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What is the power supply scheme for these trams?
I could see a pantograph and solid conductor catenary in 3 pictures but in other pictures, electric wires or conductors are missing. Does this arrangement have provision for running on battery?

 

[AndrewJin]

What is the power supply scheme for these trams?
I could see a pantograph and solid conductor catenary in 3 pictures but in other pictures, electric wires or conductors are missing. Does this arrangement have provision for running on battery?

Super-capacitor, charging during stoppage
Public bus and trams can use such technology.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/01/c_135555582_2.htm

The tram lines in my hometown are using the same technology.

 

[AndrewJin]

A multi-dimensional network in the making!

Wuhan's Subway+Tram+Trolleybus+BRT in one map

Line 2 and 4 interchange at two continuous stations
(same-platform interchange)

The centre of Wuhan's trollybus: old town of Hankou

Wuhan Transport by December 2017:
Subway 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 21
Tram: Optics Valley 1&2, Hanyang 1
Intercity HSRs: 4
HSRs: Wuhan-Beijing, Wuhan-Shanghai, Wuhan-Chengdu, Wuhan-Guangzhou, Wuhan-Jinjiang

 

[powastick]

Optics Valley? Is it Fiber Optic Industry?

 

[JSCh]

China's first domestically-made Sky Rail opens to traffic in Ningxia
New China TV
Published on Sep 2, 2017

A train that runs above traffic. China's biggest electric carmaker, BYD, opens its first commercial monorail train service in Yinchuan, Ningxia. The Sky Rail is China's first fully domestically-made straddling monorail system.

 

[AndrewJin]

5 SUBWAYS LIKELY TO OPEN IN DECEMBER 2017
IN CENTRAL CHINA'S WUHAN

Subway Line 7-Wuchang section
Subway Line 8 -phase 1
Subway Line 11-east section
Subway Line 21
Subway Line 1 -phase 4

 

[JSCh]

Beijing tests driverless and maglev subways, tramway
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-20 11:39:36|Editor: Liangyu



BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Beijing on Wednesday began testing three rail lines, including a driverless subway, a maglev subway and a tramway, all to be launched in the city's western suburbs at the end of the year.

The 16.6-km Yanfang Line is China's first fully domestically developed automated subway. It links the areas of Yanhua and Fangshan in Beijing's southwest suburbs. The line's trains are designed to run at a maximum 80 km per hour.

The 10.2-km Line S1 is Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev line, and it connects the western suburban districts of Mentougou and Shijingshan.

The 9-km West Suburb Line passes several tourist spots in northwest Beijing, including the Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills and the botanical gardens.

Serving both tourist and public transportation purposes, it marks the return of public tramcars half a century after the last tramway ended its services. The tramcars can travel at a speed of up to 70 km per hour.

Beijing has 19 lines covering 574 kilometers in operation. Twenty subway lines or sections, spanning over 350 kilometers, will be built this year.

 

[AndrewJin]

Beijing tests driverless and maglev subways, tramway
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-20 11:39:36|Editor: Liangyu



BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Beijing on Wednesday began testing three rail lines, including a driverless subway, a maglev subway and a tramway, all to be launched in the city's western suburbs at the end of the year.

The 16.6-km Yanfang Line is China's first fully domestically developed automated subway. It links the areas of Yanhua and Fangshan in Beijing's southwest suburbs. The line's trains are designed to run at a maximum 80 km per hour.

The 10.2-km Line S1 is Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev line, and it connects the western suburban districts of Mentougou and Shijingshan.

The 9-km West Suburb Line passes several tourist spots in northwest Beijing, including the Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills and the botanical gardens.

Serving both tourist and public transportation purposes, it marks the return of public tramcars half a century after the last tramway ended its services. The tramcars can travel at a speed of up to 70 km per hour.

Beijing has 19 lines covering 574 kilometers in operation. Twenty subway lines or sections, spanning over 350 kilometers, will be built this year.

3 lines in Beijing!

Unfortunately, we planed to open 5 lines in Wuhan, but only 3 lines have been confirmed so far......
Anyway, at least 3 subways in Wuhan!

 

[Tang_BJ]

Optics Valley? Is it Fiber Optic Industry?

correct！

 

[JSCh]

World's first driverless Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system launches in China
Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-24 14:17:02|Editor: ying

Citizens take a smart bus during the test run in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 23, 2017. The test run of the ART, Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit, started in Zhuzhou on Monday. The ART is developed by the research arm of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., which produces key parts for China's high-speed railway. The bus is about 30 meters long and equipped with sensors that can read the dimensions of roads and plan its own route. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

CHANGSHA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The world's first driverless Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system started a test run in the city of Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan Province Monday.

The electric vehicles run on an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit, an urban transport system that has been described as a cross between a bus, train and tram.

The three-carriage vehicle is 32 meters long, has a maximum speed of 70 km per hour and can carry up to 300 passengers. Equipped with sensors, it can read the dimensions of a road.

Currently it travels on a 3.1-km route with four stations, between Shennong Theater and a sports center.

A 9 km long route is also being planned, which will link with the current one to form a loop.

The system and vehicle were developed by the research arm of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, which produces key parts for China's high-speed railway.

Feng Jianghua, chief engineer and vice general manager of the CRRC Zhuzhou subsidiary, said the vehicle had successfully undergone 24 hours of non-stop road tests.

The self-driving system comes as a three-carriage or five-carriage unit. The vehicles can travel for 25 km after a 10-minute charge.

The three-carriage unit will be put into regular service from next year.

The developer said that the system cost just one-fifth a traditional tram system that was priced at 150 million yuan (22.6 million U.S. dollars) to 200 million yuan for each kilometer of the route.

 

[JSCh]

Shenzhen opens first tram line
Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-29 13:40:50|Editor: Liangyu

SHENZHEN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- This south China city of Shenzhen opened its first tram line over the weekend to help ease traffic pressure.

Stretching 11.7 km, the tram line has 20 stops and passes through Shenzhen's most populated areas such as Longhua Trade Zone. Each tramcar can carry a maximum of 350 passengers, about two to three times that of a bus, according to a source of the Shenzhen Xiandai Tramcar Company, the service provider.

The zero-emission tramcar, with an average speed of 23-25 kilometers per hour, is equipped with ultracapacitors, which allow it to recharge within 30 seconds while passengers are boarding.

Passengers can pay for tickets with cash, transit pass, or WeChat and Alipay electronic payment. < Shenzhen, a boomtown facing Hong Kong across a river, falls under jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It has a population of more than 10 million.

 

[AndrewJin]

Beijing Tram in trial run

 

[JSCh]

T2 tram line on the right tracks after trial test run
Qian Tong
09:56 UTC+8, 2017-11-17

Shanghai’s proposed new tram line, T2 in Songjiang District, ran its first test run on October 11 with 50 local residents taking part.

The trial run covered four stops in the west section of T2 — Jiangxue Road Station, Xilin Road N. Station, Kai Yuan Med Shopping Center Station and Wenhui Road Station — over more than 2.56 kilometers.

“I’m so excited. The tram is smooth and comfortable and the views are different from that on buses. It’s more like on a train, and I will definitely take it when put into use,” local resident Zhang Guiying said.

The test crew was made up of six female and two male drivers. All of them had received license for trams and after a probation period of one year.

“Testing on road is different from training, as prejudgement is crucial, and I will reduce speed and remind with horns,” tram driver Yu Qifeng said. Yu was also one of the trainers of the tram crew.

“We have a separate signal system for trams and only tram drivers understand it, which ensures the separation of signal system from ordinary traffic lights to secure safety,” Shen Jian, a director with Songjiang Tram Company, said.

The Songjiang information office said the service from Canghua Road Station on T1 to Longma Road Station on T2 would be tested in early 2018. Both lines are expected to begin pilot operations in November next year.

Shanghai revived its historic tram system in 2010 with the Zhangjiang Tram service, which is still the only line in operation so far.

Ti Gong​

 

[AndrewJin]

Closing the gap to the East!
Wuhan will have 9 subways in 2018

 

[AndrewJin]

4 Subways to open next month in Guangzhou City
Total subway millage to reach 400km!
Line 4(southern extension)
Line 9
Line 13
Line 14 Zhishicheng section

Year 2023: 800km

The old city centre (公园前）

The new city centre: CBD & Guangzhou Tower