Chinese Metro Transport News & Updates

[AndrewJin]

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Changsha Metro's long-term plan
Subways in bold lines
with intercity HSRs and trunk HSRs

More photos about the newly opened subway

 

[AndrewJin]

Some photos about the maglev airport line opened in this May
Changsha's Maglev
Connecting High-speed Railway Station and the Airport

Maglev Station at Changsha South HSR Station

Zero distance from Maglev to High-speed Railway

Real-time flight information shown inside the maglev station

Platform

Inside the maglev train

 

[AndrewJin]

Surpass the airport bus easily!

Approaching Changsha Airport

Maglev at the airport

 

[cirr]

China's first home-made supercapacitor tram unveiled

Xinhua | 2016-08-01 19:17:29 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolls off the production line at the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 1, 2016. The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers. The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

CHANGSHA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolled off the production line in central China's Hunan Province Monday.

The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers, according to Engineer-in-Chief Suo Jianguo with Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. under CRRC Corporation Ltd, the country's largest rolling-stock maker.

The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly.

"This is the first time all the technology, even the spare parts, are independently provided by China," according to Suo. The tram runs on clean energy and can reuse 85 percent of the energy regenerated from braking.

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., based in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, developed the first light rail train using supercapacitor energy storage technology in August 2012.

 

[AndrewJin]

China's first home-made supercapacitor tram unveiled

Xinhua | 2016-08-01 19:17:29 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolls off the production line at the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 1, 2016. The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers. The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

CHANGSHA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolled off the production line in central China's Hunan Province Monday.

The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers, according to Engineer-in-Chief Suo Jianguo with Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. under CRRC Corporation Ltd, the country's largest rolling-stock maker.

The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly.

"This is the first time all the technology, even the spare parts, are independently provided by China," according to Suo. The tram runs on clean energy and can reuse 85 percent of the energy regenerated from braking.

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., based in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, developed the first light rail train using supercapacitor energy storage technology in August 2012.

80th anniversary of Zhuzhou locomotive, one of the most successful subsidiaries of CRRC.
Made-in-Zhuzhou, made-in-Hunan, made-in-Central China!

 

[GS Zhou]

China's first home-made supercapacitor tram unveiled

Xinhua | 2016-08-01 19:17:29 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolls off the production line at the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 1, 2016. The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers. The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

CHANGSHA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's first independently designed supercapacitor tram rolled off the production line in central China's Hunan Province Monday.

The tram uses supercapacitor energy storage to operate without external wires and can be fully charged during a 30-second stop and run for 3 to 5 kilometers, according to Engineer-in-Chief Suo Jianguo with Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. under CRRC Corporation Ltd, the country's largest rolling-stock maker.

The tram can carry up to 380 passengers and travel at 70 kilometers per hour. It also uses a low-floor design, making boarding easy for children, pregnant women and the elderly.

"This is the first time all the technology, even the spare parts, are independently provided by China," according to Suo. The tram runs on clean energy and can reuse 85 percent of the energy regenerated from braking.

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., based in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, developed the first light rail train using supercapacitor energy storage technology in August 2012.

Nice! I think this new product deserves a separate thread!!

 

[AndrewJin]

Typhoon is affecting Guangdong Province
Guangzhou Metro's overground sections suspended
The underground sections in operation

 

[AndrewJin]

Shenzhen metro reaches airport
the 6th subway in the city
Daily ridership reaches 4 million
Length: 52km (underground 35km, overground 17km)

CHINA: A metro connection to Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport was opened on June 28 with the partial entry into service of Line 11. Four stations are open, with the remaining 14 due to open by the end of the year. Each train has two cars designed for airport passengers, with extra luggage space and padded seats; these come with a premium fare.

The initial section of Line 11 runs from the airport in the northwest to Futian in the city centre, where interchange is provided with high speed main line services. Two intermediate stations are open at Houhai and Qianhaiwan, which provides interchange with lines 1 and 5. All four stations offer check-in facilities for most domestic flights.

Services operate between 06.30 and 23.00 at 10 min frequencies, although this is expected to increase to 2½ min when the line is fully open.

When complete, Line 11 will be 51·9 km long, serving 14 underground and four elevated stations. It is operated with a fleet of eight-car Type A trainsets supplied by CRRC Zhuzhou with a maximum speed of 120 km/h and average operating speed at 80 km/h. Each trainset has capacity for 2 564 passengers.

In the future the northern terminus of Bitou will offer interchange with Line 2 of the Dongguan metro. The initial section of this line opened on May 27, and an extension to Bitou is planned.

 

[AndrewJin]

2 cars are business cars

Suburban sections are elevated

Airport Station

 

[AndrewJin]

The last station is already at Shenzhen-Dongguan border.
Metro systems in Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou will eventually merge into one system.

 

[cirr]

Nice! I think this new product deserves a separate thread!!

And this?

http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/08/chinas-futuristic-straddling-bus-is-finally-here/494102/

@AndrewJin

 

[ahojunk]

I remember just reading about this in the last 12 months and I thought this wouldn't happen. But I was wrong.

Some pictures of the straddling bus prototype in the port city of Qinhuangdao, in northeast Hebei province.

The inside of the bus looks quite spacious.

IMHO, this straddling bus can succeed in cities where the roads are wide and the people follow the traffic rules.

This won't work in most third world countries.

 

[Han Patriot]

I remember just reading about this in the last 12 months and I thought this wouldn't happen. But I was wrong.

Some pictures of the straddling bus prototype in the port city of Qinhuangdao, in northeast Hebei province.

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The inside of the bus looks quite spacious.

IMHO, this straddling bus can succeed in cities where the roads are wide and the people follow the traffic rules.

This won't work in most third world countries.

Damn they do things really fast. I am suprised too.

 

[AndrewJin]

I remember just reading about this in the last 12 months and I thought this wouldn't happen. But I was wrong.

Some pictures of the straddling bus prototype in the port city of Qinhuangdao, in northeast Hebei province.

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The inside of the bus looks quite spacious.

IMHO, this straddling bus can succeed in cities where the roads are wide and the people follow the traffic rules.

This won't work in most third world countries.

I thought it was just a sort of hype.
They are really fast and running at the front of the transport revolution.

 

[ahojunk]

Screen doors installed in Beijing subway line 2
2016-08-01 17:07:37 | CRIENGLISH.com | Web Editor: Guo Jing

The Beijing subway line 2 witnessed its first platform screen doors installed at the Andingmen station on Sunday.

Seven 1.5 meter high screen doors were installed during the 3.5 non-operational hours in the early hours of the morning.

Line 1 and Line 2 are the oldest metro lines in Beijing. As the two were not built with screen doors, there have been concerns for safety, and occasionally passengers have fallen onto the tracks.

Half a month ago, the first chest-high platform screen doors were installed at Yong'anli station on Line 1.

It is expected that all stations in Line 1 and Line 2 will be installed with screen doors by the end of 2017.

The project also includes the reconstruction of signal, power supply, electric power and screen door monitoring, communications, platform consolidation, rail tracks relocation, and ventilating systems.

All construction works has to take place overnight time to avoid disruption to regular services.

Chest-high platform screen doors installed at the Andingmen station of subway line 2 on August 1, 2016.

Chest-high platform screen doors installed at the Andingmen station of subway line 2 on August 1, 2016.

Workers installing platform screen doors at the Andingmen station of subway line 2 on July 31, 2016.

Workers installing platform screen doors at the Andingmen station of subway line 2 on July 31, 2016.