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Metro Report InternationalDalian Metro Line 5 opens with 2·3 km bay crossing
CHINA: Dalian metro Line 5 opened on March 17, running 24·5 km from Houguan in the north to Hutan Xinqu in the south via a 2·3 km underwater crossing of the bay. It is the city’s sixth metro line, built as part of a ‘four vertical ...
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Dalian Rapid Transit (DRT)
Opened 2002, China’s sixth metro. Network now comprises six routes (of which three are suburban) with 99 stations, plus a tramway. See Dalian network map. Inter-urban metro Line 3 was Dalian’s first line, opening on November 8 2002 (49·1 km, 12 stations), with the northern branch opening in 2008 (14·3 ...
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Metro Report InternationalDalian metro Line 2 extended
CHINA: A one-station extension of Dalian metro Line 2 was inaugurated on June 28. The 3·1 km underground extension runs from Dalian Airport to Xinzhaizi, where interchange will be provided with the future Line 4. Line 2 is now 25·8 km long with 21 stations. The first ...
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Metro Report InternationalDalian metro opens three extensions
CHINA: Three metro extensions opened in Dalian on June 7 2017. Line 1 and the suburban Line 12 now meet at Hekou. Line 1 has been extended by 9·1 km southwest from Convention & Exhibition Centre. On this section it parallels tram Route 202, and serves six ...
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NewsDalian opens metro Line 1
CHINA: Trial operation on Dalian metro Line 1 began on October 30. The 17 km route runs from Yaojia in the north of the city to Fuguojie via Dalian North railway station. There are 13 stations, with a further station at Huananbei not yet open. Interchange is ...
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NewsDalian metro Line 2 opens
CHINA: Trial passenger operation on the first phase of Dalian metro Line 2 started on April 30. Free services are limited to 5 000 passengers during a 2 h period in the morning and another in the afternoon of each day until May 8, and 10 000 ...
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Trial running to Jinzhou
CHINA: Test running has commenced on a 14·3 km extension of the Dalian Fast Rail Link. The first trains took to the branch on July 8 after the extension was handed over by the China Railway Electrification Bureau, which led the construction project. The present Line 3 provides a suburban ...