Line 14, hubs to begin service Oct. 28

Writer: Sun Yuchen, Han Ximin  |  Editor: Liu Minxia  |  From: Shenzhen Daily  |  Updated: 2022-09-19

Metro Line 14 is scheduled to be put into service Oct. 28 and three newly built transport hubs will be operational on the same day, Shenzhen Metro Group announced Friday.

Line 14 is a fully automated line that runs through Pingshan, Longgang, Luohu and Futian districts, and the first Metro line in Pingshan. The 50-kilometer line starts from Gangxia North Station and ends in Shatian Station in Pingshan. It has 18 stations and will be equipped with GoA4 transport system, the highest-standard driverless train operation system in the world.

The three new hubs are the Gangxia North Comprehensive Transport Hub in Futian District, Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District, and Huangmugang Comprehensive Transport Hub in Futian District.

A journalist tests the facial recognition system at a turnstile at the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. The hub, along with the Gangxia North Comprehensive Transport Hub and Huangmugang Comprehensive Transport Hub, will be operational Oct. 28, when Line 14 is put into service. Photos by Sun Yuchen

A journalist tests the facial recognition system at a turnstile at the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. 

Technicians test an escalator at the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. 

A construction worker takes a rest at the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. 

A scene at the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. 

A corner of the Universiade Comprehensive Transport Hub in Longgang District yesterday. 

A corner of the Gangxia North Comprehensive Transport Hub seen yesterday.

A scene at the Gangxia North Comprehensive Transport Hub yesterday.

Technicians test escalators at the Huangmugang Comprehensive Transport Hub yesterday.

A scene at the Huangmugang Comprehensive Transport Hub yesterday.

A corner of the Huangmugang Comprehensive Transport Hub yesterday.