Locale Wuxi, China Number of lines 2 Daily ridership 198,000 (2015 Avg.) | Transit type Rapid transit Number of stations 46 Annual ridership 72.2 million (2015) | |
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Wuxi Metro is a two line metro system in operation in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China. Line 1 began operations on the 1 July 2014, and Line 2 on 28 December 2014. Further plans to build 6 lines more and to connect system with the Shanghai Metro and Suzhou Metro are under active review.
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Line 1
Line 1 runs north to south over 29 kilometers (18 mi) serving 24 stations. Most of the route is underground including 19 stations, with only 5 stations and 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) running on an elevated alignment. CSR Zhuzhou supplied 23 six-car trainsets for the system.
Line 2
Line 2 runs east to west over 26.6 kilometers (16.5 mi) with 22 stations (including one transfer station with Line 1). Most of the route is underground, apart from 6.6 kilometers (4.1 mi) of elevated alignment. CSR Puzhen supplied a fleet of 120m-long six-car Type B metro trains for the line.
Construction Award
Wuxi Metro Line 1 won China's highest honor for engineering construction and innovation, the National Quality Engineering Golden Award.
Future plans
According to the Wuxi urban rail transit masterplan, Wuxi metro will form a network of three main lines and two tangential lines by 2050. Metro lines 1, 2 and 3 are the mainlines, radiating from the city center. Lines 4 and 5 lines are tangential lines for suburb to suburb traffic. The network is planned to be 157.77 km long with 111 stations. Environmentally friendly and energy efficient designs will be integrated into construction and design of the stations.