Line 2, Wuhan Metro
| Line 2, Wuhan Metro | |||
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Platform of Zhongshan Park
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Wuhan Metro | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Wuhan, China | ||
| Termini |
Tianhe International Airport Optics Valley Square |
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| Stations | 28 | ||
| Services | 1 | ||
| Daily ridership | 383,600 (2013 Avg.) 799,913 (May 2014 Peak) |
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| Operation | |||
| Opened | December 28, 2012. | ||
| Owner | Wuhan | ||
| Operator(s) | Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd. | ||
| Character | Underground | ||
| Rolling stock | Chinese Type B | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 47 km (29.20 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 2 | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
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The Line 2 of Wuhan Metro (Chinese: 武汉地铁二号线) is the first underground metro line crossing the Yangtze River. This line has started trial run on September 25, 2012, and has opened on December 28, 2012. It is Wuhan's second metro line after Line 1, and the city's first underground line, since Line 1 is mostly elevated. Line 2 runs in a northwest-southeast direction, connecting Hankou and Wuchang, including Hankou Railway Station and major commercial districts.
The number of single day passengers on Line 2 has exceeded 500,000 on Jan 1, 2013, the first weekday after its opening, excluding elders holding free passes. When more lines interchangeable with Line 2 open around 2015, the passenger volume could reach 1 million per day. To accommodate such huge traffic, all stations on Line 2 have been extended to the length of 8-car trains for future use.
Line 2 might be the most important metro line in the Wuhan Metro system for being able to carry the heavy cross-Yangtze traffic in Wuhan.
On the first day of the system's operations, 132,000 passengers were counted entering or exiting the system at the line's last station in Wuchang, Optics Valley Square Station (Guanggu Guangchang). By the early 2013, the weekday daily ridership (entries + exits) at the same station was counted at 95,000. As of April 2013 the daily ridership of Line 2 averages 383,600 people per day.
On August 23, 2012, five stations was renamed according to the result of a poll.
Hongshan Square Station and Zhongnan Road Station offer paired cross-platform interchange for passengers riding between 4 directions of the two lines. The configuration for the two stations is similar to that of Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations in Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway.
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