Chinese Metro Transport News & Updates

[GS Zhou]

北京地铁嘎得吓色宁！
I ride Beijing metro a lot, really too congested, horrifying experience but no other way to get around on time. They do need more lines and stations, and move some national capital functions out of Beijing.

cannot agree more! 帮阿拉上海比起来，北京地铁就是一泡污!
try the BJ metro at Tiantongyuan, 天通苑，the congestion there is a completely disaster!

 

[AndrewJin]

Beijing's tram under construction in the suburb of Summer Palace
Xiangshan Mountain Line

Starting from one station of subway line 10, stretching northwest and connecting some of Beijing's most famous tourist sites and mountains. It will become the most efficient public transport method to Xiangshan Mountain for tourists to enjoy the picturesque red autumn trees.

9.4km
6 stations
Colour: light blue (same as subway line 10)
Red line: ground
Blue: underground
Yellow: elevated

Imperial Palace design

A tram bridge over the canal flowing from the Summer Palace

Transition of ground section to underground

All the way to the mountains in the western skirts of Beijing

Xiangshan Mountains

@Götterdämmerung @Gibbs @PaklovesTurkiye @Godman @anant_s @Arsalan

 

[anant_s]

Loved the Catenary Mast design.
Very creative, kudos to the designer

 

[Pyr0test]

Evolution of Chinese Metro since 1990

 

[AndrewJin]

Loved the Catenary Mast design.
Very creative, kudos to the designer

The design will give passengers a feeling they are emperors and are waiting for the imperial train to the royal palace.

Evolution of Chinese Metro since 1990

Impressive!

1990

2008, the year of Beijing Olympics

2016
Existing networks

2017

2020

2050
Chengdu City, Western China

 

[AndrewJin]

Changchun's first subway to open in Jun
Northeast China's 4th city after Dalian, Harbin and Shenyang

360degree view one a platform
https://720yun.com/t/42bjOzsvuk4?pano_id=2845230

Apart from subways, Changchun has several light rails or trams in operation.
Though having underground sections, they r not called subways.

 

[AndrewJin]

The design will give passengers a feeling they are emperors and are waiting for the imperial train to the royal palace.




Impressive!

1990
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2008, the year of Beijing Olympics
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2016
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2017
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2020
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2050
Chengdu City, Western China
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THE EVOLUTION OF METROS IN CHINA
Metro lines in China (along with Taiwan and Hong Kong) are being built at an incredible rate. Before 1990, they could be found in just three cities--Beijing, first opening in 1969; Hong Kong in 1979, and Tianjin in 1984. Growth was modest for many years, but has become exponentially more rapid over time and now dwarfs the rest of the world's progress. In just the thirty years from 1990 to 2020, the number of cities with a metro system will grow from those original three to over forty--with more to come soon after.

In this time, Beijing and Shanghai in particular have ballooned from nearly nothing into the world's two largest, in both length and annual ridership. The timeline of their expansion alone is mesmerizing.
http://pdovak.com/chinese-metro-evolution/

 

[JSCh]

China's first mountain subway train to be installed
Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-27 15:45:37|Editor: ying



QINGDAO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese railcar-maker CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. announced on Saturday that it has delivered the country's first subway train designed especially for a mountainous region.

The six-car train will run on Line 5 in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China.

Chongqing is a city of hills. The deepest section of the Line 5 subway is about 70 meters underground, making it the deepest metro line in China.

The train with a carrying capacity of 2,322 passengers can run at a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. The producer said that it has contracted to make 39 such trains for Chongqing.

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. won the contract to develop a new type of train with larger driving force and smaller turning radius, It has a 50 percent better slope performance than conventional trains.

Located in east China's port city of Qingdao, CRRC Qingdao Sifang designs and manufactures a variety of bullet trains, subway trains and trams. Many of its products have special functions, for example, those adapting to extreme cold and high altitude or environmentally friendly hydrogen-powered engines.

 

[AndrewJin]

China's first mountain subway train to be installed
Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-27 15:45:37|Editor: ying



QINGDAO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese railcar-maker CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. announced on Saturday that it has delivered the country's first subway train designed especially for a mountainous region.

The six-car train will run on Line 5 in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China.

Chongqing is a city of hills. The deepest section of the Line 5 subway is about 70 meters underground, making it the deepest metro line in China.

The train with a carrying capacity of 2,322 passengers can run at a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. The producer said that it has contracted to make 39 such trains for Chongqing.

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. won the contract to develop a new type of train with larger driving force and smaller turning radius, It has a 50 percent better slope performance than conventional trains.

Located in east China's port city of Qingdao, CRRC Qingdao Sifang designs and manufactures a variety of bullet trains, subway trains and trams. Many of its products have special functions, for example, those adapting to extreme cold and high altitude or environmentally friendly hydrogen-powered engines.

CRRC Sifang is more famous for CRH380A and CR400.
I think CRRC Zhuzhou and CRRC Changchun are best in metro car manufacturing.

 

[Shotgunner51]

The Evolution of Metros in China, 1990 - 2020

Metro lines in China (along with Taiwan and Hong Kong) are being built at an incredible rate. Before 1990, they could be found in just three cities - Beijing, first opening in 1969; Hong Kong in 1979, and Tianjin in 1984. Growth was modest for many years, but has become exponentially more rapid over time and now dwarfs the rest of the world's progress. In just the thirty years from 1990 to 2020, the number of cities with a metro system will grow from those original 3 to over 40 - with more to come soon after.

In this time, Beijing and Shanghai in particular have ballooned from nearly nothing into the world's two largest, in both length and annual ridership. The timeline of their expansion alone is mesmerizing.

http://pdovak.com/chinese-metro-evolution/

 

[Kyle Sun]

the best illustration I have ever seen.

 

[randomradio]

What's interesting is India is about where China was in 2005 when it comes to metro services.

 

[AndrewJin]

What's interesting is India is about where China was in 2005 when it comes to metro services.

why are indian cities' most metro on the ground?
Why not many underground sections?
I don't get it, for such overly dense cities, it does not make sense to build many overground sections.
It seems not good planning for the long-run.

 

[Mista]

When living standards reach a certain level, transportation should not be just about transporting people or cargo, but also about culture and art.
Suzhou City's 4th subway has just opened for trial operation in March (officially open in April)
Let's have a look!

Artistic Suzhou Metro

2020 Suzhou Metro (estimated)
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One of the subway entrances
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Beautiful. Reminds me of the arts in Singapore's MRT too which reflect the local town's identity and history.

"The Perfect Moment" in the Stadium station, the site for the national stadium of Singapore. One exits the train to arrive at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, looking up through canyon-like cliffs towards suspended images of soccer players defying gravity.

Tan Kah Kee station's "饮水思源 & 自强不息"". The station is named after Tan Kah Kee(陈嘉庚), a famous Chinese businessman and philanthropist, who also raised funds from overseas Chinese to aid China in major events such as the Xinhai Revolution.

Asemic Lines in Beauty World. The artwork presents the multi-cultural mix of language as the result of multi-culturalism, and invites the viewers’ aesthetic intuition to ‘hover’ between reading and looking.
The artwork comprises Chinese, Jawi, Tamil and Latin words and letterforms that were layered upon each other in rhythm patterns.

"Newton" draws inspiration from the Newton heritage, featuring the imagined landscape of Singapore in 2200.

Dhobi Ghat station, which in Hindi refers to a public washing place, usually a river-bank, where Dhobis (washer-women) do their laundry. It reflects a rich tapestry of Singapore’s multicultural history.

 

[randomradio]

why are indian cities' most metro on the ground?
Why not many underground sections?
I don't get it, for such overly dense cities, it does not make sense to build many overground sections.
It seems not good planning for the long-run.

Wherever the density of buildings is high, the metro is underground, else it is overground. Plus, the cost of overground is cheaper.

They want to start building underground tunnels for road transport.

Bangalore
http://www.news18.com/news/india/rs...l-project-to-decongest-bengaluru-1388299.html
The proposed project of four tunnels would be from Hebbal to Chalukya Circle (6 km), Jalahalli to Goraguntepalya (1.4 km), SRS Road and Pipeline Road, Peenya (2.25 km), and Nayandahalli to Majestic (8 km).

Mumbai
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumba...sgnp-tunnel/story-WlUPv2HV9EsQKBdGxhO12O.html
Soon, Mumbai residents will be able to travel between Borivli and Thane in 10 minutes owing to an 11-km underground tunnel passing through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

Delhi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...lhi-traffic/story-SS0TszIohwzB0SkpMtWchK.html
7 tunnels planned at key spots to ease Delhi traffic

So we can have cars going underground and metro going overground.

There's another reason. The Metros can be connected to other feeder services and are also overground, like monorail.

And pod taxis.

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/jT...d-car-pilot-project-in-India-at-own-cost.html

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/vk...ng-Rajasthan-and-Maharashtra-line-up-for.html
At least six states are in talks with companies that build personal rapid transport systems (PRTs) to operate pod taxis, futuristic driverless vehicles that ply along a pre-determined course, a central government official said.

With overground metro stations, you can have pod taxis directly entering and leaving the stations at the same level. If the metro is underground, then it becomes a pain in the a** for passengers to move from underground to overground.