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In less
than 30 years, Shenzhen has grown from fishing villages with barely
310,000 residents into nowadays one of the biggest and most modern cities
in China. Sitting next to Hong Kong,
across the border of Sham Chun River, it is the home to 13 million inhabitants,
the busiest shipping ports and a major manufacturing and research centre.
With an exploding population and economy, Shenzhen is facing huge pressure
on transportation. Shenzhen became the 6th Chinese city with metro,
after Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou. Opened in
2004, the Shenzhen metro is a modern system with platform screen doors
and a contactless smart card "TransCard". It also connects with the
Hong Kong metro system at Luohu and Futian Checkpoint , where passengers
can interchange to Hong Kong East Rail, after passing customs clearance.
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| Line 1 - Luobao Line |
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41 km - 30 stations 28-12-2004:
Luohu - Window of the World (Shijiezhichuang) |
| Line 2 - Shekou Line |
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36 km - 29 stations 28-12-2010:
Window of the World - Chiwan (15.5 km) |
| Line 3 - Longgang Line |
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42 km - 30 stations 28-12-2010:
Caopu - Shuanglong (25
km) |
| Line 4 - Longhua Line |
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20 km
- 15 stations 28-12-2004:
Fumin - Children's Palace (Shaoniangong) |
| Line 5 - Huanzhong Line |
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40 km - 27 stations 22-06-2011: Qianhaiwan - Huangbeiling |
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While the existing lines are being extended, line 5 is scheduled to open in spring 2011. For more details see Wikipedia. See all planned lines here
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Shenzhen Metro (Official Website) Shenzhen Metro at Wikipedia Map with future lines from Wikipedia Shenzhen Metro at startinchina.com |
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