The Shenzhen Metro (SZM, Chinese: 深圳地鐵) is the underground railway in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It is owned by the Shenzhen Metro Company (SZMC).

The trial period for s started when stations were opened at 5:00pm on Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Currently, there are s only at 15 minute intervals. After the opening of the Shenzhen Metro, Shenzhen has became the 5th city with underground railway system in mainland China (after Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou). It has become a very cheap alternative way to travel in the city (compared with other transport modes such as buses and taxis), with prices currently ranging from only 2 to 5 Renminbi per person for each trip.

Both the Shenzhen Metro in Shenzhen and the Kowloon-Canton Railway (East Rail) in Hong Kong make connections to Luo Hu (written as Lo Wu in Hong Kong, based on Cantonese), the border-crossing area between the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. A station situated at another Shenzhen-Hong Kong border-crossing area, called Huang Gang , will be open in the near future. Besides that, the Shenzhen Metro also connects to the Window of the World (世界之窗), a popular tourist spot in Shenzhen.

Shenzhen Metro is now researching the feasibility of using Hong Kong Octopus Card on the system. There're reports indicating the usage might be possible in about a year.

The First Stage of Construction

The first stage of construction of the Shenzhen Metro comprised of line number 1 and line number 4 with a total distance of 21.866 km. Currently, there are 19 active stations in total (one of them being an interchange station between both lines).

Stations in Line number 1

In the first stage of construction, there are 15 active stations on this line:

• Luo Hu (Lo Wu, 罗湖)
• Guo Mao (国贸)
• Lao Jie (老街)
• Da Ju Yuan (大剧院)
• Ke Xue Guan (科学馆)
• Hua Qiang Lu (华强路)
• Gang Xia (岗厦)
• Hui Zhan Zhong Xin (会展中心) [Interchange station for line number 4]
• Gou Wu Gong Yuan (购物公园)
• Xiang Mi Hu (香蜜湖)
• Che Gong Miao (车公庙)
• Zhu Zi Lin (竹子林)
• Qiao Cheng Dong (侨城东)
• Hua Qiao Cheng (华侨城)
• Shi Jie Zhi Chuang (Window of the World, 世界之窗)

Stations in Line number 4

In the first stage of construction, there are 4 active stations on this line:

• Huang Gang (皇岗) [Not yet active]
• Fu Min (福民)
• Hui Zhan Zhong Xin (会展中心) [Interchange station for line number 1]
• Shi Min Zhong Xin (市民中心)
• Shao Nian Gong (少年宫)