Qingdao Metro

Qingdao Metro

Overview
Owner	Qingdao Metro Corporation
Locale	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1 (operating) 16 (total)
Number of stations	10 (operating)
Website	http://www.qd-metro.com/
Operation
Began operation	December 16, 2015
Operator(s)	Qingdao Metro Corporation
Technical
System length	12 km (operating)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
System map

Qingdao Metro (Chinese: 青岛地铁) is a metro system in the city of Qingdao, Shandong province in China. The first line, Line 3 (north section) began operation on December 16, 2015.^[1]

Lines in operation

Construction and plans

The construction of the first line, Line 3, began on November 30, 2009. With 13 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) of funding, it is expected to be fully operational in late 2015 with a total of 22 stations, a total length of 24.8 km and a daily ridership of 235 000 passengers.^[2] Line 3 began trial passenger operation on December 16, 2015.^[3]

Next to be completed will be the first section of Line 2, which will have 22 stations and be 25.2 km long, and is currently expected to be finished around 2017. A further line, Line 1, is due to be completed around 2020.

According to the published plans, ultimately there will be 16 lines in total with a combined length of 836 km. All work is scheduled to be finished prior to 2050.

Line	Terminals		Length (km)	Stations	Began construction	Began operation	Newest extension	Status
1	Emeishan Rd	Xingguo Rd	42.7	29	1994	2020	N/A	Under construction
2	Liuhuapo	Expo Garden	61.3	41	2012	2017	N/A	Under construction (Section I)
3	Qingdao Station	Qingdaobei Station	24.8	22	2009	2015	2016	In operation (North Section) Under construction (South Section)
4	People's Hall	Dahedong	30.7	24	2017	2021	N/A	Preliminary design
5	Maidao	Shilaoren	14.3	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning
6	Qingdaoxi Station	Wangtai New Town	56.3	38	N/A	N/A	N/A	Second EIA (Section I)
7	Olympic Sailing Centre	Bei'an	48.5	35	N/A	N/A	N/A	Under construction (Section I)
8	Jiaozhoubei Station	May Fourth Square	60.7	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	Reconnaissance
8b	Donghetao	Jiaozhou Station	18.5	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning
9	Huaqiang Rd	Wanggezhuang South	51.5	27	N/A	N/A	N/A	Recent planning (Section I)
10	Hetao	Tieqishan Rd	38.7	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning
11	Conson Stadium	Tianheng	70	28	2013	2017	N/A	Under construction (Section I)
12	Golden Beach	Chaoyangcun	56.5	21	N/A	N/A	N/A	Recent planning
13	Jialingjiang Rd	Dongjiakou	70.3	22	2014	2018	N/A	Under construction
14	Jiaozhoubei Station	Pingdu Station	59.4	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	Reconnaissance
15	Shilaoren	Auto Industry City	48.5	16	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning
16	Chaoyangcun	Ocean Spring	50.9	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning
16b	Nanquan	Jiaodong Airport	19	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	Long-term planning

References

• $4.3 billion budget to boost Qingdao subway construction

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qingdao Metro.

• Qingdao Metro construction (Chinese)
• Qingdao Metro construction presentation (Chinese)
• Qingdao at UrbanRail.net

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