Ministry of Transportation: In 2024, 18 new urban rail transit operating lines will be added, with a total operating mileage of 748 kilometers for the whole year.

On January 15, the Ministry of Transport released the 2024 Urban Rail Transit Operations Data Report. As of December 31, 2024, a total of 54 cities in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have opened and operated 325 urban rail transit lines, with an operating mileage of 10,945.6 kilometers and 6,324 stations. In 2024, 18 new urban rail transit operating lines were added for the year, along with 27 new operating sections and 748 kilometers of new operating mileage. The total number of trains operated in 2024 was 40.85 million, serving 3.224 billion passengers, with 1.929 billion passengers entering stations and a passenger turnover of 2.67 billion passenger-kilometers. Passenger volume in 2024 increased by 2.8 billion compared to 2023, a growth of 9.5%. Of the total, 43 cities have opened and operated subway and light rail lines, totaling 267 lines with an operating mileage of 9,477.6 kilometers, serving 3.113 billion passengers and with 1.851 billion passengers entering stations; 16 cities have opened and operated monorails, maglev, and urban rapid transit lines, totaling 25 lines with an operating mileage of 970.7 kilometers, serving 980 million passengers and with 660 million passengers entering stations; 18 cities have opened and operated tram and automated guided rail lines, totaling 33 lines with an operating mileage of 497.3 kilometers, serving 130 million passengers and with 120 million passengers entering stations. This article was selected from the "Ministry of Transport" official account. Editor: Jiang Yuanhua, GMTEight.