At 10 am on October 28, 2022, Shenzhen Metro Line 14, built with the participation of Xi 'an Consulting Company of the First Institute of Railway Research, was officially put into operation, once again breaking a new milestone of Shenzhen rail transit and further consolidating Shenzhen's crown as the country's top metro network density.

Shenzhen Metro Line 14

It is reported that Line 14, with a total length of 50.34 kilometers, is the first unmanned express line with the longest route length, the largest investment scale and the highest technical standard in the fourth phase of Shenzhen Metro project. It starts from Gangxiambei hub in Futian central District, passes through Futian District, Luohu District and Longgang District, and ends at Shatin Station in Pingshan District, with a total of 18 stations. Covering the north-south traffic demand corridor in eastern Shenzhen with a maximum speed of 120 km/h, the whole journey takes about 55 minutes.

The First Institute of Railway is responsible for the supervision of Futian Station, Gangxia North Station, Huangmugang Station, Luohu North Station and Buji Station of Shenzhen Metro Line 14, Luohu North Station and the scope of the entrance line. The pipeline section under its jurisdiction has dense underground pipelines, many surface risk sources, complex geological conditions, difficult construction technology, and high safety control requirements. It is the longest, largest volume and most difficult construction area of the whole line.

Construction process, the iron one focus on safety, quality, time limit for a project, environmental protection such as the goal, to further deepen the service consciousness, give full play to the coordinating role, to strengthen the process control, supervise the project efficient operation, the key is high, the risk control of strong, large project management process, insist on the principle of "advance, matter and afterwards control, reasonable to promote each work node, Lay a solid foundation for the smooth operation of the project.

The opening and operation of Shenzhen Metro Line 14 will effectively improve the connection efficiency of Shenzhen's comprehensive transportation and form a denser urban rail transit network system. It will also have far-reaching significance for accelerating the construction process of Shenzhen metropolitan area and facilitating the rail transit construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. With the opening of Shenzhen Metro Line 14 and the upcoming extension of Line 12, Line 16 and Line 6, the city's operational length of urban rail will break the 500km mark. Editor/He Yuting