Baotou Metro
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | City of Baotou |
| Locale | Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 6 |
| Number of stations | 125 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 2022 |
| Operator(s) | Baotou Metro Investment Group Co., Ltd |
| Technical | |
| System length | 182.5 km (113.40 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Baotou Metro (Chinese: 包头地铁) is a metro system that serves the Chinese city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Construction will start in May 2017, and the Line 1 & 2 will open on 2022.
Line Planning
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The east-west Line 1 will be 27.8km long with 22 stations. Construction will begin on the Yuan 20.19bn ($US 3bn) project in May 2017 and commissioning is scheduled for 2021.
The first phase of the north-south Line 2 will be 14.3km long with 11 stations and has a budget of Yuan 10.36bn. Construction is due to begin in 2018 and the line will open in 2022.
Services on both lines will be operated by a fleet of six-car type B metro trains operating at a maximum of 80km/h.
In the longer-term a 182.5km six-line network with 125 stations is envisaged.
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