Line 17 (Chengdu Metro)

Line 17 of the Chengdu Metro is an express subway line currently under construction in Chengdu. The whole line is 50.945 km. The line will use 8-car Type-A trains operating up to 140 km/h speed powered by 25kV AC overhead lines.[2]

Chengdu Metro Line 17
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Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Chengdu Metro
Status	Trail Operation
Locale	Chengdu, Sichuan
Termini	Jinxing Station Hongjia Bridge Station
Operation
Planned opening	2020
Opened	anticipated 2020
Owner	City of Chengdu
Operator(s)	Chengdu Metro Corporation
Character	underground and elevated
Depot(s)	Yongyi Depot (永义车辆段) Wutongmiao Temple Depot(五桐庙停车场)
Technical
Line length	81.48 km (50.6 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Electrification	overhead lines, 1,500 V DC
Operating speed	140km/h[1]

Phase 1 will run from Jinxing Station in Wenjiang District to Jitouqiao Station in Wuhou District Phase 1 is 26.145km long with 5.5km running elevated and 20.6km running underground. There are 9 stations with 2 elevated stations and 7 underground stations.[3][4]

Phase 2 extends the line west to across central Chengdu to Gaohongcun Station. It is 24.8 km long, all underground with 18 addtional stations.[5]

二期建成后，一期保留九江北－机投桥区间，17号线将成为贯穿中心城，连接西南－东北方向的快线，途经双流、中心城、青白江。线路全长81.48公里，设车站29座，平均站间距2.91公里。The whole line is 81.48 km wit 29 stations. On average, each stations will have 2.91 km distance.

Progress

• On February 23 2017, Sichuan Development and Reform Commission approved Line 17 Phase 1[6].

• On February 27 2017, Line 17 Phase 1 started construction.[7][8]

• On Nov 11 2017, the first tunnel boring machine started digging section between Jiujiangbe and Bafoqiao Stations.[9]

• On March 24 2019, Line 17 phase 1 elevated section was completed.

• On April 9 2019, Yellowstone－Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital, Mingguang－#1 Vent Tunnel sections are completed. They are the first tunnel sections to be completed.

• On August 5 2019, main structures of all stations on Line 17 was completed.[10]

• On Jan 7 2020, Line 17 Phase 2's Beimenqiao Station started excavation, marking the start of station construction for Phase 2.

• On March 25 2020, Line 17 Phase 1 finished track-laying.[11]

• On June 19, 2020, Chengdu Metro started 3-month trial operation for Line 17.[12]

• On June 24, 2020, Construction finished for Wutongmiao Temple Depot (五桐庙停车场) for Line 17.[13]

Operation

Line 17 Phase 1 and Line 19 Phase 1 will be running in connection as one route.

From 2024[14]

When Line 17 Phase 2 and Line 19 Phase 2 are finished, the operation plan will be:

Line 17 Section：Jiujiang North － Baifo Bridge － Jitou Bridge

Line 19 Section：Jinxing － Huangshi － Fifth Chengdu People's Hospital － Fengxi River － Wenquan Avenue － Mingguang － Jiujiang North

References

1. "成都轨道交通17号线二期工程可行性研究及勘察设计总承包招标公告" (in Chinese). 四川日报. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
2. "成都轨道交通17号线二期工程可行性研究及勘察设计总承包招标公告" (in Chinese). 四川日报. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
3. "地铁19号线一期" (in Chinese). 成都地铁. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
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6. "成都轨道交通11号线一期、17号线一期工程可研报告获批" (in Chinese). 四川新闻网. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
7. 成都地铁17号线一期开建 预计2020年通车_网易新闻. news.163.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
8. "成都地铁17号线一期开建 预计2020年通车" (in Chinese). 网易. 2017-02-28. Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
9. "串联温江、武侯和双流 成都地铁17号线开始"打洞"" (in Chinese). 四川在线. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
10. "成都地铁17号线一期全线车站封顶" (in Chinese). 成都市温江区人民政府. 2019-08-07.
11. "成都轨道交通17号线一期"长轨通" 温江将迎双地铁时代".
12. "即将开启空载调试、空载试运行 成都地铁9号线、17号线离开通也近了！".
13. "成都地铁17号线列车有家啦！五桐庙停车场主体工程完工".
14. "成都地铁17号线"最难建段"开始掘洞" (in Chinese). 四川在线. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-29.