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Breaking News! I declare hereby that Line 1 in Xiamen  has gone into operation  today ! I'm so much obliged to have the honour to cross the last line on the list. Beijing Yanfang line (plus the extension on Fangshan line to connect to it) Xijiao line/west suburban line (modern tram) Mentougou line (maglev, like the one in  Changsha ) Shanghai Line 9 phase III Line 17 Guangzhou Line 9 Line 4 south extension Line 13 phase I Knowledge city branch line Nanjing S3 S9 Qilin Modern Tram Wuhan Line 1 extension Line 8 phase I Yangluo line/ line 21 Chongqing Line 5 phase I Line 10 phase I Chengdu Line 7 Hefei Line 2 Guiyang Line 1 Xiamen Line 1   Shenzhen Longhua tram Hangzhou Line 2 Phase II, III Qingdao  Line 2 east section Nanning Line 2 So...see you next year?

More details of urban railway lines in Beijing: While this is not about subway lines, Beijing did open two more lines than the aforementioned subway lines in this year: the so-called suburban railways. Did it ever occur to you that Beijing has a line S2 long before the opening of S1 today? (For details please visit Wikipedia ) But it's true that it is so humble that not even locals know its existence. And again, although both named as a "S-line", S1 and S2 are operated separately by Beijing Subway and Beijing Suburban Railway respectively. So this year, BSR decided to open two more suburban railway lines converted from older rail lines, the Sub-Center line and Huaimi line. They both started operation today.  If you pay yourself a visit to Wikipedia, you'll find more projects with a title S, but it's hard to tell whether they'll ever be put into reality. This is nevertheless a remarkable effort trying to introduce a suburban railway system into Chinese c...

Breaking News! I declare hereby that  S1, Western Suburban line and Yangfang line plus Fangshan line extensions in Beijing Line 9 extension and line 17 in Shanghai S9 in Nanjing have gone into operation  today ! I'm so much obliged to have the honour to cross out this line on the list. Beijing Yanfang line (plus the extension on Fangshan line to connect to it) Xijiao line/west suburban line (modern tram) Mentougou line (maglev, like the one in  Changsha ) Shanghai Line 9 phase III Line 17 Guangzhou Line 9 Line 4 south extension Line 13 phase I Knowledge city branch line Nanjing S3 S9 Qilin Modern Tram Wuhan Line 1 extension Line 8 phase I Yangluo line/ line 21 Chongqing Line 5 phase I Line 10 phase I Chengdu Line 7 Hefei Line 2 Guiyang Line 1 Xiamen Line 1  Shenzhen Longhua tram Hangzhou Line 2 Phase II, III Qingdao  Line 2 east section Nanning Line 2 ...

Details on the openings on the 28th: Guangzhou:  1. The opening of line 9 directly resulted in the opening of Gaozeng station on line 3.   2. Qingsheng station on line 4 opened too.   3. Qingtang station on line 9 will not open until next year.  4. Zhenlong station on the Knowledge City branch line will provide a cross-platform interchange with line 21 opening next year.

Breaking News! S1, Western Suburban line (tram) and Yanfang line plus Fangshan line extension are officially announced to open on the  30th December ! I will do a follow-up report on the 30th December just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list!

Breaking News! I declare hereby that  Line 4 extensions, line 9, line 13 and Knowledge city branch line in Guangzhou  Line 5 and line 10 in Chongqing Line 2 in Nanning Line 1 in Guiyang have gone into operation  today ! For further details please view here . I'm so much obliged to have the honour to cross out this line on the list. Beijing Yanfang line (plus the extension on Fangshan line to connect to it) Xijiao line/west suburban line (modern tram) Mentougou line (maglev, like the one in  Changsha ) Shanghai Line 9 phase III Line 17 Guangzhou Line 9 Line 4 south extension Line 13 phase I Knowledge city branch line Nanjing S3 S9 Qilin Modern Tram Tianjin Line 1 east section Line 5 Line 6 rest section Wuhan Line 1 extension Line 8 phase I Yangluo line/ line 21 Chongqing Line 5 phase I Line 10 phase I Chengdu Line 7 Hefei Line 2 Guiyang Line 1 Xiamen Line 1  ...

Breaking News! S9 in Nanjing is officially announced to open on the  30th December ! And don't forget that S7 goes into trial operation on that same date! In case you still don't know how S9 looks like, we've prepared a photo below: I will do a follow-up report on the  30th December  just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open on the 28th, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be...

Breaking News! Line 2 in Nanning is officially announced to open tomorrow on the  28th December ! I will do a follow-up report tomorrow just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open on the 28th, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be...

Breaking News! Line 1 in Xiamen is officially announced to open on the  31st December ! Exactly the last day of its year. Maybe the end is just another way to start? I will do a follow-up report on 31st just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open on the 28th, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be...

Breaking News! Line 9 extensions and line 17 in Shanghai are officially announced to open on the  30th December ! Looks like line 5 south extension and line 8 phase III (APM) aren't ready yet. I will do a follow-up report on the 30th just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open on the 28th, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be...

Breaking News! Line 4 extensions, line 9, line 13 and Knowledge city branch line in Guangzhou are officially announced to open tomorrow on the  28th December ! There are words that Qingsheng station on line 4 might open alongside with the extension. The reason of the delay was basically due to the pipelines straight underneath it, but they've already been moved away, so I suppose there's no more reason for delay. I will do a follow-up report tomorrow just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open tomorrow, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be tomorrow...

Breaking News! I declare hereby that Line 2 extensions in Hangzhou have gone into operation  today ! I'm so much obliged to have the honour to cross out this line on the list. Beijing Yanfang line (plus the extension on Fangshan line to connect to it) Xijiao line/west suburban line (modern tram) Mentougou line (maglev, like the one in  Changsha ) Shanghai Line 9 phase III Line 17 Guangzhou Line 9 Line 4 south extension Line 13 phase I Knowledge city branch line Nanjing S3 S9 Qilin Modern Tram Tianjin Line 1 east section Line 5 Line 6 rest section Wuhan Line 1 extension Line 8 phase I Yangluo line/ line 21 Chongqing Line 5 phase I Line 10 phase I Chengdu Line 7 Hefei Line 2 Guiyang Line 1 Xiamen Line 1  Shenzhen Longhua tram Hangzhou Line 2 Phase II, III Qingdao  Line 2 east section

Breaking News! Line 2 extensions in Hangzhou are officially announced to open tomorrow on the  27th December ! So this year, they're opening Phase II and Phase III on line 2, an extension of the northwest end, bringing the whole line into operation. I will do a follow-up report tomorrow just for sure, but more importantly, to cross out another line on our list! Tips: I assume that any other lines left unmentioned on the list will open on the 28th, practically a tradition in China. Oh, God knows how busy I'll be...

In the twelveth issue of our (irregularly updated) weekly report, we proudly present you with the following news: Nanjing : Photos of the impending S9 have been publicized. Please view them below: S9 is the line with the fewest stations of the system (6 stations in total) and is expected to open very soon. My guess: 28th December. So, it's really a great surprise for me and I suppose to you too, that the last issue of this year didn't end with yesterday! Hopefully we can save some more for the 30th.  Thank you for your time, I hope we can meet somewhere before the New Year's Eve! See you later!

Breaking News! I declare hereby that Line 2 in Hefei, Line 1 extension, Line 8 and Yangluo line in Wuhan have gone into operation  today ! You can read the QR-code below to get yourself a 720 degrees panorama view of all the newly opened stations of Wuhan! I'm so much obliged to have the honour to cross out this line on the list. Beijing Yanfang line (plus the extension on Fangshan line to connect to it) Xijiao line/west suburban line (modern tram) Mentougou line (maglev, like the one in  Changsha ) Shanghai Line 8 phase III (APM) Line 9 phase III Line 17 Guangzhou Line 9 Line 4 south extension Line 13 phase I Knowledge city branch line Nanjing S3 S9 Qilin Modern Tram Tianjin Line 1 east section Line 5 Line 6 rest section Wuhan Line 1 extension Line 8 phase I Yangluo line/ line 21 Chongqing Line 5 phase I Line 10 phase I Chengdu Line 7 Hefei Line 2 Guiyang Line 1 Xiamen Line ...

In the eleventh issue of our (irregularly updated) weekly report, we proudly present you with the following news: Chongqing : The officials have finally released photos of line 10. (Obviously public transport means nothing to anyone here) Please view them below: I'm really impressed by the numbers of interchange stations on the route map... *Please note that the station on line 3 has changed its name to "Terminal 2 of Jiangbei Airport" to adapt to the new line. Inside the new trains. It is equipped with luggage racks. So, I guess this is the last report of this year, and although we still have a lot to cover, most of the lines will be opening in 3 days starting tomorrow. Again, thank you for your time and your support over the last few months, I couldn't have achieved this without all of you, and of course, Merry Christmas to all of you! See you tomorrow!