Hengyang Metro (Chinese: 衡阳轨道交通; pinyin: Héngyáng Guǐdào Jiāotōng), officially Hengyang Rail Transit, is a planned monorail rapid transit system in Hengyang, Hunan, China. Once completed, the system is scheduled to comprise six lines and have a total length of 158 km.
| Hengyang Metro | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Native name | 衡阳轨道交通 |
| Locale | Hengyang. Hunan, China |
| Transit type | Monorail rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 2 (phase 1) |
| Number of stations | 43 (phase 1) |
| Operation | |
| Operation will start | 2025 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 59.0km (phase 1) |
History edit
A rapid transit system in Hengyang has been planned since 2017. In September 2017, a contract was signed between the municipal council of Hengyang and BYD, whose Hunan headquarters are located within the city, for a straddle beam monorail system to be constructed in Hengyang.[1][2][3][4]
Lines edit
| Line | Terminals | Planned Opening | Length km |
Stations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yumu Lake | Huajiang | 2025 | 29.6 | 24 |
| 2 | Songmu Development Zone | Nanyue Airport | 2025 | 29.4 | 20 |
| Total | 59.0 | 43 | |||
References edit
- ^ "The second public announcement of the environmental impact assessment of Hengyang's urban rail transit network and recent construction planning" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "BYD builds rail transit lines in Hengyang" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^ "Accelerate the construction of urban rail transit" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ "Hengyang urban area will build a single-track test line" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-22.