Line 5 (Chengdu Metro) Explained

Type:	Rapid transit
System:	Chengdu Metro
Status:	In operation
Locale:	Chengdu, Sichuan
Start:	Huagui Road
End:	Huilong
Stations:	48
Routes:	2
Owner:	City of Chengdu
Operator:	Chengdu Metro Corporation
Character:	Underground and Elevated
Depot:	Huagui Road Depot
Stock:	8-car Type A
Linelength:	49.0181NaN1
Tracks:	2
Electrification:	Overhead lines, 1,500 V DC
Map State:	collapsed

Line 5 of the Chengdu Metro is a rapid transit line in Chengdu. It starts at Huagui Road and ends at Huilong. The total length is 49.0181NaN1.

Line 5's color is

purple. This line began construction on 14 September 2015,^[1] was opened on 27 December 2019, from Huagui Road to Huilong.

Originally, the line was planned to use 6-car Type A rolling stock. However, anticipating high demand as the line will provide relief for the older Line 1 and connect several important business and residential areas, the line was redesigned to allow for expansion to use 8-car Type A rolling stock.^[2] This will allow for an ultimate configuration of the line to reach capacities of 64,300 people per hour per direction.^{[3] [4]}

Progress

• 2015
  • July 6, Phase 1 & 2 are officially approved.^[5]
  • In August, all stations started construction.
• 2016
  • August 18, first tunnel boring machine started tunneling between and .^[6]
  • November 3, first tunnel section is finished.^[7]
  • November 4, to accommodate the projected high demand, Line 5 was redesigned from supporting 6-car A-Type trains to 8-car A-Type trains.^[8]
  • November 12, topped out, being the first station on the line to do so.^[9]
• 2017
  • May 25, to is the first to finish all tunnel work.^[10]
  • December 5, Phase 1 & 2 begins track-laying.^[11]
• 2018
  • April 17, first trainbody was completed by CRRC Chengdu. It is the first A-type train for Chengdu Metro.^[12]
  • September 9, tunnel construction is finished.
  • November 10, first train for Dafeng Depot arrived.
  • November 22, elevated sections finished sound barrier work.
  • December 11, Elevated sections finished power-off testing from to .
  • December 15, Elevated sections and Dafeng Depot finished testing.
  • December 28, Phase 1 & 2 finished track-laying.
• 2019
  • October 30, 41 stations are fully functional and finished station testing; all stations are now operating by Chengdu Metro Company.
  • November 22, all escalators passed government assessment.
  • December 9, Phase 1 & 2 passed safety assessment.
  • December 25, Chengdu Metro officially announced Line 5's opening date scheduled for December 27 is the opening time.
  • December 27, Phase 1 & 2 started public operation.
• 2020
  • August 8, Line 5 trains will have different air conditioning settings in each car. Riders can choose between the center four cars which are set to 27 degrees or the two cars on each end which are set to 25 degrees.^[13]
• 2022
  • On 16 Feb 2020, in order to fix the noise issue of Line 5, to to sections now limits operational speed of 60 km/h on average, minimizing the noise to environment and neighbourhoods.^[14]

Stations

Service routes		StationNo.	Station name		Transfer	Distance		Location
●		05 01				-	0.000	Xindu
●		05 02				1.139	1.139
●		05 03				0.856	1.995
●		05 04				1.983	3.978	Jinniu
●		05 05				1.582	5.560
●		05 06				0.932	6.492
●		05 07				0.766	7.258
●		05 08				0.848	8.106	Xindu
●	●	05 09				1.711	9.817
●	●	05 10				0.816	10.633
●	●	05 11				1.123	11.756	Jinniu
●	●	05 12				1.299	13.055
●	●	05 13				1.038	14.093
●	●	05 14				0.769	14.862
●	●	05 15				0.921	15.783
●	●	05 16				0.765	16.548
●	●	05 17			Chengdu BRT	0.775	17.323
●	●	05 18				1.499	18.822
●	●	05 19				0.906	19.728
●	●	05 20				0.998	20.726
●	●	05 21	Chengdu University of TCM &<br />Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital			1.293	22.019	Qingyang
●	●	05 22				0.676	22.695
●	●	05 23				0.915	23.610
●	●	05 24				1.358	24.968	Wuhou
●	●	05 25				1.400	26.368	High-Tech Zone
●	●	05 26				0.959	27.327
●	●	05 27			Chengdu BRT	1.599	28.926
●	●	05 28				1.811	30.737
●	●	05 29				0.662	31.399
●	●	05 30				0.851	32.250
●	●	05 31				0.858	33.108
●	●	05 32				1.334	34.442
●	●	05 33				1.503	35.945
●	●	05 34				1.027	36.972
●	●	05 35				1.722	38.694	Tianfu New Area
●	●	05 36				1.449	40.143
●	●	05 37				1.479	41.622
●		05 38				1.292	42.914
●		05 39				2.034	44.948
●		05 40				1.649	46.597
●		05 41				1.605	48.202

See also

• Chengdu Metro
• Urban rail transit in China
• Line 6, Chengdu Metro

Notes and References

1. News: http://city.newssc.org/system/20150521/001649706.htm. zh:成都地铁5号线设41个站 2019年开通运营. Chengdu Metro Line 5 str 41 stations To be opens in 2019. Sichuan News. 21 May 2015. zh. 2015-07-04.
2. Web site: http://news.163.com/16/1104/18/C522SS9H000187VE.html . zh:成都地铁5号线将采用“8A”车辆编组 每列车定员2144人_网易新闻 . 163.com news . 2018-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113210639/http://news.163.com/16/1104/18/C522SS9H000187VE.html . 2016-11-13 . dead .
3. Web site: http://cd.house.ifeng.com/detail/2016_11_06/50927322_0.shtml . zh:成都地铁5号线将进行扩容 运能提高约70% ——凤凰房产成都. cd.house.ifeng.com. 2016-11-20.
4. Web site: Sina Visitor System . zh:1号线太挤？“大肚子”5号线救急. 2018-04-18.
5. News: 成都地铁5号线一、二期工程获批 工期四年半. 四川新闻网. 2015-07-06 . 2015-07-06 . zh .
6. News: 成都最长在建地铁线路5号线 首台盾构下井(图). 凤凰网. 2016-08-19 . 2016-08-19. zh .
7. News: 成都地铁5号线一、二期工程首段盾构区间贯通. 网易. 2016-11-03. 2016-11-03. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20180427184013/http://news.163.com/16/1103/12/C4USE295000187VE.html. 2018-04-27.
8. News: 成都地铁5号线将采用"8A"车辆编组 每列车定员2144人. 网易. 2016-11-04. 2016-11-04. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113210639/http://news.163.com/16/1104/18/C522SS9H000187VE.html. 2016-11-13.
9. News: 成都地铁5号线一、二期工程首个车站主体结构顺利封顶. 四川在线 . 2016-11-13. 2016-11-13. zh .
10. News: 成都地铁5号线科园站-高升桥站间双线贯通 已17站封顶. 四川新闻网. 2017-05-26 . 2017-05-26 . zh .
11. News: 成都地铁5号线一二期工程正式开始铺轨（图） . 凤凰网. 2017-12-05 . 2017-12-05. zh .
12. News: 首列"成都造"地铁5号线A型铝合金车体下线 . 搜狐. 2018-04-18 . 2018-04-18 . zh .
13. News: 怕冷的中间走，怕热的两头去！成都地铁5号线"分区控温"来了 . 四川在线. 2020-08-08 . 2020-08-08 . zh .
14. News: 2020-08-07. 关于成都地铁5号线幸福桥至廖家湾地铁噪音问题，已降低列车运行.