Qingdao Metro

Qingdao Metro

Overview
Owner	Qingdao Metro Corporation
Locale	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1 (operating) 2 (start) 5 (planned)
Number of stations	10
Website	http://www.qd-metro.com/
Operation
Began operation	December 16, 2015
Operator(s)	Qingdao Metro Corporation
Technical
System length	12 km (operating)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
System map

Qingdao Metro
Traditional Chinese	青島地鐵
Simplified Chinese	青岛地铁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīngdǎo Dìtiě

Qingdao Metro (Chinese: 青岛地铁) is a metro system in the city of Qingdao, Shandong province in China. The first line, Line 3 (north section) began operation on December 16, 2015.^[1]

Construction and plans

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  Qingdao Metro Plan Overview

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  Qingdao Metro Plan in Urban Area

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  All lines at agglomeration map

The construction of the first line, Line M3, began on November 30, 2009. With 13 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) of funding, it is expected to be fully operational in late 2015 with a total of 22 stations, a total length of 25.1 km and a daily ridership of 235,000 passengers.^[2] Line 3 began trial passenger operation on December 16, 2015.^[3]

Next to be completed will be Line M2, which will have 27 stations and be 29.6 km long, and is currently expected to be finished around 2016-2017. A further line, Line M1, is due to be completed around 2020.

According to the published plans, ultimately there will be 5 lines in total with a combined length of 231.5 km. All work is scheduled to be finished prior to 2050.

Line	Terminals		Operational by	Total Length in km	Stations
Line 3 (M3, south section)	Qingdao Railway Station	Qingdaobei Railway Station	2016	13.1	12
Line R1	Miaoling Lu	Yantian East	Autumn 2015	59.2	22
Line 2 (M2)	Taishan Lu	Licun Park	3 Jan 2016	25.2	22

Second phase

Line	Terminals		Operational by	Total Length in km	Stations
Line 1 (M1)	Jiangshan Lu	Dongguozhuang	20 Apr 2017	60.1	39
Line R3	Jialingjiang Lu	Dongjiakou Port Town	1 Dec 2017	63.4	21
Line 4 (M4)	People's Hall	Shazikou	20 Feb 2018	26.6	TBD
Line 6 (M6) 1st Section	Emeishan Lu	Huanghe Lu	20 Feb 2018	12.4	TBD

References

1. "Qingdao subway system to launch in December". December 14, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. 山东第一个地铁建设项目青岛地铁工程奠基 (in Chinese). November 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
3. "Line 3, Qingdao Metro to be open in late 2015". November 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

• $4.3 billion budget to boost Qingdao subway construction

External links

• Qingdao Metro construction (Chinese)
• Qingdao Metro construction presentation (Chinese)
• Qingdao at UrbanRail.net