Nanjing Trams

Nanjing Trams
Nanjing Trams
	A Nanjing Hexi tram leaving Yuantong Station
Overview
Locale	Nanjing, China
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	2
Operation
Began operation	August 13, 2014; 10 years ago
Technical
System length	17.2 km (10.7 mi)

Nanjing Trams is the tram system of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. There are two lines which are not connected to each other.

The Nanjing trams is a wireless system, powered by lightweight Li-ion batteries. Batteries are charged via a pantograph at stations and terminals, and dynamically during acceleration.^[1] Charging time is 46 seconds at stations, and 10 minutes at terminals. 90% of the line is catenary-free.^[2]

Lines

Hexi tram opened on 13 August 2014. Qilin tram began test runs on 10 October 2016.^[2]

Hexi tram

The starting point of the Hexi tram line is located at the Nanjing Metro Line 2 Olympic Stadium East station. The other terminus is located in Hexi, 7.76 kilometers (4.82 mi) away. Transfer is available to Nanjing Metro Line 2 and Line 10 at Yuantong.^[3] All stations of Hexi tram are located in Jianye District.

Qilin tram

Qilin Tram, with a total length of 9.4 kilometers (5.8 mi), runs between Maqun station on Line 2, Nanjing Metro and Shiyanglu station. There are 13 stations; one of them is elevated, while the rest are surface-level.^[4]

Stations

Station name		Connections	Location
English	Chinese	Connections	Location
Maqun	马群	2 S6	Qixia
Baishuiqiaolu	百水桥路		Qixia
Magaolu	马高路		Jiangning
Beiwanyingjie	北湾营街
Tianquanlu	天泉路
Nanwanyingjie	南湾营街
Tianxinglu	天兴路
Qididajie	启迪大街
Qilin Ecological Park	麒麟生态公园
Shuijiefang	水街坊
Guanghualu	光华路
Zhihuilu	智汇路
Shiyanglu	石杨路

References

^ "Nanjing tram PRIMOVE". primove bombardier. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Test running starts on second Nanjing tram line". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ 河西有轨电车 4站点与地铁无缝对接 [Hexi tram and metro seamless at four sites]. 南京日报 [Nanjing Daily] (in Chinese). 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
^ 麒麟现代有轨电车昨成功上线试跑 [Qilin modern tram line yesterday successfully test run]. 中国江苏网 [China Jiangsu Network] (in Chinese). 江苏中江网传媒股份有限公司 [Jiangsu Zhongjiang Network Media Corp.] 14 June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

[Primove-1] "Nanjing tram PRIMOVE". primove bombardier. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[Railway_Gazette-2] "Test running starts on second Nanjing tram line". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[3] 河西有轨电车 4站点与地铁无缝对接 [Hexi tram and metro seamless at four sites]. 南京日报 [Nanjing Daily] (in Chinese). 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.

[4] 麒麟现代有轨电车昨成功上线试跑 [Qilin modern tram line yesterday successfully test run]. 中国江苏网 [China Jiangsu Network] (in Chinese). 江苏中江网传媒股份有限公司 [Jiangsu Zhongjiang Network Media Corp.] 14 June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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Lines

Hexi tram

Qilin tram

See also

References