Line 5 (Chengdu Metro)

Line 5 of the Chengdu Metro () is a rapid transit line in Chengdu. It starts at Huagui Road and ends at Huilong. The total length is .

Line 5's color is purple. This line began construction on 14 September 2015, was opened on 27 December 2019, from Huagui Road to Huilong.

Originally, the line was planned to use 6-car Type A rolling stock. However, anticipating high demand as the line will provide relief for the older Line 1 and connect several important business and residential areas, the line was redesigned to allow for expansion to use 8-car Type A rolling stock. This will allow for an ultimate configuration of the line to reach capacities of 64,300 people per hour per direction.

Progress 2015 July 6, Phase 1 & 2 are officially approved. In August, all stations started construction. 2016 August 18, first tunnel boring machine started tunneling between and . November 3, first tunnel section is finished. November 4, to accommodate the projected high demand, Line 5 was redesigned from supporting 6-car A-Type trains to 8-car A-Type trains. November 12, topped out, being the first station on the line to do so. 2017 May 25, to is the first to finish all tunnel work. December 5, Phase 1 & 2 begins track-laying. 2018 April 17, first trainbody was completed by CRRC Chengdu. It is the first A-type train for Chengdu Metro. September 9, tunnel construction is finished. November 10, first train for Dafeng Depot arrived. November 22, elevated sections finished sound barrier work. December 11, Elevated sections finished power-off testing from to . December 15, Elevated sections and Dafeng Depot finished testing. December 28, Phase 1 & 2 finished track-laying. 2019 October 30, 41 stations are fully functional and finished station testing; all stations are now operating by Chengdu Metro Company. November 22, all escalators passed government assessment. December 9, Phase 1 & 2 passed safety assessment. December 25, Chengdu Metro officially announced Line 5's opening date scheduled for December 27 is the opening time. December 27, Phase 1 & 2 started public operation. 2020 August 8, Line 5 trains will have different air conditioning settings in each car. Riders can choose between the center four cars which are set to 27 degrees or the two cars on each end which are set to 25 degrees. 2022 On 16 February 2020, in order to fix the noise issue of Line 5, to to sections now limits operational speed of 60 km/h on average, minimizing the noise to environment and neighbourhoods.

Timeline

SegmentCommencementLengthStation(s)Name Huagui Road — Huilong 27 December 2019 41 Phase 1 & 2

Stations

Service

routesStation No. Station name Transfer Distance Location ● -0.000Xindu●1.1391.139●0.8561.995●1.9833.978Jinniu●1.5825.560●0.9326.492●0.7667.258●0.8488.106Xindu●●1.7119.817●●0.81610.633●●1.12311.756Jinniu●●1.29913.055●●1.03814.093●●0.76914.862●●0.92115.783●●0.76516.548●● Chengdu BRT0.77517.323●●1.49918.822●●0.90619.728●●0.99820.726●●Chengdu University of TCM &Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital 1.29322.019Qingyang●●0.67622.695●●0.91523.610●● 1.35824.968Wuhou●●1.40026.368High-Tech Zone●●0.95927.327●● Chengdu BRT1.59928.926●●1.81130.737●●0.66231.399●●0.85132.250●●0.85833.108●●1.33434.442●●1.50335.945●●1.02736.972●●1.72238.694Tianfu New Area●●1.44940.143●●1.47941.622●1.29242.914●2.03444.948●1.64946.597●1.60548.202

Line 5 (Chengdu Metro)

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