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Ürümqi Metro

metro system of Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ290307 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Ürümqi Metro or Ürümqi Subway is a rapid transit system in operation in Ürümqi, capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China. It is the 35th rapid transit system to be put into operation in Mainland China and the second in northwest China. At only 33.4 km (20.8 mi), the Ürümqi Metro is currently the smallest metro system in terms of length in the mainland.

The Ürümqi Metro has submitted plans for two lines, Line 1 and Line 2, with an estimated cost of 31.24 billion yuan.

Lines

Annual urban-rail passenger volume reported for Urumqi by CAMET. Values are passenger-trips in units of 10,000; reporting scope may include non-metro urban-rail modes and can vary by year.

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Year-end urban-rail operating length reported for Urumqi by CAMET, separating the metro series from the all-mode city total where both are reported.

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Line 1

Line 1 runs from Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport through downtown Ürümqi and ends at Santunbei station. It has a total length of 27.615 km and 21 stations. It is fully underground.

Line 1 started construction on 20 March 2014.

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