Line 3 and Line 4 will fully start operation by New Year's Day in 2007. At that time Guangzhou's metro network will first break the 100-km mark by reaching 116 kilometers, ranking second across all regions in China (except Hong Kong).

Metro Line 1 Will Dispatch a Train Every Two Minutes

It is learned from Guangzhou Metro Corporation that Metro Line 1 will conduct a large adjustment to realize a running interval of 2 minutes a train for the next year, after Metro Lines 3 and 4 are put into service by the end of 2006.

Currently, the average traveling speed for Metro Lines 1 and 2 is 35 kilometers an hour. Metro Line 3 will practice the "Large Stations & Fast Trains" policy and its traveling speed will reach 55 kilometers an hour by the end of 2006, to improve the speed of Guangzhou's traffic. Its top speed can reach 120 kilometers an hour.

Trains Run Every 13 Minutes on Metro Lines 3 and 4

On December 26, Guangzhou Metro Company announced that the operation time will be 6: 00-22: 00 for No. 3 line and 6: 00-21: 30 for No. 4 line. 

Trains are to run from eleven stations of No. 3 line and five stations of No. 4 line at 14:00, December 30. Citizens will be able to experience the 120 kilometers/hour speed of No. 3 line trains and enjoy the metropolitan scenery as they travel on the elevated section of No. 4 line.

According to statistics, after the launch of No. 2 line, passengers increased 30 percent on No. 1 line. Therefore, the launch of Metro line 3 and 4 lines is expected to increase the number of passengers on lines 1 and 2. 

No. 4 line trains will feature linear motors. Due to complicated production processes, the production speed of the trains of Metro lines 3 and 4 is slower than the construction speed of tracks.

The train intervals will be about 13 minutes in the early stage and may be adjusted in the second half of 2007.

Editor: Donald