Chengdu Metro Line 19 | |
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19 | |
Overview | |
Status | Operational |
Owner | City of Chengdu |
Locale | Chengdu, Sichuan |
Termini | |
Stations | 18 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Chengdu Metro |
Operator(s) | Chengdu Metro Corporation |
Depot(s) | Yongyi Depot (永义车辆段) Wutongmiao Depot (五桐庙停车场) Changshuncun Depot (长顺村停车场) |
History | |
Opened | 18 December 2020[1] |
Technical | |
Line length | 60.139 km (37.4 mi) (in operation) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Character | underground, some elevated |
Track gauge | 1435 |
Electrification | overhead lines, 25,000 V AC |
Operating speed | 140km/h[2] |
Line 19 of the Chengdu Metro is a metro line in Chengdu. The whole line is 62.69 km. The line uses 8-car Type-A trains operating up to 140 km/h speed powered by 25kV AC overhead lines.[3]
It was opened in 18 December 2020 as a part of Line 17 Phase 1. On September 17, 2023, original Line 17 Phase 1: (Jinxing - Jitouqiao) splits into Line 19 Phase 1: (Jinxing - Jiujiang North) and new Line 17: (Jiujiang North - Jitouqiao), and 4-Car A-Train starts operation on Line 17. All passengers must transfer at the same platform at Jiujiang North between line 17 and line 19.[4][5]
Line 19 Phase 2 will have local and express services. It will connect Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport with direct express service.[6] Phase 2 has opened on 28 November 2023, of which Tianfu station will only provide interchange with line 18,[7] and will be fully open when Tianfu railway station of China Railway opens.[8]