Line 4, Wuhan Metro

Line 4, Wuhan Metro
Wangjiawan Station
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Wuhan Metro
Locale	Wuhan, China
Termini	Huangjinkou Wuhan Railway Station
Stations	28
Services	1
Daily ridership	168,100 (Feb 2014 peak)[1]
Operation
Opened	2013[2]
Owner	Wuhan
Operator(s)	Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd.
Character	Underground
Rolling stock	Chinese Type B
Technical
Line length	33.23 km (20.65 mi)[3]
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Qingshan Depot Wuhan Third Ring Expressway Wuhan Railway Station--Beijing-Hong Kong HSR Wuhan Railway Station Yangchunhu Gongye 4th Rd. Renhe Rd. Yuanlin Rd. Luojiagang Wuhan Second Ring Expressway Tiejicun YuejiazuiLine 8 Dongting Qingyuzui Hanjie Hongshan Sq.Line 2 Connecting line between Line 2 and 4 Zhongnan Rd.Line 2 Meiyuanxiaoqu Wuchang Railway Station--Jingguang Railway Wuchang Railway Station Demarcation between phase 1 and 2 Shouyi Rd. Fuxing Rd. tunnel underneath the Yangtze River Lanjiang Rd. ZhongjiacunLine 6 Freight Railway Hanyang Railway Station Hanyang Railway Station--Jingguang Railway Wulidun Qilimiao Shilipu WangjiawanLine 3 Wuhan Second Ring Expressway Yulong Rd. Yong'antong Mengjiapu Wuhan Third Ring Expressway Huangjinkou Huangjinkou rail yard

The Line 4 of Wuhan Metro (Chinese: 武汉地铁4号线) is the third line in Wuhan Metro system, and it will be the second metro line crossing the Yangtze river in Wuhan. It is colored grass-green, which is the identifying color of this line, which would appear on its trains, station signs, and the official subway map.

The whole construction was divided into two parts, being phase 1 and 2, which opened in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Phase 1, opened on December 28, 2013, runs through Wuchang in a northeast-southwest direction, connecting Wuhan Railway Station, Wuchang Railway Station and major commercial districts.^[2] Phase 2 will run in an east-west direction, linking Hanyang and Wuchang, tunneling through the Yangtze river in the proximity of the first Yangtze river bridge and connecting with phase 1 at Wuchang Railway station.^[4]

The opening of phase 1 of Line 4 will form the skeleton of Wuhan's metro system. Right after its opening, the system (including Line 1, 2, and 4) will be able to accommodate millions of passengers a day, where a large proportion of them will be the cross-Yangtze passengers. But all stations on line 4 have been designed only to accommodate a six-car train (type B) in length and have no possibility to extend for future upgrading.

Overview

Tunnels under construction

• Length: 33.2 km.
• Gauge：1435mm (Standard gauge).
• Stations: 28.
• Double track: full line.
• Electrified: full line.
• Underground: full line.
• Traffic direction: right-hand side.

History

• Phase 1 opened on December 28, 2013.^[5]
• Phase 2 opened on December 28, 2014.^[6]

Stations

Entrance of Metro

Phase 1 stations are (from south to north): Wuchang Railway Station, Meiyuanxiaoqu, Zhongnanlu, Hongshan Guangchang, Zhoujiadawan, Qingyuzui, Dongting, Yuejiazui, Tiejicun, Luojiagang, Yuanlilu, Gongye Dadao, Gongyesilu, Yangchunhu, Wuhan Railway Station.

Phase 2 stations are (from west to east): Huangjinkou, Mengjiapu, Yong'antang, Meiguiyuan, Wangjiawan, Shilipu, Qilimiao, Wulidun, Hangyang Railway Station, Zhongjiacun, Lanjianglu, Fuxinglu, Shouyilu. (Connect Wuchang Railway Station of phase 1.)

(station names might change according to official system map and schedule).

Station name		Transfer	Station distance	Total distance	Location
English	Hanzi		in km
Wuhan Railway Station	武汉火车站		---	0.000	Wuhan	Hongshan
Yangchunhu	杨春湖		0.810	0.810
Gongye 4th Road	工业四路		1.173	1.983
Renhe Road	仁和路		1.634	3.617
Yuanlin Road	园林路		1.333	4.950
Luojiagang	罗家港		1.036	5.986
Tieji Road	铁机路		1.171	7.157		Wuchang
Yuejiazui	岳家嘴		1.032	8.189
Dongting	东亭		0.928	9.117
Qingyuzui	青鱼嘴		1.048	10.165
Chuhe Hanjie	楚河汉街		1.226	11.391
Hongshan Square	洪山广场	2	1.077	12.468
Zhongnan Road	中南路	2	0.966	13.434
Meiyuanxiaoqu	梅苑小区		1.095	14.529
Wuchang Railway Station	武昌火车站		0.900	15.429
Shouyi Road	首义路		0.896	16.325
Fuxing Road	复兴路		0.718	17.043
Lanjiang Road	拦江路		3.278	20.321		Hanyang
Zhongjiacun	钟家村		0.834	21.155
Hanyang Railway Station	汉阳火车站		1.573	22.728
Wulidun	五里墩		1.012	23.740
Qilimiao	七里庙		1.124	24.864
Shilipu	十里铺		1.204	26.068
Wangjiawan	王家湾	3	0.950	27.018
Yulong Road	玉龙路		0.901	27.919
Yong'antang	永安堂		1.243	29.162
Mengjiapu	孟家铺		1.479	30.641
Huangjinkou	黄金口		2.762	33.403

Rolling stock

train  Inside the train

Type	Time of manufacturing	Cars	Assembly	Notes
Type B	2012–2013	90	Tc+M+M+M+M+Tc	Manufactured by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd.

The rolling stock for Line 4 is a 6-car train, with 100 km/h of max speed, 80 km/h of operation max speed, and 36.6 km/h average speed. The collection shoe is on the lower part of the vehicle. The third rail is a mix of steel and aluminum. A full train provides 176 seats, and can carry 1276 passengers by Chinese regulation of 9 people per square meter.^[7][8]

See also

• Wuhan Metro
• Wuhan

References

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2. "地铁4号线昨日开通 武汉地铁网络时代开启". Retrieved 2013-12-28.
3. "武汉地铁4号线二期全线洞通 汉阳将进地铁时代". Retrieved 2014-08-06.
4. 武汉步入立体交通时代 2015年建成六桥一隧三地铁 (in Chinese). 荆楚网. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
5. 武汉地铁4号线通车首日迎送七万市民
6. 地鐵4號綫二期12月28日試運營 結束漢陽無地鐵歷史 (in Chinese). 荊楚網. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
7. 严运涛 (2011-08-19). 武汉4亿元购买地铁4号线列车 (in Chinese). 荆楚网. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
8. 汪天明 (2011-08-19). 武汉4亿元采购90列车 装备地铁4号线 (in Chinese). 新华网. Retrieved 2011-08-20.