On October 9, 2022, Jianda.com learned from Xiamen construction application website that the project of Soft Third East Station to Maluan Bay South Station of Xiamen Rail transit Line 4 has been approved. The total investment of the project is 10.1 billion yuan. The project is scheduled to start in March 2023 and is expected to be completed in March 2025.

Xiamen Metro Line 4 Phase II project

According to xiamen municipal investment projects online supervision of examination and approval platform, according to the project from three east station (excluding), soft stop forward bay south station, line 14.8 km long, are laying underground line, set up five, including transfer station 2, new CAI adjacent parking lot and floor link, a new three whose proprietor become soft, control center and the Shared use of line 1 garden bo yuan control center. The design speed is 120km/ h, and the automatic operation system is adopted.

It is reported that Metro Line 4 will be constructed in two phases. The first phase of the project (Soft Third East to Xiang 'an Airport section) starts from Phase 3 of the Software Park and ends with Xiang 'an Airport section, with a total length of 44.8 kilometers and a total of 12 stations. It is expected to be completed synchronously with the airport, that is to say, it will be completed and opened in 2026. Phase II project, according to the previous planning is to set up 8 stations, from the "Xiamen City Urban Rail Transit Network Planning (2020-2035)" (draft) can also be seen, Line 4 phase II project to Songyu Pier, phase I is also extended to the east of Xiang 'an Airport Station.

The second phase of the project approval site is only planned to Maluan Bay South Station, the line will pass through Guankou, Maluan Bay and other areas, but the planning of Lingang and Songyu area has not been made clear. According to the official information of Xiamen Metro, Xiamen Rail Group has started the third round of application for approval. The future overall plan is 12 lines and 493 kilometers, and the metro planning of this area is expected to be included in this round of application for approval. Editor/He Yuting