Guangzhou Metro will open four new lines at the same time at the end of 2017, 1 year to transport passengers will be more than 2.5 billion . They are: the southern extension of Guangzhou Metro Line 4, Line 9, the first phase of Line 13, Knowledge City Line, and other 4 **** count 81.6 kilometers of lines. By 2017, the Guangzhou Metro opened lines reached 10, the total number of stations reached 190, and the total mileage reached 309 kilometers, stably ranking third in the country and top ten in the world. So what are the reasons for the Guangzhou Metro to open new lines?
Satisfying the growing demand for passenger traffic
The report shows that in 2016, the Guangzhou Metro's average daily passenger volume was 7.02 million, topping the country in terms of passenger intensity, and the total passenger volume of the entire line network reached 2.57 billion trips, an increase of 6.7% over the previous year, accounting for the city's public * ** 44% of total transportation trips, an increase of 2% over the previous year.
Guangzhou Metro expects that after the opening of the three new lines, average daily metro passenger traffic will climb to 7.77 million passengers, and the intensity of passenger traffic (passenger volume/mileage) continues to rank high in the country. Currently, the average daily passenger flow of Guangzhou Metro is more than 7 million passengers, the intensity of passenger flow reached 26,000 passengers / kilometer, unit mileage of passenger traffic ranked first in the country.
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Making Guangzhou's districts more connected
The southern extension of Line 4 are all located in Nansha District, Line 9 runs east-west through Huadu District, east-west, and Line 13 runs mainly through Huangpu District, Zengcheng, the Knowledge City Line project began at Xinhe Station, laying along Kowloon Avenue and ending at Zhenlong.
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Promoting the development of Guangzhou
It is reported that Line 9 will support the development of Guangzhou's aviation hub, and is of great significance to improve the city's comprehensive transportation system and promote the sustainable economic and social development of Huadu. Line 13 line line fill the blank of Zengcheng rail transportation, solve the Huangpu central area, Xintang town and other areas of the urgent need of residents. The Knowledge City Line project line serves the rapid connection between the Knowledge City and the central city, while taking into account the developmental guidance function between the Knowledge City clusters.
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Guangzhou's metro has taken a high position in the world, but it needs to be constantly improved to meet the growing transportation needs of the people.