Line 8 (Wuhan Metro)

Line 8
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Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Wuhan
Locale	Wuhan, Hubei
Termini	Template:WHM stations – Template:WHM stations (North section) Template:WHM stations – Template:WHM stations (South section)
Stations	12 (North section) 3 (South section)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Wuhan Metro
Services	1
Operator(s)	Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd.
Rolling stock	CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Chinese Type A
History
Opened	26 December 2017 (2017-12-26)
Technical
Line length	39 km (24.23 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Map of Line 8

Line 8 of the Wuhan Metro was opened on 26 December 2017 as the sixth line in the Wuhan Metro network and the third line (after Line 2 and Line 4) in the system to cross the Yangtze River.

History

Line 8 is planned to be 39 kilometers in length and is scheduled to be completed in three phases.

The first phase of Line 8, running from Jintan Road station in Hankou to Liyuan station in Wuchang, was opened on 26 December 2017.

The second phase takes a north-south alignment in Wuchang from Liyuan station to Yezhihu station, is under construction and scheduled to be open in 2020.

The third phase, an extension lately added to previous Line 8 plans, runs from Yezhihu station to Military Athletes' Village station, intending to serve the athlete village and audiences of 2019 Military World Games. Therefore, the third phase was opened on 6 November 2019, prior to the scheduled open date of the second phase.

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Jintan Road — Liyuan	26 December 2017	16.204 km (10.07 mi)	12	Phase 1
Yezhihu — Military Athletes' Village	6 November 2019	4.84 km (3.01 mi)	3	Phase 3
Liyuan — Yezhihu	2 January 2021	17.6 km (10.94 mi)	11	Phase 2

Stations

Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
English	Chinese
Template:WHM stations	金潭路		0.000	0.000	Dongxihu
Template:WHM stations	宏图大道	2   3	0.855	0.855
Template:WHM stations	塔子湖		1.890	2.745	Jiang'an
Template:WHM stations	中一路		1.648	4.393
Template:WHM stations	竹叶山		1.574	5.967
Template:WHM stations	赵家条	3	1.394	7.361
Template:WHM stations	黄浦路	1	1.419	8.780
Template:WHM stations	徐家棚	7	3.494	12.274	Wuchang
Template:WHM stations	徐东		0.992	13.266	Wuchang / Hongshan
Template:WHM stations	汪家墩		0.747	14.013
Template:WHM stations	岳家嘴	4	1.318	15.331
Template:WHM stations	梨园		0.873	16.204
Template:WHM stations	省博湖北日报				Wuchang
Template:WHM stations	中南医院
Template:WHM stations	水果湖
Template:WHM stations	洪山路
Template:WHM stations	小洪山
Template:WHM stations	街道口	2			Hongshan
Template:WHM stations	马房山
Template:WHM stations	文治街
Template:WHM stations	文昌路
Template:WHM stations	省农科院
Template:WHM stations	马湖
Template:WHM stations	野芷湖	7
Template:WHM stations	黄家湖地铁小镇				Jiangxia
Template:WHM stations	军运村