Nanchang Rail Transit
Overview
Locale	Nanchang,Jiangxi,China
Transit type	Airport rail link
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	103
Daily ridership	934,000 (2021 average)[1] 1.447 million (2021 Peak)[2]
Website	official site
Operation
Began operation	December 26, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-26) (Line 1)[3]
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation.
Technical
System length	128.3 km (79.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)standard gauge
System map

Nanchang Metro, officiallyNanchang Rail Transit, is anAirport rail link system inNanchang,Jiangxi,China. As of 2021, four lines are operational. The Metro opened for commercial operation in December 2015.^[3] The network is currently 128.3 km (79.7 mi) in length with 4 lines. A total length of 163 km (101.3 mi) of network is planned, with Line 5 which is currently under planning.^[4]

On 24 November 2020, theNational Development and Reform Commission approved the extensions of Lines 1 & 2.^[6] Line 1 north and Line 2 east extension both started construction in September 2021.^[7][8]

The construction of a rail transit system in Nanchang was first proposed in the beginning of the 2000s.^[10] The population of the urban core of Nanchang is projected to reach 3.5 million people by 2020.^[11] In August 2005, Jiangxi Provincial Development & Reform Commission and Nanchang City Government replied to the proposal of building a metro system, and the City Government considered listing the proposal in theEleventh Five-year plan.^[12] In November, a plan of 4 metro and 1 light rail was drafted.^[13][14] In 2006, the City officially started the research of building a rail transit system.^[15] In the second half of 2007, the prophase research of the construction of the system was initiated.^[10] On 30 July 2008, the construction of Nanchang Metro was formally included in the priority agenda.^[16]

In 2008, Nanchang was approved to build a rail transit system by theState Council,^[17] and Nanchang Rail Transit Group Co., Ltd. was incorporated on 16 October 2008 to construct and operate Nanchang Metro.^[18] On 15 September, the planned 5 routes were notified to the public,^{[4][19][20][21]} which was approved by the State Council in July 2009.^[22][23] On 29 July 2009, the construction of Nanchang City Rapid Rail Transit officially began,^[24][25] and also on the same day the detailed route and construction plan of the five lines was proclaimed at the press conference.^[26]In July 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the feasibility study report of the first phase of Nanchang Metro Line 1.^[27]

Construction of Line 1 has started on 29 July 2009,^[24] and the line opened on December 26, 2015.^[28][29]

In April 2013, the Government planned to acquire approval for all 5 lines by 2014, start constructing all planned lines from 2015, and plan Line 6 to Line 10 to complement the existing network.^[30][31]

As of August 2013, the construction of Line 2 also started with the first section opening on August 18, 2017.^[32] The construction was planned for Line 3 to start in September 2014, and Line 4 will be constructed as soon as September 2015.^[33][34]

On 31 May 2013, Nanchang Government submitted three candidate plans for the Phase 2 construction (2014-2020) to the expert panel,^[35][36] which chose the compromising Plan 2.^[33][37] According to the plan, Line 2 will be extended to both directions from 2014, Line 1 from 2016.

Line 1 north and Line 2 east extension both started construction in September 2021.^[7][8] The project will extend Line 1 north from Shuanggang Station toChangbei Airport. The extension is 16.62 km (10.33 mi) in length, including 11.86 km (7.37 mi) underground and 3.23 km (2.01 mi) elevated.^[6] Line 2 will be extended from Xinjia'an Station toNanchang East railway station, the extension is 10.52 km (6.54 mi) in length and fully underground.^[6]

Nanchang Metro uses Type B rolling stock, whose cars are 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) in width, 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) in height and 19 m (62 ft 4 in) in length, providing the system with maximum capacity of 30,000 to 55,000 passenger per hour per direction.^[38]

Single ticket will be available as plastic packaged RFID coin like many other cities in China.^[39] Existing pre-payment smart cards such as localHongcheng Tong (Chinese:洪城通) are also expected to be used in Nanchang Metro.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toNanchang Metro.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toNanchang Metro.

• Official Website(in Chinese)
• Nanchang atUrbanRail.net

• Nanchang Metro
• Rail transport in Jiangxi
• Rapid transit in China
• Railway lines opened in 2015
• 2015 establishments in China

• CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh)
• Webarchive template wayback links
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Articles containing Chinese-language text
• Commons category link from Wikidata
• Commons category link is on Wikidata
• Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh)