Nanchang opens first line

摘要

Nanchang became the 24th city in China with a metro when it opened the first of five planned lines on December 26. The 28'7 km underground Line 1 has 24 stations. It runs south from Shuanggang to Qi-ushui Square before crossing the Ganjiang River to head east to Yaohu Lake West via Olympic Stadium. Services run at peak headways of 2 min, giving a line capacity of 55000 passengers/h per direction. The fleet comprises 27 six-car Type B train-sets supplied by CNR Changchun, which draw power at 1·5 kV DC from overhead wires.