Line 7, Shenzhen Metro

Line 7, Shenzhen Metro
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Shenzhen Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	Shenzhen, China
Termini	Xili Lake Tai'an
Stations	28
Operation
Planned opening	28 October 2016
Operator(s)	SZMC (Shenzhen Metro Group)
Character	Underground
Technical
Line length	30.173 km (18.75 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Line 7 (Chinese: 七號線; Jyutping: Cat1 Hou6 Sin3) is a line of the Shenzhen Metro with a length of 30.3 km and a total of 28 stations. It connects the Xili Lake to Tai'an. The line travels East–West across Shenzhen in a "V" shape. Construction started on 23 October 2012, with track laying complete in April 2016.^[1] The line started service on 28 October 2016.^[2]

Rolling stock

In 2014, Shenzhen Metro Group purchased 70 trains (420 carriages) from CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles for the future Line 7 and Line 9, in which Line 7 will use 41 while Line 9 will use 29.^[3] The first train arrived in mid-March 2016.

Stations

• All of these names and the transfers may be changed in future.

Station name		Transfer	Location
English	Chinese
Xili Lake	西丽湖
Xili	西丽	5
Chaguang	茶光
Zhuguang	珠光
Longjing	龙井
Taoyuancun	桃源村
Shenyun	深云
Antuo Hill	安托山	2
Nonglin	农林
Chegongmiao	车公庙	1   11  Cross-platform transfer  9
Shangsha	上沙
Shawei	沙尾
Shixia	石厦	3
Huanggangcun	皇岗村
Fumin	福民	4
Huanggang Checkpoint	皇岗口岸
Fulin	福邻	Not in service
Chiwei	赤尾
Huaqiang South	华强南
Huaqiang North	华强北	2   1  via Huaqiang Rd Station
Huaxin	华新	3
Huangmugang	黄木岗	Cross-platform transfer  14
Bagualing	八卦岭
Hongling North	红岭北	9
Sungang	笋岗
Honghu	洪湖
Tianbei	田贝	3
Tai'an	太安	5

Extension

Line 7 may have a north or east extension, and a branch for Metro Culture and Sports Center station. It may open along with Metro Culture and Sports Center in 2018. Train for that branch has already arrived.

Station name		Transfer	Location
English	Hanzi
Metro Culture and Sports Center	地铁文体公园

References

1. "记录施工中的深圳地铁7号线" (in Chinese). 深圳新闻网. 2012-11-12.
2. "深圳地铁7号线和9号线10月底通车 比计划提前两个月". Retrieved 27 August 2016.
3. "中国北车揽30亿元深圳地铁大单 将装备7号线和9号线_深圳新闻_最全最迅速的深圳资讯—深圳新闻网". www.sznews.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-06-11.