On the morning of January 15, 2022, the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-phase project of Foshan Urban Rail Transit Line 4 (the first-phase project of Foshan Metro Line 4) was held at Ludao Hubei Station.

Line 4 Phase I Project

According to reports, the first phase of Foshan Metro Line 4 starts from Beijiang Avenue Station in the west and ends at Ganggang Road Station in the east. The line has a total length of 55.22km, of which the underground section is 49.14km, the transition section is 0.82km, and the elevated section is 5.26km. There are 33 stations on the whole line. (30 underground stations, 3 elevated stations), the average distance between stations is about 1.71km; Pingsheng depot and Dalangshan parking lot, three main substations in Sanshui, Lvdaohu and Pingzhou, unified by Wanhua Control Center schedule. There are a total of 14 transfer stations on the line, among which, transfer with the currently operating Line 2 at Smart New City Station and Zhangcha Station, and transfer with the under-construction Line 3 at Foshan West Station and Jihua Six Road Station.

In the early, near and long-term stages of the project, 6 marshalling B-type cars are used, with a maximum running speed of 100km/h. In the initial stage, a single road is adopted, and in the near and long-term, the operation organization plan of large and small cross-road sets is adopted. In the long-term peak hours, the number of trains running is 14, 24, and 27 pairs/h respectively, the maximum design capacity of the system is 30 pairs/h, and the traction power supply system adopts DC 1500V overhead catenary power supply.

At present, as the first line to start construction after the approval of the second-phase construction plan of Foshan City, the project has been purchased through public bidding, and it has been confirmed that China Railway No.

As an east-west trunk line within the central group of Foshan, the first phase of Line 4 will connect Sanshui District, Nanhai District and Chancheng District, mainly connecting the Sanshui Southwest Group, Shishan City Sub-center, Guangdong-Guangxi-Guizhou High-speed Railway Key development areas such as the Economic Belt, Jihua Road Business Living Room and Sanlongwan High-end Innovation Cluster. Editor/He Yuting