China opens 18 new metro and two LRT lines in 11 cities in the last week of 2020

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China opens 18 new metro and two LRT lines in 11 cities in the last week of 2020​

Jan. 3 2021

Wuhan opened two sections of metro on January 2: a 17.6km extension to Line 8 from Liyuan south to Yezhihu and a 3.8km extension to Line 11 from Zuoling east to Gedian South mainline station.

Both Beijing and Chongqing opened extensions to their urban rail networks on December 31. In Beijing, Line 16 was extended by 10km from Xiyuan south to Ganjia Kou, the Fangshan Line was extended by 5.3km from Guogonzhuang north to Dongguantou South, while the 11.9km Yizhuang Tram Line T1, to the southeast of the capital, started operation between Dinghaiyuan and Quzhuang. Chongqing opened a 0.8km extension to Line 1 from Xiaoshizi to Chaotianmen and a 13.8km extension to Line 6 from Yuelai north to Shaheba.

December 30 saw opening of one metro extension and two new lines in Hangzhou. Line 1 was extended 11.2km from Xiasha Jiangbin south to Xiaoshan Airport. The new lines comprise Line 6 from Qianjiang Century City southwest to Shuangpu and West Guihua Road, which added 50.5km to the network, and the 39.3km east-west Line 7 from Olympic Sports Centre via Xiaoshan Airport to Jiangdong’er Road. These extensions have expanded the network to 306km. By 2022, Hangzhou plans to expand the metro network to 516km.

On December 28, Xi’an celebrated the opening of three new lines: the 41.6km Line 5 from Matengkong west to Chuangxingang, Line 6 from Northwestern Polytechnic University southwest to the city’s International Medical Centre (15.6km) and Line 9 from Fangzhicheng on Line 1 northeast to Qinlingxi (25.3km). On the same day, Guangzhou opened the 7.3km Huangpu Tram linking Changping with Xiangxue metro stations.

Fuzhou opened a 4.3km extension to metro Line 1 from Fuzhou South mainline station to Sanjiangkou on December 27.

Finally, four cities opened new metro lines on December 26. Zhengzhou opened two new lines: the 24.3km Line 3 from Henan Sports Centre, on Line 4, south and then east to Henan Orthopaedics Hospital and the 29.3km Line 4 from Laoyachen east and then south to Langzhuang. Nanchang opened its new 28.5km Line 3 running from Jingdong Avenue to Yinsanjiao North. Hefei opened its 23.2km Line 5 from Wanghucheng West to Guiyanglu and Shanghai opened the first section of Line 18 from Yuqiao south to Hangtou (14.5km) and a 9.8km extension to Line 10 from Xinjiangwancheng northeast to Jilong Road.

China opens 18 metro and two LRT lines in 11 cities

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Extensions to metro lines open all over China during December​

Cities across China including Beijing and Shanghai opened up new stations on their metro networks in December.
By Joshua Minchin - Intelligent Transport
4 January 2021

While in many parts of the world the New Year period represents a quiet time, this is not the case when it comes to public transport operators in China, who have been opening new metro lines all over the country in the past few days.

It has become something of a tradition in China that metro lines are opened at the end of December, and 2020, despite being so different in so many ways, continued the trend with extensions carrying passengers for the first time in several major cities.

In Beijing, a 10km extension to Line 16 of the capital’s subway system was opened on 31 December, from Xiyuan to Ganjia Kou. Alongside this, a northern extension to the city’s Fangshan light rail line was opened, running from Guogonzhuang to Dongguantou South and a brand new tram line named T1, which will run from Laoguan Li station in Daxing District to Dinghai Yuan station in Tongzhou District.

In Chengdu, the capital city of the southwestern Sichuan province, five new metro lines were opened in December, boosting the length of the city’s metro network to 558km. Line 6, the first phases of lines 8, 9 and 17, as well as the eastern section of Line 18, were opened on 18 December.


Line 18 has also been extended, so that it now links Chengdu’s city proper with its new airport, the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, which is slated to begin operations next year.

The north-western city of Xi’an opened three new lines of its own on 28 December, adding a further 83km of track to the city’s metro system. One of the new lines will play a significant role in the city’s tourist trade too, as Line 9 will connect the city centre to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, which are housed in the suburbs of Xi’an.

Finally, Shanghai opened fourteen new stations on its extensive metro network on 26 December, bringing the number of stations in the city to 430. Six of the new stations are on Line 10, while the remaining eight have opened on Line 18.

The new extension to Line 10 will connect Xinjiangwancheng to Jilong Road, while the opening of the first eight stations on Line 18 will serve residents of the densely populated Beicai, Zhoupu, Kangqiao and Hangtou areas. Trains on the newest parts of both lines will be driverless.

Extensions to metro lines open all over China during December

New metro lines have opened across China including in Beijing and Shanghai as is tradition at this time of year.

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