The construction of a strong country takes transportation first, and the scale of cities continues to expand, and the demand for subways is becoming increasingly prominent. Overview of the progress of the new round of subway construction planning submission and preparation in the Mainland (first batch)

Fuzhou

The Fujian Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Notice on the Implementation Plan for the Quality Improvement of Urban and Rural Construction in the Province in 2023". Article 16 of the "Key Tasks" shows that the construction of the second round of rail transit construction projects and planning adjustment projects in Fuzhou and Xiamen will be accelerated. The preliminary construction of the city's third round of rail transit construction planning project.

As far as Fuzhou is concerned, according to the "Consultation for Public Opinions on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Third Phase of Fuzhou Urban Rail Transit Construction Planning (2024-2029)" published on the official website of Fuzhou Metro, the relevant information about the construction planning of the third phase of Fuzhou Metro has been disclosed.

According to public information, the construction plan of the third phase of Fuzhou Metro includes five lines including the first phase of Line 3, the second phase of Line 4, the west extension of Line 6, Line 8, and the first phase of S1 Line, with a total scale of about 138.1km. There are 76 stations. The latest reply of Fuzhou Metro Group Co., Ltd. on January 9 this year shows that the current third-phase construction plan is still in the provincial pre-examination stage, and plans to report to the state within this year.

Xiamen

The Xiamen Municipal Rail Transit Construction Headquarters stated that it is currently advancing the approval of the third phase of the construction plan in accordance with the deployment of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. The environmental impact assessment of the third phase of Xiamen Metro was announced in November last year. The plan includes the first phase of Lines 5, 7, and 8, and the second phase of Line 9, with a total scale of about 88km.

Previously, the "Xiamen Urban Rail Transit Network Planning (2021-2035)" was approved by the municipal government. The planned network consists of 12 lines, including 7 ordinary lines, 4 express lines and 1 rail control line. The scale is about 493 kilometers.

According to the plan, among the 12 lines, 7 are ordinary lines, including Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 6, Line 7, Line 10, and Line 11, about 297 kilometers; 4 lines are The express line, including Line 4, Line 5, Line 8, and Line 9, is about 186 kilometers; one is the track control line, about 10 kilometers.

At present, Xiamen has three lines in operation with a mileage of 98 kilometers. By 2035, the operating mileage of 493 kilometers will cover a wider area, and rail transit will also become the main body of public transportation.

Changchun

Recently, the construction plan for the fourth phase of Changchun Urban Rail Transit (2025-2030) and its supporting documents have been approved by relevant departments for bidding.

At present, the Changchun rail transit operation line has developed into a traffic network structure with 2 subway systems and 3 light rail systems, and the rail transit has been deeply integrated into the city. As of December 2022, there are 5 Changchun rail transit lines in operation, including Changchun Rail Transit Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 4, and Line 8, with an operating mileage of 106.73 kilometers and a total of 88 stations (Transfer stations are not counted repeatedly), including 9 transfer stations.

There are 8 rail transit projects under construction in Changchun City, with a mileage of 128 kilometers under construction. The rail transit projects under construction, such as the first-phase projects of Lines 5, 6, and 7, are all planned lines for the third-phase rail transit construction. It is estimated that by the end of 2025, all the projects under construction will be completed, and the total operating mileage of Changchun Rail Transit will reach 235 kilometers.

Wuxi

Recently, the official website of Wuxi Metro released the "Announcement on Tendering for the Adjustment of Passenger Flow Forecast in the Construction and Planning of the Third Phase of Wuxi Urban Rail Transit". In combination with the requirements of the document "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Management of Urban Rail Transit Planning and Construction" (Guobanfa [2018] No. 52), the extension of the main lines of Wuxi Metro Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 will be carried out. Research on Passenger Flow Forecasting. The owner reserves the right to make partial adjustments to the bidding scope according to the actual situation of the project.

The construction plan of the third phase of urban rail transit in Wuxi has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, including 3 projects, namely the second phase of Metro Line 4, the first phase of Metro Line 5 and Metro Line 6, with a total length of 59.8 kilometers.

Ningbo

Recently, the bidding for the regulatory detailed planning of Ningbo rail transit network was finally jointly won by Beijing Urban Construction Design and Development Group, a major rail transit design company, and Ningbo Planning and Design Institute.

The announcement shows that a new round of rail transit planning in Ningbo is about to be completed. In order to control the land for rail transit construction in advance and stabilize the station line plan, it is planned to conduct in-depth research on unplanned lines within the central urban area to coordinate the relationship between rail transit and land use. Reduce the difficulty of implementation. Research scope: the whole line of Line 9, the central city section of Line 11, and other supplementary lines.

From May 30, 2014, the first phase of Ningbo Metro Line 1's trial operation, to December 1, 2022, the second phase of Line 2 will be opened for operation. At present, the operating mileage of Ningbo Rail Transit is 185 kilometers, with a total of 5 operating lines (including Fenghua line).

Ningbo's rail transit construction has entered the third round: it involves the first phase of Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, the west extension of Line 1, and the extension of Line 4, with a total mileage of 106.5 kilometers. There are currently 8 lines under construction, 5 new lines (including two intercity railways), and 3 sections to be built. In 2023, Ningbo Rail Transit will speed up the construction of Lines 6, 7, and 8, Xiangshan Line and Cixi Line of the urban railway, the second phase of Line 3, and the extension of Lines 1 and 4. situation. The mileage of the new line under construction has exceeded 250 kilometers, and the annual planned investment in key projects is 26 billion.

Shijiazhuang

Recently, the China Hebei Government Procurement Network issued the "Announcement on Open Bidding for the Adjustment and Compilation Project of the Second Phase of Shijiazhuang Urban Rail Transit Construction Planning (2022-2027)" to invite bids for the second phase planning adjustment project of Shijiazhuang Metro.

In the "2023 Annual Budget Disclosure of Shijiazhuang Rail Transit Construction Office", the description of the second-phase planning and adjustment projects is as follows: (1) Combining with the 2035 version of the national land and space planning, it will serve Zhengding Airport, the Lutuo River Economic Belt, Longquan Lake Area and other city-wide Conduct in-depth research on routes in key areas. (2) According to the population positions and land use layout determined in the 2035 National Tenth Space Master Plan, optimize the long-term rail transit network planning of about 500 kilometers, and report to the Municipal Planning Commission for research in due course.

According to the "Shijiazhuang Urban Rail Transit Network Planning (2021-2035) Announcement": By 2035, an urban rail transit network consisting of 9 urban rail transit lines and 6 urban (suburban) railways will be formed, with a total scale of 646km.

The schemes of Line 1, Line 4, and Line 6 have been optimized in the central urban area, and the functions of existing and under-construction lines have been improved. Line 7, Line 8, and Line 9 have been added to further strengthen the rail transit service level for key areas such as the Hutuo River Economic Belt and Longquan Lake Area.

Six new urban (suburban) railways have been added within the urban area, strengthening the connection between the central urban area and surrounding districts and counties. In the long-term plan, about 120km of urban (suburban) railways will be added to form 7 urban (suburban) railway corridors covering the entire city.

As of December 2022, Shijiazhuang has three subway lines in operation, including the first and second phases of Line 1, the first phase of Line 2, and Line 3, with a total length of about 76.5 kilometers and 60 stations.

The construction plan of the second phase of Shijiazhuang Rail Transit was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in August 2022. The total construction scale is 58.85 kilometers, mainly including the first phase of Line 4, 5, and 6 and the third phase of Line 1. The lines are all underground, mainly covering Qiaoxi, Yuhua, Xinhua, Chang'an, Luquan, Luancheng and other districts.

There are 3 lines under construction in Shijiazhuang Metro, which are the northern section of the second phase of Line 1, the first phase of Line 4, and the first phase of Line 5. This year, we will accelerate the construction of the first phase of Metro Lines 4 and 5 and the second phase of the northern section of Line 1. The third phase of Line 1 and the first phase of Line 6 will start construction at the end of April! After the project is completed, the rail transit mileage in Shijiazhuang will reach about 140 kilometers.

According to the Municipal Rail Transit Group, the construction plan of the second phase of urban rail transit in Shaoxing City has been approved by the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and reported to the National Development and Reform Commission. The project includes the second phase of Line 2, the first phase of Line 3, the first phase of Line 4, and the first phase of Line 5. The total size is 77.9 kilometers.

Shaoxing

In 2023, Shaoxing's "Land Reading Manual" has adjusted the reporting lines of rail transit, and the expression has been changed to "Phase II of Metro Line 2, Phase I of Line 3, Phase I of Line 4, Phase I of Line 5, 77.9 kilometers , 44 stations."

At present, it still needs to be reviewed by professional institutions. The national policy on the approval of urban rail transit is being tightened. The provincial and municipal development and reform commissions and our company will try their best to obtain the largest scale of approval from the national development and reform commission. The final scale is subject to the approval of the national development and reform commission.

wenzhou

According to relevant news, the construction plan of Wenzhou Metro has completed the revision of the construction plan. The revised construction planning scale has been reduced from 60.4 kilometers to 36.06 kilometers, including 15.71 kilometers for the first phase of the M1 line and 20.35 kilometers for the first phase of the M2 line. The total investment About 31 billion yuan. At present, the construction plan of Line M has been submitted to Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission for preliminary review.

In recent years, Wenzhou's economy and society have developed upwards, and the level of urbanization has been continuously improved. The outstanding short board for the improvement of comprehensive competitiveness. The S line of Wenzhou's regional railway is about to be completed, and it is urgent to build the M line of urban rail transit to improve the "S+M" urban rail transit network and truly create "Wenzhou on rails". Wenzhou's population, gross regional product, total fiscal revenue of the city, forecast passenger flow, debt and other indicators all meet the national requirements for subway construction. However, no city has obtained the first subway "birth permit" since the epidemic, and even for cities that already have subways, it is becoming more and more difficult to apply for a new round of construction planning, and the information is gradually becoming opaque. Although Wenzhou is qualified, the road to report is quite bumpy.

Shenyang

Recently, the environmental impact assessment information of the fourth phase of Shenyang Urban Rail Transit Construction Planning (2025-2030) was announced. Lines include: Phase I of K1 Express Line, Phase I of K2 Express Line, Phase I of Line 5, Phase I of Line 16, Branch Line of Line 2, North Extension of Line 4, North Extension of Line 9, Phase I of Line 15 ( Phase II of Line 10) has a total of 8 projects with a total scale of about 200 kilometers, including 105 stations, 11 main substations, 10 vehicle bases and 1 control center, with a total investment of about 123.206 billion yuan (currently the plan is under study The specific route and scale are subject to the final approval of the national competent authority). Editor/Xu Shengpeng