The northern section of Qingdao Metro Line 1 and the northern section of Line 8 opened for trial operation

[Shandong Provincial Department of Communications News] On August 30, the northern section of Qingdao Metro Line 1 and the northern section of Line 8 were completed and opened to traffic, and a three-month no-load trial operation began.

The north section of Line 1 (Qingdao North Station-Dongguozhuang Station) is 21.3 kilometers long and has 15 stations, connecting the three major transportation hubs of Qingdao North Station, Qingdao North Bus Station and Liuting Airport. It will strengthen Chengyang District and Li The connection between Cang District and the main urban area promotes land development and socio-economic development in the areas along the route.

The northern section of Line 8 (Jiaozhou North Station-Qingdao North Station) is 48.3 kilometers long and has 11 stations, connecting Jiaodong International Airport, Jiqing High-speed Rail Hongdao Station, Jiaozhou North Station and other important transportation hubs, connecting Qingdao New Airport, Fast backbone lines in the North'an City and East'an City.

Prior to this, the northern section of Line 1 and the northern section of Line 8 passed the project acceptance on August 28. After the two lines were put into trial operation, the mileage of urban rail transit in Shandong province reached 293.3 kilometers.