Talk:Wuhan Metro

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Controversy: Because of poor planning (the line was implemented on viaduct in the middle of the right of way of an unused railway line to reduce the construction/relocation cost) and an accelerated construction pace, ridership is now very low: 20,000 Trips/day instead of more than 500,000 planned. The main reasons are:
 * poor location not serving historical and commercial city center (an underground link would have probably been necessary),
 * competition with buses which parallel the Metro line at less than 400 m and whose prices are cheaper and stops are more closely spaced,
 * very poor accessibility caused by the viaduct which makes pedestrians cross wide, busy roads to get to the metro line and the lack of elevator access forcing a long walk up stairs to the platforms,
 * the absence of fare integration of the whole network as mass transit in Wuhan is managed by several operators (i.e. Metro and Buses) whose interests are sometimes far different,
 * the lack of real ridership planning
 * the political will to be the sixth or seventh city with a Metro in China, before Shenyang or other competitive cities.

All of this led to a costly, inefficient project that badly needs to be integrated with the rest of the transportation system by at least:
 * an integrated fare structure
 * the creation of feeder bus routes, and probably in the long term,
 * redesigning the central part of the line by the historic central city to make it more easily accessed and customer friendly.

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