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Changsha has stepped up preparations for the deployment and construction of other routes:

Line 1 - Construction started on December 26, 2010 and it is expected to open to traffic in the first half of 2016.

Line 3 - Construction started on January 3, 2014 and it is expected to open to traffic in 2018.

Line 4 - Construction started on December 31, 2014 and it is expected to open to traffic in 2019.

Line 5 - Construction planned to start this year 2015 and it is expected to open to traffic in 2020.

 

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[djidma11]

Changsha Metro is a metro system under construction in the city of Changsha, capital of Hunan province in China.

At the moment, two lines are under construction. Line 1 runs north to south and Line 2 runs west to east. Both lines opens in 2015.

Line 1 - construction started 2010

Line 2 - construction started 2009

Planned network

Long-term network

WOOOOW :cheers:

 

[everywhere]

^^ Indeed, such a massive project for Changsha.

 

[everywhere]

No circle line? hno:

 

[chornedsnorkack]

Planned network

Long-term network[/B]

Shall line number 5 go northwest-southeast, or north-southwest?

 

[Woonsocket54]

Those two maps obviously represent dueling ideas for the Changsha Metro. It's pointless to look for consistencies.

 

[everywhere]

Those two maps obviously represent dueling ideas for the Changsha Metro. It's pointless to look for consistencies.

So nothing's final with the number of lines? hno:

 

[Woonsocket54]

Photos from
http://hunan.big5.voc.com.cn/article/201301/201301070727427430.html

Construction of Changsha Dadao (Changsha Avenue) station

This station is east of downtown on line 2 (blue - crosstown local) -

North Bus Station subway station construction as of 2012.12.28 - this station is in the uptown district on line 1 (red)

Changsha South Railway Station (eastern terminus of cross-town line 2 as of 2012.12.26

Changsha South Railway Station as of 2012.12.20

 

[everywhere]

^^ Only 88 kms? Isn't that short?!

 

[saiho]

^^ its 88 stops total length is 180km

 

[Yardmaster]

^^ 88 stops in 180 km is not to be sneezed at.

I got these figures from "Transit Maps of the World" by Mark Ovenden. The figures are five years old now, so some may need updating.

• Washington DC: 86 stops, 170 km
• St. Petersberg: 54 stations, 103 km
• Osaka: 121 stations, 128 km
• Munich: 96 stations, 90 km
• Mexico City: 151 stations, 176 km
• Buenos Aires: 63 stations, 50 km

- just taken arbitrarily from "Zone 2" (i.e. Chapter 2: second order systems).

 

[Woonsocket54]

^^ The numbers in the right column add up to 101 stops, not 88. There's a mistake in the table. The total mileage is correct, though.

 

[wastedrepublic]

^^ The numbers in the right column add up to 101 stops, not 88. There's a mistake in the table. The total mileage is correct, though.

Most probably the "stops" count interchanges double times. This could explain the difference.

 

[Woonsocket54]

Most probably the "stops" count interchanges double times. This could explain the difference.

Right you are.

 

[Yardmaster]

These problems should be reasonably easy to sort out.

On the first map in posting #1, there are:

• Blue line: 18 independent stations
• Red Line: 20 indepent stations
• Junction Stations: 1

Hence there are 39 stations, or if you count the junction station twice, 40.

On the second map in posting #1, there are:

• 1: (Green) : 19 indepenent stations
• 2: (Red) : 26 independent stations
• 3: (Pink): 26 Indepent stations
• 4: (Blue): 41 indepent stations
• 5: (Orange): 25 indepent stations
• Junction stations:15

Hence: total stations: 152
or, if you choose to count interchange stations twice: 167

However the later map (posting #9) indicates something different. I presume the blue or cyan terminals are railway yards, not stations.

 

[Woonsocket54]

Line 2 interchange station

http://changsha.auto.sohu.com/20130510/n375476743.shtml

 

[saiho]

Rolling stock of the Changsha Metro

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[big-dog]

Changsha metro testing run started on December 30th

The official open date is May 1st 2014

Testing run pictures from ditiezu

 

[Woonsocket54]

How deep is the station under Orange Island (Juzizhou)?