Zhengzhou Metro

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Zhengzhou Metro
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Overview
Owner Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government
Locale Zhengzhou, China
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 20
Daily ridership 241,000 (2015 Avg.)
Website www.zzmetro.com
Operation
Began operation 26 December 2013[1]
Operator(s) Zhengzhou Metro Group Corporation
Technical
System length 26.34 km (16 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) (standard gauge)
System map

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Zhengzhou Metro
Traditional Chinese 鄭州地鐵
Simplified Chinese 郑州地铁

Zhengzhou Metro (Chinese: 郑州地铁) is a rapid transit metro rail network serving urban and suburban districts of Zhengzhou municipality. The plans of Zhengzhou Metro line 1 and Zhengzhou Metro line 2 were approved by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in February 2009.[2] Construction of Line 1 started on June 6, 2009.[3] Line 2 started construction in December 28, 2010.[4] As planned, Line 1 commenced services on 26 December 2013 and Line 2 will be finished in 2015 .[5]

Line in operation

Map of Zhengzhou Metro           
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Line Terminals
(District)
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Length
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Stations
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(Zhongyuan)
Zhengzhou Sports Center
(Jinshui)
2013 26.34 20
Total 26.34 20

Line 1

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Line 1, is a west-east line with a total length of 34.84 km, starting from Zhengzhou University New Campus and ending in Muzhuang.

The first phase which runs West to East has 22 stations and is 26.34 km long. The phase is entirely underground and opened in 2013.[3]

CSR Zhuzhou supplied six-car Type B metro trains for Line 1 under a contract signed in January 2011.[1]

Under construction

Line 2

Line 2, a north-south line with a total length of 27.30 km, starting from Huiji District and ending in Zhanmatun, with 21 Stations.[4] The phase that is under construction has 16 stations (14 underground, 2 elevated), 19.05 km (17.25 km underground), opening 2015.[6]

Other lines

In total six lines are planned.[1]

Line # Description Length (km) Stations Notes
Line 3 East West Line 40.78 31 Construction of first phase starts in 2014, opening 2018[7]
Line 4 "Z" shaped line 35.27 26 Construction of first phase starts July 2015, opening 2020[8][9]
Line 5 Ring line 41.8 31 Completion of entire line set to 2016[7][10]
Line 6 Southwest to Northeast line 25.21 20 [11][12]

References

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  2. (Chinese) "郑州地铁论坛 "郑州地铁获国务院批准 每公里成本近6亿今年开工" 河南日报大河网 Dahe.cn Feb 13 2009
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  5. (Chinese)"地铁未来将出现在郑州市" 中广网 CNR.cn Feb. 13, 2009
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