Tianjin Metro
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Tianjin Metro is the second metro (after Beijing) to be built in China and has been modernized to current mass transit standards.
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Original line
Tianjin Metro original line from Xizhan (Tianjin west railway station) to Xinhua Lu (Xinhua road).The metro service was suspended in 2001, which was done in order to modernize the line. The original line ran as many as 3 metres under the city's streets, and part of the line used a driedout canal bed.
The original line has 8 stations on the 7.4 km route:
- Xizhan
- Xibeijiao
- Xinanjiao
- Erweilu
- Haiguangsi
- Dianbaodalou
- Yingkoudao
- Xinhualu
Line 1
Tianjin Metro Line 1, from Liuyuan to Shuanglin, 26.188 kilometers in length. It reopens on June 12, 2006.Stations:
- Liuyuan
- Xihengdi
- Benxilu
- Qinjiandao
- Honghuli
- Xizhan (station from original line)
- Xibeijiao (station from original line)
- Xinanjiao (station from original line)
- Erweilu (station from original line)
- Haiguangsi (station from original line)
- Anshandao (original line station, named as Dianbaodalou station in the original line)
- Yingkoudao (station from original line)
- Xiaobailou
- Xiawafang
- Nanlou
- Tucheng
- Chentangzhuang
- Fuxingmen
- Huashanli
- Caijingxueyuan
- Shuanglin
Line 2
This line is being planned and will be 22.5 km long and run from east to west with 20 stations.Line 3
This line is being planned and will be 28.4 km long and run from north to south with 22 stations.Line 9
Tianjin Metro Line 9 is the western part of the Binhai Mass Transit light railway system. The light railway from Zhongxin Guangchang (central square) in Tianjin downtown to Donghai Lu (east sea road) in Binhai new town.
Rolling Stock
- 114 CNR Changchun Railway Vehicle Company Limited Rapid Trainset Vehicle cars - new
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