Line 2 (Suzhou Rail Transit)

Line 2
Line 2
	2
Overview
Status	In operation
Owner	Suzhou Rail Transit Co., Ltd
Termini	Qihe; Sangtiandao;
Stations	total 35 stations, first phase are 22 stations (6 Elevated Stations, 16 Underground Stations), second phase are 13 stations.
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Suzhou Rail Transit
Operator(s)	Suzhou Rail Transit Co., Ltd
Technical
Line length	40.4 kilometres (25.1 mi)
Track length	79.2m
Character	Elevated and Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Line 2 is the main north-south line of Suzhou Rail Transit. The length of first phase is 26.557 km, among them, 6.57 km is elevated, 19.146 km is underground and 0.67 km is open wide. The line's first phase started from Suzhou North Railway Station (高铁苏州北站) and ended in Baodaiqiao South Station (宝带桥南站) near Baodai Bridge (宝带桥). The line goes across five districts of Suzhou, including 22 stations(17 underground, 5 overhead). The first phase part was started to operation on December 28, 2013.^[1]

The length of second phase is 14.347 km, which started from Qihe Station (骑河站) to Fuxiang Lu Station (富翔站) for north expand section, and Yinzhong Lu Station (尹中路站) to Sangtiandao Station (桑田岛站) for east expand section. The second phase part was started to trial operation on September 24, 2016.^[2]

Opening timeline

Segment	Date opened	Length
Suzhou North — Baodaiqiao South	28 December 2013	26.557 km (16.50 mi)
Qihe — Suzhou North	24 September 2016	2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Baodaiqiao South — Sangtian Dao	24 September 2016	11.643 km (7.23 mi)

Stations

Interchange signage in Guangji Nanlu Station

Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
English	Chinese	Connections	Distance km		Location

Qihe	骑河		0.00	0.00	Xiangcheng
Fuxiang Lu	富翔路		0.88	0.88
Suzhou North Railway Station	高铁苏州北站		1.08	1.96
Dawan	大湾		1.51	3.47
Fuyuan Lu	富元路		1.98	5.45
Likou	蠡口		1.70	7.15
Xutu Gang	徐图港		1.40	8.55
Yangchenghu Zhonglu	阳澄湖中路		1.00	9.55
Lumu	陆慕		1.93	11.48
Pinglonglu East	平泷路东		1.64	13.12
Pinghe Lu	平河路		0.81	13.93	Gusu
Suzhou Railway Station	苏州火车站	4	1.06	14.99
Shantang Jie	山塘街		1.62	16.61
Shi Lu	石路		0.96	17.57
Guangji Nanlu	广济南路	1	0.81	18.38
Sanxiang Square	三香广场		0.88	19.26
Laodong Lu	劳动路		0.62	19.88
Xujiang Lu	胥江路		0.77	20.65
Tongjing Park	桐泾公园		0.73	21.38
Youlian	友联		1.24	22.62	Wuzhong
Panli Lu	盘蠡路	3	1.10	23.72
Xinjia Qiao	新家桥		1.08	24.80
Shihu Donglu	石湖东路	4	1.62	26.42
Baodaiqiao South	宝带桥南		1.88	28.30
Yinzhong Lu	尹中路		1.50	29.80
Guoxiang	郭巷		0.90	30.70
Guoyuan Lu	郭苑路		1.02	31.72
Yinshan Lake	尹山湖		1.07	32.79
Dushuhu South	独墅湖南		0.89	33.68	Gusu
Dushuhu Neighbor Center	独墅湖邻里中心		2.03	35.71
Yueliang Wan	月亮湾		0.91	36.62
Songtao Jie	松涛街		1.23	37.85
Jingu Lu	金谷路		1.75	39.60
Jinshang Lu	金尚路		1.33	40.93
Sangtian Dao	桑田岛		1.07	42.00

Operations

Intervals

Weekdays & Weekends
Period	Time	Intervals
weekdays morning rush hours(Peak)	7:45 — 9:00	6m10s
weekdays evening rush hours(Peak)	17:00 — 19:00	6m10s
weekends daily rush hours(Peak)	11:00 — 20:40	6m10s
Other hours(Normal)	Exclude above rush hours	6m50s

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Fares

Fares start at 2.00 Yuan (￥) and can take 6 kilometers (km), 6 km to 16 km every additional 1.00 Yuan (￥) can take 5 km, 16 km to 30 km every additional 1 Yuan (￥) can take 7 km, 30 km and above every additional 1 Yuan (￥) can take 9 km, so the whole journey of Line 2 is 8 Yuan (￥).

References

^ 2号线施工6月底结束 12月28日试营运. 扬子晚报 (in Chinese). 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
^ "终于定了!苏州轨交2号线延伸线明天正式开通". 新华报业网. 2016-09-23.
^ http://sz.sohu.com/20131226/n392423828.shtml

[1] 2号线施工6月底结束 12月28日试营运. 扬子晚报 (in Chinese). 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

[2] "终于定了!苏州轨交2号线延伸线明天正式开通". 新华报业网. 2016-09-23.

[3] ttp://sz.sohu.com/20131226/n392423828.shtml

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