Shenzhen Metro
The Shenzhen Metro ( zh, s=深圳地铁, c=, labels=no) is the rapid transit system for the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. The newest lines and extensions which opened on December 27, 2024 put the network at of trackage. It cu ...
Line 11 opened on 28 June 2016. Line 11 has a length of
and a total of 19 stations. It connects the CBDs of Futian, Nanshan and
Qianhai to
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport — formerly Shenzhen Huangtian Airport — is an international airport serving the city of Shenzhen in South Central China’s Guangdong province. It is on the east bank of the Pearl River in Bao'an Di ...
and onward to Fuyong, Shajing and Songgang suburban areas. It serves as both a
regional express line from the west coast of Shenzhen to the city core area and an
airport rail link
An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport between an airport and a nearby city. Direct links operate straight from the airport terminal to the city, while other links require an intermediate use of a people mover or ...
.
Compared with the other lines of Shenzhen Metro, Line 11 has a longer spacing between stops for a higher speed service. Trains of Line 11 were designed to run at , up to 50% faster than other lines, but currently limited to in some sections for infrastructure, tunnel wind pressure, track geometry issues and noise reasons. Construction of Line 11 started in April 2012 and test running begun at the end of March 2016. Trains ran at a 4-minute frequency between Futian and Airport North, 8-minute frequency for full length trains during morning rush hours, 5-minute interval for full length during evening rush hours, and 6-minute interval for non-peak hours. Increasing demand on Line 11 led to Shenzhen Metro purchasing more trains in 2020, reducing headways to as low as every 2 min 10 seconds. Currently it takes slightly more than half an hour to travel from Futian to the Airport. Line 11's color is .
History
In 2007, the "Shenzhen City Rail Transit Construction Plan (2011 to 2020)" was publicly announced for the first time, which included the plans for Line 11.
The plan calls for an express metro line running along the western coast of Shenzhen with
through services
A through service is a concept of passenger transport that involves a vehicle travelling between lines, networks or operators on a regularly specified schedule, on which the passenger can remain on board without alighting. It may be in either of th ...
to
Dongguan
Dongguan,; pinyin: alternately romanized via Cantonese as Tungkun, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou t ...
,
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
and beyond via the
Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway which was then envisioned to be an intercity metro line. In December 2008, a ground breaking ceremony was held for the project, attended by Party Secretary
Wang Yang and Governor
Huang Huahua
Huang Huahua (born October 1946 in Xingning, Guangdong) is a retired Chinese politician, and the Governor of Guangdong between 2003 and 2011. Of Hakka heritage, he was once the mayor of Meizhou.
Biography
Huang was born in Xingning County, ...
. However, design changes started immediately after due to disagreements on how to integrate the metro project with the intercity line. Subsequently, the project was postponed.
In July 2010,
China Railway
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the China, People's Republic of China.
China Railway operates passenger and freight Rail transport in Chi ...
Minister
Liu Zhijun
Liu Zhijun ( zh , s = 刘志军 , t = 劉志軍 , p = Liú Zhìjūn; born 29 January 1953) is a former Chinese politician who served as Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China, Minister of Railway. Liu was a peasant's son who le ...
and Guangdong Executive Vice Governor
Zhu Xiaodan
Zhu Xiaodan (; born January 1953) is a Chinese politician who served as Governor of Guangdong from 2011 to 2016. A lifelong Communist functionary, Zhu was appointed Vice Governor of Guangdong in February 2010 and became acting Governor in Novembe ...
held talks to speed up railway construction in Guangdong. The result was a new plan to construct a
Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway
The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region Intercity Railway System (, abbreviated as PRDIR) is a regional higher-speed rail and suburban rail network being gradually constructed in the Pearl River Delta ( Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater B ...
network. The
Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway was redesigned from a
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...
line to a
regional rail
Regional rail is a public transport, public rail transport service that operates between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and unlike commuter rail, operate beyond the limits of urban areas, connectin ...
line and will no longer enter the central area of Shenzhen. Instead the
Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway shall terminate at station with interchange for Line 11 but no through services.
Timeline
Service routes
* — /
* — (MondayFriday AM peak hours only)
Stations
Future Development
Line 11 is planned to have an east extension to
Hongling South. The one-station extension from
Futian
Futian District () is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, China. The district is home to the government and Municipal Committee of Shenzhen, as well as one of the city's central business district (CBD).
Name
There are two ...
to
Gangxia North opened on 28 October 2022. The extension to
Huaqiang South opened on 28 December 2024. Hongling South station will open in 2025.
Additional proposals include a northern extension into
Chang'an, Dongguan
Chang'an Town () is an industrial town in the south east of the Dongguan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, China.
Population
The population of Chang'an was at the 2000 Census, making it the most populous to ...
with transfers to
Dongguan Rail Transit.
Rolling stock
The airport line will use 33 sets of Size A subway trains in eight car sets (no. 1101–1133) with a maximum speed of , including two six standard class carriages and two Business Class carriages. On 4 July 2015, the first train completed eight months of commissioning work, and 10 trains have been delivered from
CRRC
CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. ...
Zhuzhou as of March 2016. The maximum train capacity is 2564 people.
File:Shenzhen Metro Line 11 2016 CRRC Zhuzhou A Stock.jpg, A Line 11 train
File:11号线商务车厢.jpg, The interior of a Business Class carriage
Business Class
Business Class has transverse seating and curtains for comfort and luggage racks for airport passengers. To ride Business Class passengers have to pay a premium for their ticket, similar to First Class on the
MTR
The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...
East Rail line
The East Rail line () is one of the ten lines that form MTR, the rapid transit, mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line starts at Lo Wu station, Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau station, Lok Ma Chau, both of which are Border checkpoint, b ...
. Business Class carriages are marked by dark grey floor tiles and yellow panels above the
platform screen doors
Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail ...
. Standard class carriages are marked by light grey floor tiles and white panels above the doors.
Fares
Two kinds of fares are charged on Line 11. In standard class, the fare is equivalent to other metro lines. Business Class is three times as expensive as standard class. Standard class fares range between 2 and 10 yuan, with Business Class ranging between 6 and 30 yuan. Because of the possibility of transfers, this makes the maximum possible fare on the Shenzhen Metro 35 yuan. Business Class can be accessed through placing the
Shenzhen Tong on a validator or through purchasing a yellow token (standard tokens are green). 11% of passengers travel by Business Class.
References
{{Shenzhen Metro stations, line11=yes
Shenzhen Metro lines
Railway lines opened in 2016
2016 establishments in China
Airport rail links in China