The Xi'an Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, with stations in seven of the city's eleven districts and 2 counties and the neighbouring city of Xianyang. It is the first city to operate a subway in Northwest China and the tenth city in mainland China to operate a subway. Xi'an began planning urban rapid rail transit in the 1980s and was approved for construction by the state on September 13, 2006. The first line, line 2, opened September 16, 2011 followed by line 1 on September 15, 2013, and line 3 on November 8, 2016. Line 4 opened on December 26, 2018. Line 14 opened on September 29, 2019.
The system consists of 13 lines spanning with 284 stations. The system carried a total of 746.2 million riders in 2018.
Lines LineTerminals(District) Opened NewestExtension Lengthkm Stations Operators (Qindu, Xianyang) (Baqiao) 2013 2023 42.1 30 (Weiyang) (Chang'an) 2011 2023 33.637 25 (Yanta) (Baqiao) 2016 — 39.15 26(Weiyang)(Chang'an)2018—35.229Xi'andongzhan(Baqiao)Chuangxingang(Chang'an)2020202646.434Xi'annanzhan(Chang'an)Fangzhicheng(Baqiao)2020202439.632Loop Line202449.937Fangzhicheng(Baqiao)Qinlingxi(Lintong)2020—25.315Jingshangcun(Weiyang)Zhaohuiguangchang(Gaoling)2024—34.417(Weicheng, Xianyang)(Baqiao)2019202142.9618(Chang'an)(Chang'an)202519.4613(Qindu, Xianyang)(Chang'an)202315.039Epanggongnan(Weiyang)Huxian(Huyi)2022—26.32Total ( Excluding Xihu Line )423.2284
Xi'an Metro has 13 lines in operation. Line 2 opened to the public on September 16, 2011. Line 1 began operation on September 15, 2013. Line 3 started after months of delay on November 8, 2016. Line 4 opened on December 26, 2018. Airport Intercity Railway opened on September 29, 2019. The newest line, Line 15 opened on 29 December 2025.
Xi'an began its metro system plan in the mid-1980s. The plan was first submitted to the State Council in 1994, with four planned lines and a total length of . In February 2004, the re-drafted plan was submitted to the State Government, which received final approval on September 13, 2006.
The first line, Line 2, began construction along Chang'an Street on 29 September 2006 and was completed in 2011. It runs north–south and passes under such historic sites as the Bell Tower and city wall. It is long with lying underground, approximately 20 meters below the surface. It is estimated to have cost 17.9 billion yuan (US$2.24 billion). The route stretches from the Beikezhan to Weiqunan with 20 stops. The travel time is 39 minutes for the entire length, cutting the commute almost in half. Operations began on 28 September 2011.
Four other routes were planned to start construction in 2011 and to be finished by around 2020. When completed, the system will span and will mainly service the urban and suburban districts of Xi'an and part of Xianyang.
Stations Line 1
Station name Connections Distance Location QinduXianyang0.0000.000WeiyangXi'an2.0142.0142.0734.0871.0445.131Lianhu1.2566.3871.8508.2371.5829.8201.00010.8201.21412.0341.22413.2581.44414.702Xincheng1.03215.7340.91516.6490.96217.6111.67219.2831.61920.9021.37122.273Baqiao1.10723.381 1.42724.808
Line 2
Station name Connections Distance Location Weiyang EAY0.0000.0001.6101.6101.1122.7221.2643.9851.2395.2241.3516.5741.3977.9711.4609.432Xincheng1.19110.6231.25611.8780.98912.868Beilin1.41614.2840.90715.1910.86916.0601.06217.121Yanta1.13718.2581.61119.8681.71421.5831.54023.123Chang'an1.21224.3341.79826.132
Line 3
Serviceroutes Station name Connections Distance Location ●● Xi'an SkyShuttle0.0000.000 Yanta●●2.3112.311●●1.2443.555●●1.7615.316●● 1.2626.579●●1.6188.197●●1.3509.547●●1.49311.040●●1.27712.317●●1.78314.100●●1.86915.968Beilin●●0.79916.767Beilin/Xincheng●●1.11417.881 Xincheng●●0.96218.843●●0.89319.736●●1.47721.214●●1.55722.771 Weiyang●●2.00824.779●●1.82826.607 Baqiao●●1.57428.181●●1.59729.778●2.16631.945●2.23334.178●1.26435.442●1.19336.635●1.39738.032
Line 4
Services Station name Connections Distance Location ●● EAY0.0000.000 Weiyang●●1.8991.899●●0.9022.801●●1.3014.102●●1.1845.285●●0.9876.272●●1.2067.478●●1.4828.960●●1.0289.988●●1.03411.022●●1.00512.027●●1.26313.290●●1.00714.296 Xincheng●● XAY1.22915.526●●1.06216.588●●1.09917.686 Beilin●●1.07118.758●●0.95119.709●●0.87020.578●●1.10921.687 Yanta●●1.82023.507●●1.49525.002●●1.86926.871●●1.09927.970 Chang'an●●0.91328.883●●0.93229.815●●1.87431.689●●1.16932.858●1.52034.378
Line 5
Services Station name ConnectionsLocation ●Chang'anXi'an●QinduXianyang●●●Chang'anXi'an●●●●●●●●●●Weiyang●●●●Yanta●●●●●●Lianhu●●Beilin●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Yanta●●●●●●●●●●●●Baqiao●● Xi'an East (U/C)
Line 6
The Xi'annanzhan - Xibeigongyedaxue service only operates in morning peak time. Service route Station name ConnectionsLocation ●● (U/C)Chang'an●●●●●●●●●●●●●●Yanta●● Xi'an SkyShuttle●●●●●●●●●●●●Beilin / Lianhu●Lianhu●●●Beilin / Lianhu●Beilin / Lianhu / Xincheng●Beilin / Xincheng●Beilin●●Beilin / Xincheng●●Xincheng●●Baqiao●●●●
Line 8
Station name Connections Distance Location — ↑ Loop line - towards ↑ — Yanta Xincheng Baqiao Weiyang Lianhu Yanta — ↓ Loop line - towards ↓ —
Line 9
Station name Connections
Line 10
Station name ConnectionsLocation WeiyangBaqiaoGaoling
Line 14 (Formerly Airport Intercity Line (West Section) before 29 June 2021)
Station name ConnectionsLocation XIYWeichengXianyang XIYChanglingWeiyangXi'an EAYAotizhongxinBaqiao
Line 15
All stations are located in Chang'an District. Station name Connections Zhucun Xi'an SkyShuttle
Line 16
Station name Connections
Xihu Line
Station Name Connections Distance Location Weiyang (U/C)Chang'an (reserved) (reserved)Huyi
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