On the 24th, the reporter learned from Wuhan Metro Group that on that day, East Lake High-tech Zone and Wuhan Metro Group held high-level consultations between the two sides to carry out comprehensive strategic cooperation. The two sides confirmed that the first phase of the eastern section of Metro Line 11 will open to traffic in October this year, and the southern extension of Metro Line 2 will open to traffic in January 2019 (before the Spring Festival); in addition, the two sides also reached agreement on planned lines such as Metro Line 9, Line 19, and Line 13.
According to the introduction, the first phase of the eastern section of Line 11 runs from Optics Valley Railway Station to Zuoling, with a total length of 19.8 km and 13 stations. At present, the main structures of the stations, entrances and exits, and ventilation pavilions have all been completed, the tunnel sections along the entire line have achieved tunnel breakthrough, track connection, and power connection, and comprehensive joint debugging is progressing steadily. The southern extension of Line 2 runs from Optics Valley Square to Fozuling in East Lake High-tech Zone, with a total length of 13.4 km, 10 stations, and 1 parking lot. At present, the main structures of 9 stations have been completed.
At this year's Wuhan municipal two sessions, Wuhan proposed to open for trial operation the first phase of Metro Line 7 and the Zhifang Line. Together with the first phase of the eastern section of Line 11, this means that Wuhan will again open 3 metro lines for trial operation this year after 2017.
According to Wuhan Metro Group, according to the "Revised Wuhan Rail Transit Network Planning (2014-2049)", there are 9 rail transit lines (sections) within the East Lake High-tech Zone, with a total length of 138 kilometers and 81 stations. Among them, the first phase of Rail Transit Line 2 has been put into operation; the first and second phases of the eastern section of Rail Transit Line 11 and the southern extension of Line 2 are under accelerated construction; Rail Transit Line 19 (Wuhan Railway Station to Optics Valley Bonded Zone) and the Gedian section of Line 11 (connecting eastward from Zuoling Station, the terminal station of the first phase of Line 11, to Gedian South Station of the intercity railway) have been included in the fourth-phase construction plan and preliminary work is being carried out; Rail Transit Line 9 (Moshan to Zuoling), Line 13 (New Hanyang Railway Station to Wuhan Future Science and Technology City), and Line 17 (Tianhe Airport to Optics Valley Central City) are long-term planned lines.