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China's first subway with sea view opens to public



A train runs on a sea wall in Xiamen, Fujian Province, December 31, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 30.3-kilometer subway line links the northern Jimei District to the southern downtown area, which is located near the UNESCO World Heritage listed Gulangyu Island. It takes about 50 minutes to pass through all 24 stations built along the new line.

Construction started in April 2014. The first test runs were completed in October this year.

Xiamen is perhaps best known around the world as the host city for the 2017 BRICS summit.

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Photo taken on December 31, 2017 shows the sea views along Subway Line 1 in Xiamen, Fujian Province. [Photo/ Weibo.com]

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China's first subway with sea view opens to public



A train runs on a sea wall in Xiamen, Fujian Province, December 31, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 30.3-kilometer subway line links the northern Jimei District to the southern downtown area, which is located near the UNESCO World Heritage listed Gulangyu Island. It takes about 50 minutes to pass through all 24 stations built along the new line.

Construction started in April 2014. The first test runs were completed in October this year.

Xiamen is perhaps best known around the world as the host city for the 2017 BRICS summit.

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Photo taken on December 31, 2017 shows the sea views along Subway Line 1 in Xiamen, Fujian Province. [Photo/ Weibo.com]

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Will have more in Xiamen.

Xiamen Subway 2025

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China's first subway with sea view opens to public



A train runs on a sea wall in Xiamen, Fujian Province, December 31, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 30.3-kilometer subway line links the northern Jimei District to the southern downtown area, which is located near the UNESCO World Heritage listed Gulangyu Island. It takes about 50 minutes to pass through all 24 stations built along the new line.

Construction started in April 2014. The first test runs were completed in October this year.

Xiamen is perhaps best known around the world as the host city for the 2017 BRICS summit.

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Photo taken on December 31, 2017 shows the sea views along Subway Line 1 in Xiamen, Fujian Province. [Photo/ Weibo.com]

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240k ridership on the first day of 2018.
A good start.
5 lines in 2022

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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
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Continuous same-platform transfer model at two adjacent stations

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


Line 1 & 2
53.1km

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More photos on the newly opened Subway Line 2
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@rott @cirr @AViet @TaiShang @Three_Kingdoms @Godman @Kaptaan


Nanning Nanning!
2018
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BYD demonstrates self-driving SkyRail system
By Chai Hua in Yinchuan | China Daily | Updated: 2018-01-11 09:15
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China's biggest electric carmaker BYD launched an unmanned driving system for its monorail in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Jan 10, 2018.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

China's biggest electric carmaker BYD on Wednesday officially showed the world its automatic driving technology with the launch of a self-driving monorail system in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

The company also plans to develop the technology for its buses on fixed routes, such as for airports and harbors, by around 2020 and even apply it to passenger vehicles in the future, according to one of the company's executives.

The SkyRail, which started operating last August with human drivers, has now become China's first driverless straddle-type monorail system with 100 percent proprietary intellectual property rights. In the second quarter of 2018, the new train will be officially put into use at a speed up to 80 kilometers per hour.

Carrying more than 100 people along a stretch of track in China Flower Expo Park in Yinchuan, BYD's SkyRail does not need a driver-in fact, there isn't even a driver's operation room.

It has realized the highest level of automatic driving for rail transportation. In the morning, it can "wake up" by itself, and do a "body check", such as checking its battery, lighting and air conditioning. Then it automatically initiates service for passengers, who can enter the stations via facial recognition, and puts itself to "sleep" again after work.

Chinese Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is providing the latest 4.5G eLTE service for SkyRail communication system.

BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu said rail transit is the most ideal carrier of all transportation methods to implement unmanned driving for now, and the technology can substantially cut operating expenditure, 60 percent of which is labor cost.

He also said BYD will expand the technology to all SkyRail projects, including those overseas. It has signed construction agreements with about 20 cities in China as well as some international destinations, including Egypt and the Philippines.

The monorail business is now one of BYD's four key sectors, which also include cars, mobile phone components and batteries.

"The domestic market for monorail trains is as large as 10 trillion yuan ($153 billion) and for the international market, it will be about 3 trillion yuan, in the next 20 years," Wang said.

Unmanned rail transportation has been rapidly developing in China. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have set up self-driving trains, while an additional nine cities in China are building such routes, said Zhou Xiaoqin, executive vice-chairman of the China Association of Metros, at a forum in Beijing last November.

He said he believes fully automatic driving will gradually become standard technology for urban rail transit.

Developing automatic driving in the railway sector has been written into the latest national three-year action plan (2018-20) for upgrading the manufacturing business by the National Development and Reform Commission.
 
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A manager of China's leading new energy vehicle maker BYD tries the facial recognition for starting a "Yungui" train during the launching of the "Yungui" system, a driverless monorail transit system, in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Region, Jan. 10, 2018. The system "Yungui" was developed by China's leading new energy vehicle maker BYD and telecom giant Huawei. A Yungui train ran on a rail four meters above ground at around 11 a.m. Wednesday in Yinchuan. Yungui trains keep safe distances from others, detect malfunctions, monitor passenger flow and use facial recognition, all automatically. The system is expected to be put into trial commercial operations in the second quarter of this year. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)



Journalists view a "Yungui" train during the launching of the "Yungui" system, a driverless monorail transit system, in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Region, Jan. 10, 2018. The system "Yungui" was developed by China's leading new energy vehicle maker BYD and telecom giant Huawei. A Yungui train ran on a rail four meters above ground at around 11 a.m. Wednesday in Yinchuan. Yungui trains keep safe distances from others, detect malfunctions, monitor passenger flow and use facial recognition, all automatically. The system is expected to be put into trial commercial operations in the second quarter of this year. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)







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


Line 1 & 2
53.1km

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More photos on the newly opened Subway Line 2
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@rott @cirr @AViet @TaiShang @Three_Kingdoms @Godman @Kaptaan


Nanning Nanning!
2018
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Very impressive developments.
Thanks @AndrewJin ... et al for the magnificant news and photos.
We are number 1 in total subway mileage built in the world.
Who's next in mileage?
 
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Work begins on central China maglev line
Xinhua | Updated: 2018-01-12 13:38

CHANGSHA -- Central Chinese city of Changsha Thursday started building a medium-low-speed maglev test line.

The 5.4-kilometer line is expected to operate at a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour.

China Railway Construction Corporation will spend 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) building an industrial park to manufacture the line and other equipment.

Covering 15 hectares, the park is expected to be complete in December 2020 with an annual output of more than 10 billion yuan.

China's first medium-low-speed maglev line with maximum speed of 100 kilometers started operations in May 2016 in Changsha.
 
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The next is irrelevant.
China's competitor is China herself.

Doing exceptionally well ourselves is most important but we need to look over our shoulders and around for competitions as well as opportunities, constantly.
The War on Containing China is intensifying.
Foreign contracts are awarded to the bidding manufacturers based on irrational political intent.
Knowing me, Knowing you!

知己知彼,百戰百勝
 
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27 Jan. 2018, Wuhan Subway breaks ridership record....
3.47 million


Wuhan Subway Line 1 lift under repair,
Platform staff protects 90-year-old passenger using the escalator
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Beijing Maglev officially started operation on 30 Dec. 2017

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@TaiShang @Götterdämmerung @Kaptaan @Godman @anant_s @cirr @scope @BHarwana et al


More photos about Beijing's first maglev.
Low-speed Maglev could be the preferred choice for big cities' suburban transport

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One month of operation of Beijing Maglev

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China develops new driverless, carbon fiber monorail train
Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-05 14:29:04|Editor: Liangyu


CHANGCHUN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's leading train maker on Monday released its new driverless carbon-fiber monorail train.

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles said the new generation of its driverless monorail train can endure extreme weather, with temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Partly made of carbon-fiber composite, the new model is 25 percent lighter than a traditional train, which could reduce energy consumption by 22.7 percent.

Also as the world's leading train-maker, CRRC Changchun has more than 18,000 employees producing more than 8,000 trains each year.

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