Chinese Metro Transport News & Updates

[AndrewJin]

The only issue I personally have with trams, is that they take dedicated space on already congested roads. Although definitely more costlier than trams, monorail would be my preference.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...carriages-HUNG-tracks-like-rollercoaster.html

I like BYD's cloud rail....

China's leading new-energy vehicle manufacturer, BYD, unveiled its first light train on Thursday. The "Yungui", or "Cloud Rail" in English, is an overground metro system which costs about one-fifth of a regular metro line, and takes much less time to construct.

 

[cirr]

I like BYD's cloud rail....

China's leading new-energy vehicle manufacturer, BYD, unveiled its first light train on Thursday. The "Yungui", or "Cloud Rail" in English, is an overground metro system which costs about one-fifth of a regular metro line, and takes much less time to construct.

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I like anything that's powered by lithium batteries.

 

[Jlaw]

China's 1st unmanned sky train released
Source:CRI Published: 2016/12/10 16:13:56
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China's first unmanned, panda-shaped "Sky Train" rolled off the production line in Ziyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province on December 8, 2016. The renewable-energy unmanned suspension railway is battery-powered, with cute pandas painted through carriages. The unmanned train can carry a maximum of 144 passengers as it hangs and zips along the monorail track at speeds of up to 65 km/h. Photo: Chinanews.com

China's first unmanned, panda-shaped "Sky Train" rolled off the production line in Ziyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province on December 8, 2016. The renewable-energy unmanned suspension railway is battery-powered, with cute pandas painted through carriages. The unmanned train can carry a maximum of 144 passengers as it hangs and zips along the monorail track at speeds of up to 65 km/h. Photo: Chinanews.com

China's first unmanned, panda-shaped "Sky Train" rolled off the production line in Ziyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province on December 8, 2016. The renewable-energy unmanned suspension railway is battery-powered, with cute pandas painted through carriages. The unmanned train can carry a maximum of 144 passengers as it hangs and zips along the monorail track at speeds of up to 65 km/h. Photo: Chinanews.com

China's first unmanned, panda-shaped "Sky Train" rolled off the production line in Ziyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province on December 8, 2016. The renewable-energy unmanned suspension railway is battery-powered, with cute pandas painted through carriages. The unmanned train can carry a maximum of 144 passengers as it hangs and zips along the monorail track at speeds of up to 65 km/h

 

[AndrewJin]

Year-end summary
China Metro
excluding trams, BRT or Intercity HSRs

Blue: in operation 31 cities
Red: under construction 15 cities
Grey: to start construction in 2017-2021 14 cities
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CRRC Dalian
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Year-end Summary ---- Wuhan

Wuhan Metro 2016
(excluding BRT and tram)

New lines in 2016: subway line 6, airport subway (extension of line 2)
BRT and Optics Valley Tram

2017-2023 4th round metro plan

 

[TaiShang]

Graffiti artists decorate trains in E China

Xinhua, December 16, 2016



A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

 

[beijingwalker]

Fastest and double metroline in china, non stop disembarking and embarking

 

[AndrewJin]

Maglev trains ready for Beijing S1 Line

Graffiti artists decorate trains in E China

Xinhua, December 16, 2016



A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


A magnetic levitation train with graffiti runs in Changsha, east China's Hunan Province, Dec. 15, 2016. Twenty graffiti artists decorated the magnetic levitation trains recently to promote green transportation in Changsha. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

Cool!

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Urumqi's first subway starts tracking!

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Even Urumqi has the same amount of subway that Xi'an has !!
What a poor city I am living in..

 

[AndrewJin]

Even Urumqi has the same amount of subway that Xi'an has !!
What a poor city I am living in..

No, Urumqi is a tier 3 city, no subway in operation yet.
But Xi'an, as a tier 2 city, already has 3 lines, the total plan is grand.

Xi'an Subway 2016

Future

12月15日（周四），北京1156.38万，上海1039万，广州714万，深圳427.73万，南京232.4万，武汉202万，重庆187万，成都185.8万，西安142.4万，长沙55.6万，郑州46万，苏州43万。
@Chinese Bamboo
Xi'an has the top10 metro system in mainland China.

 

[TaiShang]

12月15日（周四），北京1156.38万，上海1039万，广州714万，深圳427.73万，南京232.4万，武汉202万，重庆187万，成都185.8万，西安142.4万，长沙55.6万，郑州46万，苏州43万。
@Chinese Bamboo
Xi'an has the top10 metro system in mainland China.

Beautiful Xi'an. Will definitely go and visit at the first instance.

 

[AndrewJin]

Infrastructure boom in Wuhan
December is Wuhan's traditional inauguration month!

Subway line 6
Airport subway line (another airport HSR already opened earlier this month)
28.7km smart and ecological East Lake Greenway
Numerous boulevards

But CPC Secretary of Wuhan has been already promoted to Yunnan Province
He couldn't see all his great work open to the public


2 subways crossing Yangtze River
2 subways crossing Han River

East Lake Greenway

Made-in-Wuhan Optics Valley trams unveiled!
Super-capacitor, no overhead line or 3rd track....

@GeraltofRivia @Tiqiu @long_ @eldarlmari @Dungeness @TaiShang @jkroo

 

[powastick]

Infrastructure boom in Wuhan
December is Wuhan's traditional inauguration month!

Subway line 6
Airport subway line (another airport HSR already opened earlier this month)
28.7km smart and ecological East Lake Greenway
Numerous boulevards

But CPC Secretary of Wuhan has been already promoted to Yunnan Province
He couldn't see all his great work open to the public


2 subways crossing Yangtze River
2 subways crossing Han River
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East Lake Greenway

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Made-in-Wuhan Optics Valley trams unveiled!
Super-capacitor, no overhead line or 3rd track....
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@GeraltofRivia @Tiqiu @long_ @eldarlmari @Dungeness @TaiShang @jkroo

Wow new line?

 

[AndrewJin]

Wow new line?

Yes, the former mayor promised one line each year...
The new mayor promises the same, actually 2 lines this year, excluding BRT and tram.
Next year, 2 more subways (line 7 & 8) at least, both cross Yangtze River!

Line 6, crossing Han River, connects some of the most important commercial districts and vast areas of new suburbs and industrial base.
Construction of this line literally paralysed the transport in old Hankou.
The inauguration also marks reopening of many historic boulevards, like Dr. Sun Yat-sen Boulevard, the most important road in old town of Hankou since late 19th century.

The decoration in many stations is very artistic and historic!
Many stations revitalise Wuhan's rich history.

See these benches, very Wuhan decades ago!

See the details!
Very old Hankou style

I will be suffocated by the beauty!

 

[Tiqiu]

Infrastructure boom in Wuhan
December is Wuhan's traditional inauguration month!

Subway line 6
Airport subway line (another airport HSR already opened earlier this month)
28.7km smart and ecological East Lake Greenway
Numerous boulevards

But CPC Secretary of Wuhan has been already promoted to Yunnan Province
He couldn't see all his great work open to the public


2 subways crossing Yangtze River
2 subways crossing Han River
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East Lake Greenway

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Made-in-Wuhan Optics Valley trams unveiled!
Super-capacitor, no overhead line or 3rd track....
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@GeraltofRivia @Tiqiu @long_ @eldarlmari @Dungeness @TaiShang @jkroo

Is 小东门 or 小红门 still there in wuchang?
I'd love to go back one day revisiting the place I was there some 30 yrs ago. I remember that time people there loved to fight on the streets and loved wearing 喇叭裤.

 

[AndrewJin]

China's first self-developed driverless subway line to open in Hong Kong

Leung Chun-ying, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attended a ceremony at Ocean Park station on Dec 19 to mark the inauguration of the South Island Line.

Hong Kong government launched the seven-km line project in 2007.

When it opens to passengers, it will extend the MTR network to the Southern District, allowing the special administrative region's 18 districts to be served by rail.

A fleet of 10 three-car driverless trains will run on the South Island Line, connecting the Southern District with the existing Tsuen Wan Line and Island Line at Admiralty. The CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co manufactured the driverless trains using technologies developed by China. The first driverless train was produced at a factory in Hong Kong on March 18 this year.

A technician from China Railway Rolling Stock Corp said the line is the first one to use domestically developed and produced driverless subway trains in the country. "Compared with the normal subway trains, the driverless trains have fully automatic control system," the technician said.

Three "driverless" lines have been in operation in Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai, but the technician said these lines still needed operators in drivers' cabins, and the trains were developed by a foreign company. Driverless trains started to emerge in Japan and France in early 1980s.

Meanwhile, China's self-developed technologies began to mature in recent years and CRRC Sifang Co has exported its driverless trains to Singapore, the technician said. A newly constructed line in Beijing will also use the driverless trains supplied by the CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, he said.

An open day will be held on Dec 24 at the new South Island Line stations and the extended part of Admiralty Station for passengers to visit and familiarize themselves with the new station facilities.