Shenyang Metro

Shenyang Metro is a metro system in which millions of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China, with currently two lines.

Trunk line

The trunk line 1 was opened after almost a year's trial run on 27 September 2010. It crosses the inner districts of Shenyang from east to west with a length of 27.8 kilometers and 22 stations operated.

Architectural History

Shenyang was in 1940 one of the first Chinese cities with the desire to build a subway. The subsequent central government, however, has the larger cities Beijing and Tianjin supplied first from 1965, Shanghai was also still preferred to Shenyang in 2005 was finally able to begin construction. A lot of time was wasted with the discussion about the construction of a level with any S -Bahn, which was rejected for the densely built-up urban area as ungegeignet.

Course of Construction

On 18 November 2005, the construction of Line 1, which could be opened even 3 months before the expected for December 2010 Completion began. Your costs amounted to the equivalent of about 1.1 billion U.S. dollars.

Construction of the line 2 began in November 2006. Provides you with 21.9 km length and 19 stations, the North-South connection and forms with line 1 a cross. It was planned for completion in 2010, after delays, it was opened on 9 January 2012.

Other network planning

The subway system is to get in the final stage of the first phase in addition to the two cross-like routes 2 more tracks that run through the city from southwest to northeast and northwest- southeast. As a combination of all lines and independent cross-link a ring circuit is provided with a diameter of about 5 kilometers. This route planning, initially with five lines in the medium term provided and approved.

The lying time in the future still open plans envisage to create six additional lines so that the subway system came to a total length of 182.5 kilometers. Presumably some external routes, as where space allows, leave the tunnel and overground.