Wuhan Metro
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Key facts
- Owner
- Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd.
- Locale
- Wuhan , Hubei , China
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 4.02 million (2024) 6.022 million (Highest record on 31 December 2025)
- Annual ridership
- 1.468 billion (2024)
- Website
- www.wuhanrt.com
- Began operation
- 28 July 2004 ; 21 years ago ( 2004-07-28 )
- Operator s
- Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd.
- Character
- Elevated and underground
- Train length
- 4, 6 or 8 cars
- Headway
- 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 –9 min
- System length
- 553 km (343.6 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- 1,500 V DC third rail or overhead catenary ( Line 6 and 19 ), 750 V DC third rail (Lines 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 )
- Top speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph), 100 km/h (62 mph) (Lines 7 , 11 and Yangluo Line ), 120 km/h (75 mph) ( Line 16 and Line 19 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Has part
- Line 16
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ezhou
- Official website
- www.wuhanrt.com
- Image
- 武汉地铁1号线用车.JPG
- Length
- 339
- Significant event
- COVID-19 lockdown in China
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- date of official opening
- 2004-07-28
- Commons category
- Wuhan Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Wuhan Metro
- patronage
- 1222550000
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
- inception
- 2004-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Simplified Chinese武汉轨道交通 Traditional Chinese武漢軌道交通
Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Owned and operated by Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd., the network now includes 13 lines, 335 stations, and 553 kilometres of track length as of May 1, 2026. With 1.35 billion annual passengers in 2023, Wuhan Metro is the sixth-busiest rapid transit system in mainland China. There are a number of lines or sections under construction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wuhan Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.