Nation's first prefab metro station completes assembly
China DailyA CREC4 employee checks construction work at the Qingdao Metro Line 6 in Shandong province on April 27. China's first fully prefabricated metro station, meaning all of its main structure, internal structural beams, slabs and columns are precast, completed assembly on April 27 in Qingdao, Shandong province, for the coastal city's metro line 6 due to run by the end of 2024. The first phase of Qingdao Metro Line 6, at 30.47 kilometers long with 21 stations, is financed by the Qingdao Metro Group and is being built by the State-owned China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd. Liu Quanwei, chairman and general manager of Qingdao Metro Line 6 Co Ltd, said that within 10 months, the technicians made breakthroughs in realizing full prefabrication of beams, slabs, columns and walls in its subway stations.