn in a paper-and-ink style you can read at a glance. Tap any station for its name in Chinese, pinyin and English — and hear it spoken. Plan a route between any two stations. Highlight a single line. Night mode. Full iPad support. Whale's Metro Maps — by Handtechnics. 2.0 Sep 8 - minor user interface update; miscellaneous 1.3 12/02/2019 Updated for iOS 11. 1.2 10/30/2017 - extended line 2 1.1 09/13/2017 1.0 12/05/2016