Chinese Metro Transport News & Updates

[AndrewJin]

Wuhan Optics Valley Tram ready to open in 5 days!

 

[AndrewJin]

Xiamen's second subway trains to use
Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Machine

@TaiShang @cirr @powastick et al

 

[AndrewJin]

Wuhan's new metro look fabulous

One station of the coming Wuhan Subway Line 8 is of military design.
The name of the station is Huangpu Road, as in Huangpu Milltary Academy.

 

[TaiShang]

One station of the coming Wuhan Subway Line 8 is of military design.
The name of the station is Huangpu Road, as in Huangpu Milltary Academy.

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Looks very distinct. Nice choice of colors. Each station having their own interior design features would make taking the metro even more fun.

 

[AndrewJin]

Optics Valley Tram is ready for official inauguration on 18 Jan. 2018
Wuhan City, Central China

Looks very distinct. Nice choice of colors. Each station having their own interior design features would make taking the metro even more fun.

True.
Now you can't even call it a subway in China if they don't have their own unique design....
People will call it tasteless.....

 

[AndrewJin]

Subway Line 21 is ready for opening in Wuhan
7 days left

35km (10km underground, 25km elevated)
linking main city to outer districts

Three subways to open next week in Wuhan!
Final section of Line 1
Line 8
Line 21

 

[terranMarine]

modern, clean, stylish, efficient, safety comes to mind. World class infra

 

[AndrewJin]

modern, clean, stylish, efficient, safety comes to mind. World class infra

The next 10-20 years will be critical in terms of urban transport development in China.
There will be at least 10 cities in China with a subway network longer than 500km in 2020-2030.
This month, nearly 20 lines will open.


Southwest China city Nanning's second subway
Subway Line 2, 21km long, to open on 28 December 2017

Line 1 & 2
53.1km
Now 2 major railway stations including the high-speed terminal
and four long-distance bus terminal are connected together

Continuous same-platform transfer model at two adjacent stations

 

[AndrewJin]

Qingdao's second subway opened on 10 December 2017

Line 3
connecting 4 major commercial areas

@terranMarine @Godman @Götterdämmerung @Bussard Ramjet @anant_s @powastick @Beast et al

 

[powastick]

Qingdao's second subway opened on 10 December 2017

Line 3
connecting 4 major commercial areas
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@terranMarine @Godman @Götterdämmerung @Bussard Ramjet @anant_s @powastick @Beast et al

Is Qingdao a major city?

 

[AndrewJin]

Is Qingdao a major city?

I think so, though it is not a provincial capital.
The population of the entire municipality reaches 9+ million (main city + outer districts + county-level cities).
GDP reached 1 trillion yuan in 2016.

You can see from the map, the core urban districts are on the east coast of Jiaozhou Bay.

The estuary of Jianzhou Bay
You can see the peninsular where the city proper sits.
There is a tunnel at the entrance of the bay.
Another cross-bay bridge is closer to mainland.

Expressway network in Jianzhou Bay region

Main city

New districts on the western coast
including several bonded areas, tourist areas and agricultural/ecological protection areas

Qingdao Subway
470km in 2020s

Long-term: 807km

 

[onebyone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/943758487506612225

 

[AndrewJin]

Three subways open in Wuhan today!
And....go card-less with smart phone (android only)

 

[AndrewJin]

The second subway opens on 26 December 2017
Hefei City, Central China

Not politician, no grand ceremony,
just ordinary passengers announced inauguration

Sharing bookstore

Hefei Subway
Mid-term plan

Hefei City
Ancient and future

@TaiShang @powastick @terranMarine @Dungeness @Jlaw @samsara @Godman @Kaptaan @Chinese-Dragon et al

 

[AndrewJin]

Guangdong Metro broke ridership record, 10.026 million on 31 Dec. 2017


@GS Zhou @powastick @cirr @TaiShang

First Subway in Xiamen City opened on 31 December 2018