Baotou Metro

Baotou Metro
Overview
Owner City of Baotou
Locale Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 6
Number of stations 125
Operation
Began operation 2022
Operator(s) Baotou Metro Investment Group Co., Ltd
Technical
System length 182.5 km (113.40 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

Baotou Metro (Chinese: 包头地铁) is a metro system that serves the Chinese city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Construction will start in May 2017, and the Line 1 & 2 will open on 2022.

Line Planning

The east-west Line 1 will be 27.8km long with 22 stations. Construction will begin on the Yuan 20.19bn ($US 3bn) project in May 2017 and commissioning is scheduled for 2021.

The first phase of the north-south Line 2 will be 14.3km long with 11 stations and has a budget of Yuan 10.36bn. Construction is due to begin in 2018 and the line will open in 2022.

Services on both lines will be operated by a fleet of six-car type A metro trains operating at a maximum of 80km/h.

In the longer-term a 182.5km six-line network with 125 stations is envisaged.

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