Shijiazhuang Metro
| Shijiazhuang Metro | |
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| Background | |
| Locale | Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 3 (planned) |
| Number of stations | 52 (planned) |
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| System length | 59.6 (planned) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Shijiazhuang Metro (Chinese: 石家庄轨道交通) is a rapid transit system being built in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China.
Planning and preparation for construction began in 2001 and 2008 respectively, but was delayed due to the world economic crisis. The projected was approved by National Development and Reform Commission[1] and included in the urban rail development project 2012–2020.[2][3]
Construction of the first station at the new Railway Station started in September 2012,[4][5] construction at other sites began in May 2013.[6]
All three constructing lines (Lines 1, 3, 2) has 52 stations, 59.6 km length and 42.19 bln yuan cost of construction. First for opening Line 1 with 20 stations and 23.9 km length will be completed at 2017. Second Line 3 will have 17 stations and 19.5 km length and will be completed two years later. Third Line 2 with 15 stations and 16.2 km length will realise after 2020.
Line 1 will come from west to east and then to north of city, Line 3 will go from north-west to south-east and then to east. Each line intersects other two. Lines 1 and 3 will crosses at Shijiazhuang Railway Station. The stations of these two lines were named in January 2013.[6][7][8] Line 2 will run from north to south.[9]
City's government plans to built six lines of urban-suburban metro with 169.2 km length and 144 stations in system totally. Lines 1, 2, 3 will be extended. Line 4 will go from north to south-west, Line 5 from south-west to east, Line 6 from west to south-east.
References
- ↑ China approves 25 urban rail projects to boost economy
- ↑ 石家庄市城市轨道交通建设规划（2012–2020） (Chinese)
- ↑ 石家庄市轨道交通有限责任公司 (Chinese)
- ↑ 石家庄新客站：西站房将于明年底投入使用 (The new Shijiazhuang passenger station: the western section will be opened by the end of the next year), 2010-08-30 (Chinese)
- ↑ Shijiazhuang Metro Line 2 station officially started yesterday
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hebei Shijiazhuang Metro to invest 350 million development of the railway to start next month
- ↑ 石家庄：地铁1、3号线出入站命名》，新华网河北频道] (Chinese)
- ↑ New metro line to be built in Shijiazhuang, Hebei
- ↑ Shijiazhuang Metro Line 2 in 2015 to start building Huai An Road due to fast road with no line
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shijiazhuang Metro. |
- Official site (Chinese)
- About Shijiazhuang Metro (Chinese)
- Map of adopted 3 lines of metro system
- Map of full metro system in future (Chinese)
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