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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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Construction was started on July 4, 1970, the first part 3.6 km and 4 stations had been completed in February 1976, the second part which has another 1.6 km and Xinanjiao and Erweilu stations completed in 1980. After construction resumed, the total length was 7.4 km, 8 stations, and service on the line began on December 28, 1984.
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
Tianjin Metro Line 1 (Liuyuan-Shuanglin) is 26.188 kilometers in length. It reopened 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 (station from original line, was formerly called Dianbaodalou station)
- Yingkoudao (station from original line)
- Xiaobailou
- Xiawafang
- Nanlou
- Tucheng
- Chentangzhuang
- Fuxingmen
- Huashanli
- Caijingxueyuan
- Shuanglin
Line 1 is 26.195km in length following completion in 2005.
This line is being planned and will be 22.5 km long and run from east to west with 20 stations.
This line is being planned and will be 28.4 km long and run from north to south with 22 stations.
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.
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