China's first cross-Yellow River metro line begins trial operation

The initial operation time of Line 1 is from 6:30 am to 10 pm. The daily operation service is 15 hours and 30 minutes, and the whole line runs for about 45 minutes. The subway ticket price adopts the way of "mileage subsection valuation", with the starting price of 2 yuan. The corresponding fare preferential policy is formulated for different passenger groups.

"The metro construction has accumulated experiences for other cross-river urban rail and tunnel construction in similar geological and stratigraphic conditions," said Duan Tingzhi, chairman of the Lanzhou Rail Transit.

Huang Jianwei, deputy secretary-general of the China Urban Rail Transit Association, said that by the end of 2018, a total of 35 cities in China had opened 185 urban rail transit lines with an operation mileage of 5,761 km.

"After many years, the subway finally got through! A dream of Lanzhou people for many years has eventually realized and we have stepped into a new journey of rail transit. I am really excited. I will spend my whole day on the subway." At 9 am Zhang Guangyi, a citizen of Lanzhou, aged 65, arrived at Dongfanghong Square Station on time to take the first subway.