Line 6 of the Chengdu Metro (Chinese: 成都地铁6号线; pinyin: Chéngdū Dìtiě Liù Hào Xiàn) is a rapid transit line in Chengdu. It starts at Wangcong Temple and ends at Lanjiagou. The total length is 68.223 km (42.4 mi)[2] with 56 stations.
Line 6's color is brown. The line began construction in 2016 and was opened on 18 December 2020.[1][3] Line 6 uses high capacity 8-car Type A trains.[4] Line 6 became the longest stretch of subway to be opened at once in China[5] and since its opening, Line 6 is currently the second longest continuous subway tunnel in the world.
Progress
2017-03-01, the first tunnel boring machine was launched. 42 TBMs will be used simultaneously for the construction of the line.[6]
2019-10-07, tunnel construction completed for Line 6.[7]
2020-05-27, as Phase 3 section of Line 6 finishes track-laying, other Phase 1 and 2 sections officially started testing rolling stock.[8]
2020-07-01, the last section of Line 6, between Xihua Avenue station and Dongguang station, is powered on, paving the way for dynamic testing.[8]
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