Hangzhou Metro

Hangzhou Metro

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Overview
Owner	City of Hangzhou
Locale	Hangzhou, China
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	57
Daily ridership	710,500 (Oct 2015 avg.) 1.1309 million (2015 Peak)
Operation
Began operation	November 24, 2012
Operator(s)	Hangzhou Metro Corporation MTR Corporation (Hangzhou)
Technical
System length	81.5 km (50.64 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
System map

Hangzhou Metro
Simplified Chinese	杭州地铁
Traditional Chinese	杭州地鐵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hángzhōu Dìtiě

Hangzhou Metro (Chinese: 杭州地铁) is a metro system that serves the Chinese city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang and surrounding suburbs. Construction commenced in March 2006, and the first line opened on November 24, 2012.

Line 1 made Hangzhou the 17th city in the People's Republic of China to have a rapid transit system. The first line, Line 1 is 48 kilometers in length, with 30 stations, it is the longest initial section of metro ever opened at once in China. Line 1 has a projected cost of 22.08 billion yuan. Line 1 originates in Xiaoshan Xiang Lake, stretches across downtown Hangzhou after crossing the Qiantang River and ends in Linping, with a branch line ending in Xiasha, which branches off from the main line at Jiubao. Line 1 connects downtown Hangzhou with suburban area of the city. A total of 8 lines with a length of 278 km are planned.

On January 2009, it was announced that MTR Corporation would invest in a 22 billion-yuan ($3.2 billion) / 25-year / 49% share joint venture with the Hangzhou government to operate the metro.

Network

Map of Hangzhou Metro

Line	Terminals (District)		Opened	Newest Extension	Length km	Stations	Operator
	Xianghu (Xiaoshan)	Xiashajiangbin (Jianggan) Linping (Yuhang)	2012	—	53.6	34
	Chaoyang (Xiaoshan)	Qianjiang Road (Jianggan)	2014	—	18.3	13
	Pengbu (Jianggan)	Jinjiang (Shangcheng)	2015	—	9.6	10
Total					81.5	57

Future lines

Years	Lines	Satus	Length	Stations	Section	Terminals
2017		Under Construction	11.2 km	11	Phase 1 South Extsion	Jinjiang-Puyan
2018			11.32 km	8	Phase 1 Northwest	Qianjiang Road-Fengtan Road
			12.8 km	9	Phase 2	Liangdu-Fengtan Road
2019			48.6Km	36	Phase 1	Central Park-Xiangzhang Road
			27 km	19	Phase 1	Shuangpu-Fengbei
2020 after		Under Planning	11.5 km	4	Phase 3(Airport section)	Xiashajiangbin-Xiaoshan International Airport
			43.8+8.4 km	29+5	Phase 1(Main+Branch)	Wenyi West Road/Xiaoheshan-Baijiayuan Road/Xingqiao Road
			23.4 km	14	Phase 2	Pengbu-Zhengjiatang Road
			3.2 km	2	Phase 2	Central Park-Lvting Road(Kejidao)
			8.3 km	5	Phase 2	Fengbei-Jichang Road
			39.7 km	22	Airport Line	Wushan Square-Jiangdonger Road
			17.2 km	7	Phase 1	Wenhai South Road-Jiangdong Railway Station
			11.2+6.6 km	10/4	Phase 1 North+South	Sijiqing/Linping-Coach Center/Changda Road
			15.9 km	12	Phase 1	Zhejiang University-Xinxing Road
2025			?.?km	4	Phase 2	Xingqiao Road-Hongfeng Road
	?.?km		3	Phase 2(North Extension)	Changda Road-Tangxi
2030			?.?km	??		Wenyan South Road-Qiaosi Farm
			?.?km	??	Airport Link	Xiaoshan International Airport-Binjiang road
			15 km	10	Guail Line	Hangzhou South Railway Station-Guali
			35 km	26	Xiaoshan Circler Line	Caojiaqiao-Caojiaqiao
Time not given			?.?km	3	Phase 4	Xianghu-Panshui
			20.6km	10	Phase 2	Wenhai South Road-Dongxinyuan
			?.?km	4	Phase 3(East Extension)	Sijiqing-Lonexiangqiao

History

The planning for a metro system in the city started in the 1990s and was about to start construction works in September 2003, but the State Council suspended construction works due to increasing costs. The state council approved the planning of a rapid transit system on June 6, 2005. Hangzhou Subway Group Co. Ltd will build and operate the metro system in the eastern Chinese city. The preliminary design for Line 1 was approved on January 11, 2007 by the Development and Reform Commission after four days of work by the experts. The 47.97 km line will have 41.36 km of underground lines, 6.14 km elevated, and 0.47 km at ground level.

Construction

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Wulin Square station

Construction of the first phase of Hangzhou Metro Line 1 began on March 28, 2007 and subsequent phases started in June, August and October of the same year. The first phase included six stations namely, Jiubao East, Binjiang, Wenzhe Road, and three underground stations in Qianjiang New City. Jiubao East Station is the biggest station along Line 1 and will be a hub for the future metro system and other forms of public transport. The funding of Line 1 came from both the city government and the banks, with 10.2 billion yuan and 5 billion yuan respectively. The first phase construction was estimated to be 45 billion yuan.

The first section of Line 4 opened for trial operation, accessible for passengers, on February 2, 2015. The opened section of metro line 4 between Pengbu Station - Jinjiang Station measures 9.65 km, compromising a total of 10 stations - Xintang station will open later. At Jinjiang Station, East Railway Station and Peng port Station, interchange to Line 1 is possible. Qianjiang Road offers a cross platform interchange to Line 2.

Accident

On November 15, 2008, a 75-metre (250 ft) section of the tunnel near Fengqing Avenue in Xiaoshan District collapsed while under construction, killing 17 people.

External links

• Hangzhou Metro (official site) (Chinese)
• Urbanrail page on the Hangzhou Metro