Baotou Metro
Baotou Metro is a proposed metro system to serve the city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Initial go ahead was granted by the NDRC in 2016 and construction started in May 2017, but the project was put on hold by the NDRC in November 2017 owing to concerns over cost.
Line planning
The east-west Line 1 was to be long with 22 stations. Construction on the RMB 20.19 bn project began in May 2017 with commissioning scheduled for 2022.The first phase of the north-south Line 2 was long with 11 stations and a budget of RMB 10.36bn. Construction was due to begin in 2018 with the line to open in 2022.
Services on both lines were to be operated by a fleet of six-car type A metro trains operating at a maximum of.
In the long term, a six-line network with 125 stations was envisaged. However, the entire plan is suspended as of November 2017.