Nanning Metro or Nanning Rail Transit (NNRT) is a rapid transit system in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.
History Line 1 officially started construction on December 29, 2011. The first 11.2 km section, from Nanhu to Nanning East railway station, began operation on June 28, 2016. The line opened fully on December 28, 2016. It is 32.1 km long, with 25 stations. Line 2 started construction in 2012 and was completed on December 28, 2017. Line 3 opened in June 2019. Line 4 opened in November 2020. Line 5 opened on December 16, 2021.
With the opening of Line 5, Nanning became the seventh city in China, and the first in Southern China to open and operate a fully automated subway line.
Lines in operation
LineTerminals(District) Commencement NewestExtension Lengthkm Stations (Xixiangtang) Nanning East railway station(Qingxiu) June 28, 2016 December 28, 2016 32.1 25 (Xixiangtang) (Liangqing) December 28, 2017 November 23, 2020 27.3 23 (Xixiangtang) (Liangqing) June 6, 2019 — 27.9 23(Jiangnan)(Liangqing)November 23, 2020September 26, 202524.618(Jiangnan)(Xingning)December 16, 202120.217Total132.1106
Annual urban-rail passenger volume reported for Nanning by CAMET. Values are passenger-trips in units of 10,000; reporting scope may include non-metro urban-rail modes and can vary by year.China Association of Metros, 2012 annual statistical report and 2025 annual statistical report. The linked Commons data pages identify the intervening annual reports and preserve their source URLs.
Raw passenger-volume data
Year-end urban-rail operating length reported for Nanning by CAMET, separating the metro series from the all-mode city total where both are reported.
Raw operating-length data
Future expansion
Line 6 Phase 1 started construction on December 26, 2023. Line 6 Phase 1 is an east-west crosstown line that is 27.9 km long with 21 stations, and will open in 2028.
It is planned that there will be four vertical and four horizontal lines totaling 252 km of subway. The system is projected to carry over 5 million passengers per day.
Network map
See also List of metro systems Urban rail transit in China
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