Shenzhen opens four more metro lines

Shenzhen opened four new metro lines on Wednesday, extending its total subway network to 411 kilometers, the 21st Century Business Herald reported.

After adding Line 6 and 10 earlier this year, the city saw its subway mileage increase more than 100 kilometers in 2020, a year the city has seen aggressive growth in rail traffic.

The new opened lines are Phase III of Line 2, the South Extension of Line 3, Phase III of Line 4 and Phase I of Line 8, according to the herald.

In terms of subway network, Shenzhen still has a long way to catch up with Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.

However, in terms of subway line density, it has beaten the three, as its size is only about one-eighth of Beijing, one-third of Shanghai and one-fourth of Guangzhou.

The daily passenger volume reached 5.57 million in 2019, as per a finding published by the city's rail traffic office in April, adding rail traffic accounted for 56.1 percent of the total public traffic volume, up 1.7 percent year-on-year.