Hengyang Metro

Hengyang Metro
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)

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.

History

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

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

^ "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.

[The_second_public_announcement_of_the_environmental_impact_assessment_of_Hengyang's_urban_rail_transit_network_and_recent_construction_planning-1] "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-2] "BYD builds rail transit lines in Hengyang" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-10-19.

[Accelerate_the_construction_of_urban_rail_transit-3] "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-4] "Hengyang urban area will build a single-track test line" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-22.

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