With the gradual expansion of large cities in China, the demand for fast rail transit is becoming more and more prominent. Recently, the website of Fujian Provincial People's Government released news, which mentioned the third phase of Fuzhou subway construction planning of the relevant situation.

Up to now, Fuzhou and Xiamen have opened 7 urban rail transit lines, operating mileage of 207 kilometers. The subway makes city life better and makes it easier for people to get around. Close neighbors become "close neighbors", Fujian Province is building a beautiful urban life on the track.

The news mentioned that in the construction of Metro lines 4, 5 and 6 and Binhai F1 express line, Fuzhou optimized the design of stations along the lines under construction, intensified the land use, and sorted out a number of developable plots, such as the Dongshengshangcover plot of Binhai Express line and the OCC plot of Difengjiang Metro.

"Real Estate Company", a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metro Group, has successfully won the land parcel of Henggang Depot of Line 6, and plans to build the first rail transit intelligent industrial park in Fuzhou. The scattered land parcel of Yili Dormitory of Mindu Station and Mindu Station of Binhai Express Line will be "jointly built between stations and buildings".

Fuzhou "planned in advance" in the construction of the third phase of the subway (subway Line 3, Line 4, Line 2, Line 6 west extension, Line 7, Line 8, and Line S1), realizing the "synchronous research, design and construction" of land resources development and the construction planning of the third phase.

Construction of the third round of subway lines will begin in batches in 2024

In an interview, Yang Jianguo, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Fuzhou Metro Group, revealed that in order to better support the development requirements of Fuzhou to build a modern international city, a new round of Fuzhou urban rail transit network planning revision has been initiated.

Relying mainly on rail transportation will "create a variety of integrated public transportation network of transportation integration development" as the starting point, the strengthening of urban rail transit and high speed rail, airports and other important transport hub, the contact between further realize the fast rail trunk railway, intercity railway, xiamen city, urban rail, "four network convergence" form "one ring and two nuclear" network structure, In response to the spatial layout of Fuzhou's "one principal and one deputy", it promotes the close integration of Fuzhou's main urban area with Binhai New City and other peripheral groups, and accelerates the achievement of the goals of new district development, old city transformation and regional integration development, so as to better serve the strategy of strengthening the provincial capital and support the construction of Fuzhou metropolitan area.

At pesent, a new round of network planning (2035 and 2050) is being publicized; The third phase construction planning scheme has been basically stable and is being submitted for approval in an orderly manner. It is planned to start construction in batches from 2024 to 2026 and complete construction in 2030. By then, the total operation scale of Fuzhou metro will reach nearly 380 kilometers, basically in line with the scale of Fuzhou's line network to build a modern international city.

The plan for the third phase of the subway will be submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission by the end of the year

At present, Fuzhou Metro Group is speeding up the application for approval of the third phase construction plan together with the municipal Development and Reform Commission. The construction plan of the third phase is in the pre-review stage in the province. Since the construction plan needs to complete the compilation and review of 14 pre-topics before it can be submitted for approval, the expert review of 3 supporting topics has been completed. Due to the impact of the recent epidemic, the remaining review time needs to be further determined. The Metro Group will revise the main report of the third phase construction planning and related supporting special reports after the review is completed, and strive to submit it to the National Development and Reform Commission before the end of the year.

Fuzhou Metro third round of line network planning or involve 6 lines

On December 10, 2021, the official website of Fuzhou Metro Group released the "Tender Announcement of Service Project Preparation of Resources Development Special Planning along the third round of Fuzhou Rail Transit Construction Planning Line".

It is clear in the tender announcement that the construction plan of the third phase of the line network is focused on 6 lines, with a total length of about 144.8km, including 7 field segments. According to relevant media reports, the construction planning lines of the third phase of Fuzhou rail transit are preliminarily reported according to 5 subway lines (Line 3, Line 4 Phase 2, Line 6 west extension line, Line 7, Line 8) and 1 municipal line S1 from Xiangqian to Fuqing, with a total length of about 140 kilometers and a total investment of about 95.6 billion yuan.

In June 2022, Fuzhou Urban Rail Transit Network Planning (2021 Revision) (hereinafter referred to as "Planning") was approved by Fuzhou Municipal People's Government. The route map in the Planning clearly defined the direction of the above six lines.

Fuzhou urban rail transit network is divided into long-term planning and long-term planning. Among them, the long-term plan to 2035, which is consistent with the long-term annual overall plan of Fuzhou's territorial space under preparation, focuses on Fuzhou's downtown area.

The line network scheme consists of 16 lines (including F1 line) with a total length of about 623km, including 12 urban lines with a total length of about 426km, 3 municipal lines with a total length of about 135km and intercity F1 lines with a total length of about 62km. Vision planning to 2050, the planning scope expanded to Fuzhou city. The line network scheme consists of 20 lines (including F1 line), with a total length of about 783km, including 13 urban lines (about 462km), 6 municipal lines (about 259km) and intercity F1 lines (about 62km). Editor/Xu Shengpeng