CHINA: A southern extension of Wuhan’s driverless metro Line 7 opened to passengers on December 28. The 16·6 km underground extension from Yezhihu to Qinglongshan Ditiexiaozhen adds seven stations.
CRRC Zhuzhou has supplied 15 six-car trainsets for the extension. These augment the 40 trainsets supplied by CRRC Changchun for the initial 30·4 km section, which opened on October 1.
A northern extension of Line 7 is under construction and is scheduled to open in 2019-20.
CHINA: The country’s seventh oldest metro network has expanded further, with the opening of two extensions in Wuhan totalling 25·3 km. Longer of the two is a northern extension of Line 7 from Garden Expo North to Hengdian, which opened on December 30. This adds 21·1 ...
CHINA: A 16·3 km western extension of Wuhan metro Line 4 from Huangjinkou to Bolin opened on September 25, taking the line to 48·6 km and 37 stations. Also known as the Caidian Line, the extension runs underground for 13 km with seven stations and is elevated ...
CHINA: Two metro lines opened in Chongqing on December 28. The northern part of the Loop Line is 33·7 km and connects Chongqing Library with Haixialu via Chongqingbei Railway Station. There are 24 stations, of which seven are due to open in 2019. The Loop Line crosses the ...
