Ministry of Transport: Urban rail transit completed 2.94 billion passenger traffic and 1.75 billion inbound trips in October

According to the Zhitong Finance App, data from the Ministry of Transport shows that in October 2026, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will open and operate 350 urban rail transit lines, with an operating mileage of 11992.5 kilometers, and actually operated 3.94 million trains, completing 2.94 billion passenger trips and 1.75 billion inbound stops. In October, the average daily passenger traffic increased by 753,000, an increase of 0.8%, and a year-on-year increase of 3.86 million, an increase of 4.2%. The average passenger traffic intensity of the country's total operating mileage in October was 80,000 passengers per kilometer per day.

Among them, 43 cities opened and operated 288 subway and light rail lines, with an operating mileage of 10402.9 kilometers, completed passenger traffic of 2.82 billion passengers and 1.66 billion inbound passengers; 18 cities opened and operated 27 monorail, maglev, and urban rapid rail transit lines, with an operating mileage of 1032.9 kilometers, completed passenger traffic of 95.18 million passengers and 62.24 million inbound stops; 19 cities opened and operated 35 streetcar and automatic guided rail lines with an operating mileage of 556.7 kilometers, and completed 11.78 million inbound stations 10,000 visitors.

This month, an operating mileage of 27.5 kilometers was added, and 2 new operating sections were added, namely the Wuhan Rail Transit Line 12 Phase II project and the Line 12 adjustment project, respectively.

This article was edited by “Ministry of Transport”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Li Fu.