Ürümqi Metro

The Ürümqi Metro or Ürümqi Subway is a rapid transit system in operation in Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China.

Ürümqi Metro
Overview
LocaleÜrümqi, Xinjiang, China
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1
Number of stations21
Daily ridership124600 (22 September 2019 record)
Websitehttp://www.urumqimtr.com/
Operation
Began operationOctober 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)
Operator(s)Ürümqi Rail Transit Corporation
Number of vehicles162 Revenue Railcars (July 2018)
Technical
System length27.615 km (17.2 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
System map
Ürümqi Metro
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乌鲁木齐地铁
Traditional Chinese烏魯木齊地鐵
Uyghur name
Uyghurئۈرۈمچى مېتروسى

The Ürümqi Metro has submitted plans for 2 lines, Line 1 and Line 2, with an estimated cost of 31.24 billion yuan.[2]

Lines
Line Terminals Operational Length
km		 Stations
 1  International Airport
(Xinshi)		 Santunbei
(Tianshan)		 2018 27.615[1] 21

Line 1
Main article: Line 1 (Ürümqi Metro)

Line 1 has been approved and has been under construction since 20 March 2014. Line 1 runs from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport through downtown Ürümqi and ends at Santunbei station. It has a total length of 27.615 km[1] and 21 stations.[1][3] It is fully underground.[4]

The northern section of the line was opened on 25 October 2018. The southern section of the line was opened on 28 June 2019.[1]

Under construction

Line 2

Line 2 is under construction. The line have 16 stations from Yan'an Road to Huashan Street.[5] Line 2 will serve Ürümqi railway station. The section from Nanmen to Huashan Street will open in 2022.[6]

Line 3

Line 4

Future Development

Line 5

Line 6

Line 7

Nanshan Line

Ürümqi-Changji Line

See also

References
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  3. "乌鲁木齐地铁1号线北段空载试运行". 2018-04-18. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09.
  4. "28日，京疆合作的乌鲁木齐轨道交通1号线全线开通试运营". 2019-09-03. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06.
  5. "乌鲁木齐地铁2号线首座车站九家湾站封顶". 2017-11-20. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27.
  6. "乌鲁木齐市轨道交通2号线一期工程委托运营咨询服务项目招标公告". 2019-09-10. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12.
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