The Shenzhen Metro (SZM, Chinese: 深圳地铁) is the underground railway in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It is owned by the Shenzhen Metro Company (SZMC). Shenzhen (Chinese: 深圳; Pinyin: ShÄ“nzhèn; Hakka:cim1 zun4; Cantonese Jyutping: sam1 zan3, Yale: sām jan; Sham Chun or Shamchun in old or Hong Kong documents; lit. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The trial period for trains started when stations were opened at 5:00pm on Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Currently, there are trains only at 15 minute intervals. After the opening of the Shenzhen Metro, Shenzhen has become the 5th city with underground railway system in mainland China (after Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou). It has become a very cheap alternative way to travel in the city (compared with other transport modes such as buses and taxis), with prices currently ranging from only 2 to 5 Renminbi per person for each trip. December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; Pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù, lit. ... The Beijing Subway, Beijing Underground or Beijing Metro (北京地铁) is a subway system that serves the greater Beijing area and its various outlying suburbs. ... Tianjin Metro is the second metro to be built in China. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Guangzhou Metro (广州地铁 GuÇŽngzhōu dìtǐe) is a metro system in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Pinyin: rénmínbì; literally peoples currency) or the yuan (Chinese: å…ƒ or 圆; Hanyu Pinyin: yuán) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

Both the Shenzhen Metro in Shenzhen and the KCR East Rail in Hong Kong make connections to Luohu (written as Lo Wu in Hong Kong, based on Cantonese), the border-crossing area between the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. A station situated at another Shenzhen-Hong Kong border-crossing area, called Huanggang, will be open in the near future, connecting KCR East Rail's Lok Ma Chau Station. Besides that, the Shenzhen Metro also connects to the Window of the World (世界之窗), a popular tourist spot in Shenzhen. Opening Date 10 October 1911 Stations 14 Number of trains 37 Service Area North, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City The East Rail (東鐵) is one of the three lines of the KCR network in Hong Kong. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语, Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yueyu, Yụet (Guangdong) language) is one of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family. ... Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Chinese: 深圳经済特区), established in May 1980, is one of the five special economic zones in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Huanggang (黃崗) is an area in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, opposite Lok Ma Chau of Hong Kong across the Sham Chun River. ... Lok Ma Chau (Chinese: 落馬洲, Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: lok6 maa5 zau1, Mandarin Pinyin: Luòmăzhōu), is the northwestern terminus on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line - a branch line of the KCR East Rail. ... The Window on the World (Chinese: 世界之窗) is located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Shenzhen Metro is now researching the feasibility of using Hong Kong Octopus Card on the system. There are reports indicating the usage might be possible in about a year. Obverse side of a standard adult card. ...

The second phase of line number 4 will be built by MTR Corporation Limited. The whole line will be operated by MTR on a BOT basis. MTR, in which Hong Kong's government owns a controlling stake, has also signed memorandums of understanding to invest in Line 2 and Line 3, which will cost more than 10 billion yuan renminbi. For MTR as a metro system, see MTR. This article is about the operator of the system. ... Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a franchise from the public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facility for a specified period, after which ownership is transferred back to the public sector. ...

The First Stage of Construction

The first stage of construction of the Shenzhen Metro comprised of line number 1 and phase 1 of line number 4 with a total distance of 21.866 km. Currently, there are 19 stations opened in total (one of them being an interchange station between both lines). [[image:Madrid-metro-1. ...

Stations in Line number 1

In the first stage of construction, there are 15 stations opened on this line:

• Luo Hu (Lo Wu, 罗湖)
• Guo Mao (国贸, World Trade Center)
• Lao Jie (老街, literally old street)
• Da Ju Yuan (大剧院, Grand Theater)
• Ke Xue Guan (科学馆, Science Museum)
• Hua Qiang Lu (华强路, Huaqiang Road)
• Gang Xia (岗厦)
• Hui Zhan Zhong Xin (会展中心, SExhibition Centre) [Interchange station for line number 4]
• Gou Wu Gong Yuan (购物公园, Shopping Park)
• Xiang Mi Hu (香蜜湖, Honey Lake)
• Che Gong Miao (车公庙, Che Kung Temple)
• Zhu Zi Lin (竹子林)
• Qiao Cheng Dong (侨城东, East of Overseas Chinese Town)
• Hua Qiao Cheng (华侨城, Overseas Chinese Town)
• Shi Jie Zhi Chuang (Window of the World, 世界之窗)

Stations in Line number 4

In the first stage of construction, there are 4 opened stations on this line:

• Huang Gang (皇岗) [not yet opened]
• Fu Min (福民)
• Hui Zhan Zhong Xin (会展中心) [Interchange station for line number 1]
• Shi Min Zhong Xin (市民中心)
• Shao Nian Gong (少年宫)

Fleet

• 132 Bombardier Transportation Movia 456 6 car sets - Line 1
• 37 German Shanghai Metro Group (GSMG) 6 cars units - Line 1 and 2
• Siemens AG-Duewag/German Shanghai Metro Group Metro cars

Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... German Shanghai Metro Group is a joint venture between Shanghai Metro and Siemens AG to develop railcars for the metro system. ... Siemens AG (FWB:SIE, NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ... TW 6000 car of Hanover Stadtbahn DUEWAG - GT 6 ZR, EMU 592 of the Thüringerwaldbahn Dual voltage GT 8-100D/2S-M for the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn The DUEWAG AG was one of Germanys major manufacturers for rail vehicles. ... German Shanghai Metro Group is a joint venture between Shanghai Metro and Siemens AG to develop railcars for the metro system. ...

External links

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• Official website (in Chinese)
• Shenzhen subway on urbanrail.net

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