CHENGDU | Metro

[big-dog]

Originally Posted by Woonsocket54

What is written to the right of the Chengdu institute of public administration station?

It writes "East extension is under construction". The line 2 full length will be completed by 2015.

[big-dog]

Line 3/4/7 will open in 2015

Chendu government confirms that subway line 3, 4 and 7 will open by 2015. It's also confirmed that line 7 construction will start this year, line 10 construction starts in 2013.

Line 7 will be a loop route with 38.6km and 31 stations, following the 2nd Ring road of Chengdu. It connects with Line 1/2/3/4 and transportation hubs such as Railway North Station, Railway South Station and Railway East Station.

By 2015 Chengdu will have a 150km subway network including,

• Line 1 phase I
• Line 1 south extension
• Line 2 full length
• Line 3 phase I
• Line 4 phase I
• Line 7

By 2017 Line 5, Line 6, Line 3 extension, Line 4 extension will start the construction.

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[Woonsocket54]

Originally Posted by big-dog

It writes "East extension is under construction". The line 2 full length will be completed by 2015.

So the east extension from Chengdu institute of public administration station and the west extension from Chadianzi bus terminal will open simultaneously?

[big-dog]

the west extension will open in 2013 and east extension will open in 2014.

BTW Line 2 phase I has officially opened yesterday.

[Falubaz]

Any pics from the first day operation?

[Geography]

The Yuan 11bn Chengdu Line 3, which will run underground for 20km with 15 stations. The city will also extend Line 1 to the south at a cost of Yuan 4bn.

RailJournal.com

[George08]

Chengdu's second subway line, Metro Line 2, opened Sunday after several years of construction and anticipation.
The line runs from the Chadianzi transit station in the city's northwest to the Chengdu Administration College in the southeast. A journey the entire length of the 22.47km, 20-stop line takes 45 minutes with trains traveling up to 80kmph. Trains run approximately every 5 minutes with 17 trains running simultaneously at any given time.
The first southeast-bound train runs at 7 a.m. and the last at 10:30 p.m.; times are 30 minutes earlier for northwest-bound trains. Ticket prices range from RMB2 to RMB5 depending on number of stops traveled. The line intersects with Metro Line 1 at Tianfu Square.
Tickets for Line 2 will feature 10 different designs of nearby scenice places, including Qingcheng Shan, Dujiangyan, Wuhou Temple, the Panda Research Base, and Huanglongxi and Ping'le old towns.
Unlike the Line 1 ticket machines, which dispense only coins for change, the Line 2 ticket machines will dispense RMB5 bills if the change can be thusly divided.
The other notable difference between the Line 1 and 2 stations is, of course, that Line 2 stations have gender-specific restrooms (Line 1 stations notoriously have non-gendered bathrooms).
A spokesperson for the Chengdu Metro Corporation said that Lines 3 through 6 will be open by the year 2018, and construction will begin on Line 7 by the end of this year.
Chadianzi Bus Station | 茶店子客运站
Yangxi Flyover | 羊犀立交站
Yipintianxia | 一品天下站
East Shuhan Road | 蜀汉路东站
Baiguolin | 白果林站
Provincial People's Hospital | 省人民医院
Tonghuimen | 通惠门站
People's Park | 人民公园站
Tianfu Square | 天府广场站
Chunxi Lu | 春熙路站
Dongmen Bridge | 东门大桥站
Niuwangmiao | 牛王庙站
Niushikou | 牛市口站
Dongda Street | 东大路站
Tazishan Park | 塔子山公园站
Chengyu Flyover | 成渝立交站
Huwangling | 惠王陵站
Honghe | 洪河站
Chengdu Administration | 成都行政学院站

[sarflonlad]

Wow. I remember being in Chengdu in 2007 and seeing line 1 under construction.

One of my favourite cities in China. Would love to go back and see this system now.

[Woonsocket54]

The opening of Line 2 brings Chengdu Metro into the exclusive club of metros that have a simple cross, consisting of 2 lines with no branches that only intersect once. Here is the full membership as of today:

Current members
1. Chengdu
2. Daegu
3. Kaohsiung
4. Minsk
5. Monterrey
6. Novosibirsk
7. Pyongyang
8. Shenyang
9. Toulouse

Future members:
1. Bangalore
2. Calcutta
3. Mashhad
4. Santo Domingo
5. Sendai
6. Suzhou
7. Warsaw
8. Wuhan
9. Xian

Past members (incomplete list):
1. Philadelphia (1928 through 1932)
2. Montreal (Oct 1966 through March 1967)
3. St Petersburg (July 1963 through November 1967)
4. Mexico City (Sep 14, 1970 through Nov 20, 1970)
5. Budapest (Dec 1972 through Dec 1976)
6. Washington (Jul 1977 through Nov 1978)
7. Prague (Aug 1978 through Nov 1985)
8. Sapporo (Jun 1976 through Dec 1988)
9. Kiev (Dec 1981 through Dec 1989)
10. Atlanta (Dec 1981 through Dec 1992)
11. Santiago (Sep 1987 through Apr 1997)
12. Shanghai (Oct 1999 through Dec 2000)
13. Tashkent (Nov 1989 through Oct 2001)
14. Busan (Aug 2001 through Nov 2005)
15. Delhi (July 3 2005 through Dec 31 2005)
16. Teheran (2004 through Apr 2008)
17. Shenzhen (Dec 2004 through Dec 2010)
18. Rome (Feb 1980 through June 2012)

[trainrover]

Wherefrom hath thou scored all these crucifixions?

[big-dog]

Video of Line 2 interchanging with Line 1

click here

[Woonsocket54]

Originally Posted by trainrover

Wherefrom hath thou scored all these crucifixions?

I derived them from urbanrail.net descriptions of each metro. Some are not really crucifixions. Minsk is an X; Daegu is a chromosome . . . .

[trainrover]

Your effort was valiant ... and interesting too.