On February 25, the Wuhu Environmental Protection Bureau released the environmental impact assessment reports for Phase I of Wuhu Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2. According to Jianghuai Morning Post and Jianghuai Net, Phase I of Line 2 is expected to be the first to start construction in the near future. The operating hours for both lines are initially set from 5:30 to 23:30, with 18 hours of operation per day.
　　Phase I of Line 2: Planned to start in September this year, with only one underground station
　　Phase I of Wuhu Urban Rail Transit Line 2 is located in Jinghu District and Jiujiang District. The project starts at the intersection of Huangshan Middle Road and Beijing West Road in the east and ends at Wanchunhu Road Station. The line is 16.246 kilometers long, including 1.299 kilometers of underground line and 14.947 kilometers of ground and elevated line; it has 11 stations in total, including 10 elevated stations and 1 underground station, and one vehicle depot.
　　The total investment of the project is approximately 5.455 billion yuan. The planned construction period is from September 2016 to December 2019, with a total duration of 40 months. According to the plan, after the opening of Phase I of Line 2, operations will start at 5:30 and end at 23:30 every day, with a total of 18 hours of operation.
　　Line 1: All elevated stations, with trains initially every 3 minutes at the fastest
　　Wuhu Urban Rail Transit Line 1 is located in Jiujiang District, Jinghu District, and Yijiang District.
　　The project starts at Baoshun Road Station on the north side of the intersection of Heping Road and Baoshun Road in the north and ends at Baimashan Station. The total length of the line is 30.517 kilometers, including 0.086 kilometers of underground line and 30.431 kilometers of ground and elevated line; there are 25 stations in total, all elevated stations, including 4 transfer stations.
　　The total investment of the project is 8,721,374,300 yuan. It is planned to start construction in July 2017 and officially operate in June 2020, with a total construction period of 36 months.