Chinese Metro Transport News & Updates

[AndrewJin]

Every December witnesses inauguration ceremonies of metros and high-speed railways across China.
I start this thread mainly focusing on news and updates of Chinese metro construction, export of metro products and major breakthroughs of future metro technology. The term metro in this thread refers to subway, light rail, rapid suburban rail, trams, BRT, etc.

I hope every member here could make a contribution to this thread, sharing with us the newest information and your experiences in Chinese metro.
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[B][SIZE=5]Map of Greater China Cities with Rapid Transit and Light Rail[/SIZE][/B]
(excluding BRT)
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[B]Top10 metro systems by mileage[/B] (excluding BRT)
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[B]BRT in operation [/B]
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[AndrewJin]

Metro Line 3, Wuhan
Some photos of the 28-km long metro line 3, the fourth line in my city
due to open on 28th December 2015.
@dy1022 @Chinese Bamboo

CBD station

Hong Kong Road Sta.
@Chinese-Dragon

Home of Citizen Sta.

 

[Kyle Sun]

When DaLian, my hometown, started to demonstrate whether dalian needed metro years ago ,many people worried about the cost and they thought the existing public traffic system were enough .

Fortunately dl gov decided to do it.

now dl metro puts into operation in time which saves the public from serious traffic jam.

no one complain about the cost now.

 

[ryzvonusef]

You should also share this on ssc, their China forums are woefully under represented given the scale of Chinese infrastructure, they need regular updates likes these:

Projects & Infrastructure / 在建项目与基础设施 - SkyscraperCity

I really like their pakistani forums, loads of information.

When DaLian, which is my hometown, started to demonstrate whether dalian needed metro years ago ,many people worried about the cost and they thought the existing public traffic system were enough .

Fortunately dl gov decided to do it.

now dl metro puts into operation in time which saves the public from serious traffic jam.

no one complain about the cost now.

problem in Pakistan is that people here have given up on public transport, and especially given the lack of any concrete regulations, depend on private means like cars and more importantly bikes.

Which means that they feel no connection with public transport, since only the very desperate (mostly from the poor/lower middle class) use them.

We need to kick these underaged bikers riding with no lights and helmets to the curb and force them to use the bike instead of putting others in danger.

 

[AndrewJin]

You should also share this on ssc, their China forums are woefully under represented given the scale of Chinese infrastructure, they need regular updates likes these:

Projects & Infrastructure / 在建项目与基础设施 - SkyscraperCity

I really like their pakistani forums, loads of information.



problem in Pakistan is that people here have given up on public transport, and especially given the lack of any concrete regulations, depend on private means like cars and more importantly bikes.

Which means that they feel no connection with public transport, since only the very desperate (mostly from the poor/lower middle class) use them.

We need to kick these underaged bikers riding with no lights and helmets to the curb and force them to use the bike instead of putting others in danger.

I know that forum, but don't have more energy for another one.

When you have a good public transport system with very affordable tickets, people will gradually turn to public transport. In greater Tokyo, over 90% commuters resort to metro and rapid suburban railways. My father used to drive to work, now by metro, 3-5 minutes a train.

When DaLian, which is my hometown, started to demonstrate whether dalian needed metro years ago ,many people worried about the cost and they thought the existing public traffic system were enough .

Fortunately dl gov decided to do it.

now dl metro puts into operation in time which saves the public from serious traffic jam.

no one complain about the cost now.

Share with us some photos or news on Dalian metro, Dalian is a beautiful costal city!

 

[cirr]

Beijing will have over 300km of subways under construction in 2016.

 

[cnleio]

My hometown - NanChang 1st metro will commercial operation in this month (2015,12) ... other 5x metros still building, when February return hometown to see my parents, i will post photos in this thread.

 

[AndrewJin]

My hometown - NanChang 1st metro will commercial operation in this month (2015,12) ... other 5x metros still building, when February return hometown to see my parents, i will post photos in this thread.

Congrats! Nanchang will be the fourth city in Central China!

 

[yusheng]

my hometown Ningbo

 

[AndrewJin]

my hometown Ningbo
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Impressive! One of the best non-provincial-capital cities!
How many lines in operation now? Ningbo's GDP in 2014 is 120 billion dollars, more than a lot of provincial capitals. Fiscally, Ningbo is very capable.

 

[yusheng]

now , the first part of line 1, line2, totally about 50 kilometers in service,
the second part of line1, line2 will soon be in service which is about 20 kilometers,
line3, line4 under construction.

 

[AndrewJin]

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now , the first part of line 1, line2, totally about 50 kilometers in service,
the second part of line1, line2 will soon be in service which is about 20 kilometers,
line3, line4 under construction.

lol, see construction sites everywhere across China. Temporary inconvenience for the future efficiency!
Now, in Shanghai metro
Minhang, south suburb

 

[Shotgunner51]

lol, see construction sites everywhere across China. Temporary inconvenience for the future efficiency!
Now, in Shanghai metro
Minhang, south suburb
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My hometown! Maybe @GS Zhou can post pics of above-the-ground portions of Shanghai Metro from DJI Phantom.

 

[AndrewJin]

My hometown! Maybe @GS Zhou can post pics of above-the-ground portions of Shanghai Metro from DJI Phantom.

+1 @GS Zhou

 

[oproh]

I saw a picture in SSC of what the Beijing metro will look like in the future; dang it looks epic!

Anyway this is from wikipedia