Trams in Wuhan

Trams in Wuhan
Trams in Wuhan
Overview
Locale	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Transit type	Tram
Website	http://www.whggjtjs.com
Operation
Began operation	July 28, 2017; 7 years ago

Trams in Wuhan may refer to any one of the tram systems currently operational in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. The first tram started revenue service in Wuhan is the Auto-city T1 Line, which began on July 28, 2017.^[1] Subsequently, Optics Valley tram started revenue service from April 1, 2018.^[2]

Systems

Auto-city trams

Auto-city T1 line (车都T1线) started revenue service on July 28, 2017, and is the first line of the Auto-city trams. It runs from Chelun Square to Deshenggang in Hanyang District for a length of 16.8 km (10.4 mi) with 22 stations. At Chelun Square it is transferable to Zhuanyang Boulevard Station on Line 3, Wuhan Metro. The planned Auto-city tram system consists of 14 lines, ranging 190.3 km (118.2 mi) and has some 277 stations.^[3] The line's 21 tramcars were built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive.

Outside of an Auto-city tram
A signboard for Auto-city trams in Interchange Channel
Inside of the car of Auto-city trams
Passenger information system of Auto-city trams in car
Turnstile in car of Auto-city trams
Single Journey ticket of Auto-city trams

Tram stops

Stop name		Connections	Distance km	Location
English	Chinese	Connections	Distance km	Location

Chelun Square	车轮广场	3 (via Zhuanyang Boulevard)
Shuifu Street	水府街
Checheng Avenue	车城大道
Binhu Community	滨湖社区
Lianhu Road	莲湖路
Fengshu First Road	枫树一路
Fengshu Third Road	枫树三路
Fengshu Fourth Road	枫树四路
Fengshu Fifth Road	枫树五路
Fengshu Sixth Road	枫树六路
Wuhan Business University	武汉商学院
Gree Electric	格力电器
Dongfeng Avenue	东风大道
Zhushanhu Avenue	硃山湖大道
Zhushanhu North	硃山湖（北）
Zhushanhu South	硃山湖（南）
Zhushan	硃山
Fenghuangyuan	凤凰苑
Huangling Main Street	黄陵正街
Xingfuqiao	幸福桥
Putan	蒲潭
Guanlianhu Tram Base	官莲湖车辆基地
Deshenggang	得胜港

Optics Valley trams

Two LRT corridors, totaling 36.4 km (22.6 mi), in Wuhan's Optics Valley area started construction since 2013.^[4] Although officially there are two lines, a total of six services are operated.^[5] After several months of testing, both lines opened for revenue service on April 1, 2018.^[2] The LRV cars are designed by Fordyno and built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles.^[6]

A tram in Wuhan University Science Park (Wudayuan) Station, one of the few elevated stations of the system
A close-up of the control trailers of Optics Valley trams
Sanyuan Road (Sanyuanlu), a typical street-level station of the system with green track in the station
Tangxunhu, the last station of one of the branches. The elevated tracks in the background are the Tangxunhu Station of the Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway
Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) of Optics Valley trams
Single Journey ticket of Optics Valley trams

Tram stops

Line		Stop name		Connections	Route service						T1 Distance km	T2 Distance km	Location
T1	T2	English	Chinese	Connections	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6	T1 Distance km	T2 Distance km	Location

●		Huazhong University of Science and Technology	华中大	2	●		●		●
●		Walking Street & Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine	步行街省中医院	2 via Luoxiong Road	●		●		●
●		Changqingteng Road	常青藤路		●		●		●
●		Chuangye Street	创业街		●		●		●
●		Xiongchu Avenue	雄楚大道	Wuhan BRT	●		●		●
●		Xinzhu Road	新竹路		●		●		●
●		Wuhan Polytechnic	武汉职院		●		●		●
●		Optics Valley World	光谷天地		●		●		●
●		Software Park Road	软件园路		●		●		●
●		Huaxia University of Technology	华夏学院		●		●		●

｜	●	Tangxunhu City Railway Station	城铁汤逊湖	WXN		●	●			●
｜	●	Sanyuan Road	三园路			●	●			●
｜	●	HUST Science Park	华中科技园			●	●			●
｜	●	Wuhan University Science Park	武大园			●	●			●
｜	●	Vanke City Garden	万科城市花园			●	●			●

●	●	Donde International Garden	当代国际花园		●	●			●	●
●	●	Optics Valley Avenue	光谷大道		●	●			●	●
●	●	Wuhan Institute of Technology	工程大学		●	●			●	●

●	｜	Liufangyuanheng Road	流芳园横路		●			●		●
●	｜	Gaoxin 4th Road	高新四路		●			●		●
●	｜	Gaoxin 5th Road	高新五路		●			●		●
●	｜	Fozuling	佛祖岭	2	●			●		●

	●	Instrument and Electronic Technical School	仪表学校			●		●	●
	●	International Tennis Center	国际网球中心			●		●	●
	●	Olympic Sports Center	奥体中心			●		●	●
	●	Aofeng Road	奥风路			●		●	●
	●	Dalü Road	大吕路			●		●	●
	●	Optics Valley 4th Road	光谷四路			●		●	●
	●	Optics Valley 5th Road	光谷五路			●		●	●
	●	Huaxi Road	花溪路			●		●	●
	●	Shendun 5th Road	神墩五路			●		●	●
	●	Gaokeyuan Road	高科园路			●		●	●
	●	Gaokeyuan 2nd Road	高科园二路			●		●	●
	●	Gaoxin 2nd Road	高新二路			●		●	●
	●	Shendun 3rd Road	神墩三路			●		●	●
	●	Optics Valley 7th Road	光谷七路	11		●		●	●
	●	Huawei Wuhan Research Institute	华为武汉基地			●		●	●
	●	Jiufeng 1st Road	九峰一路			●		●	●
	●	Optics Valley Botanical Garden	光谷植物园			●		●	●

Hankou downtown trams

Trams were planned since the Qing dynasty when Hankou served as one of the major economic centers of China.^[7]^[8] New plans to bring the never built trams back to the streets of Hankou downtown emerged around 2014.^[9] No actual construction has taken place as of 2017 in spite of the plans of the trams were made.^[10]

References

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^ ^a ^b 光谷有轨电车定于4月1日11时18分开通试运营. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01.
^ 武汉首条有轨电车试验线开工贯穿武汉开发区和军山 www.cnhubei.com. news.cnhubei.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
^ 光谷将建11条有轨电车线路明年开建4条线. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
^ “光谷量子号”有轨电车12月18日起实现多交路全线通车试运行. www.whggjtjs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
^ https://www.fordyno.com/wuhan-optics-valley ^{[dead link]}
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[xinhuanet-1] 华中首条有轨电车武汉车都T1线本周五试运营_新华网. hb.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

[ovt-2] 光谷有轨电车定于4月1日11时18分开通试运营. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01.

[cnhubei-3] 武汉首条有轨电车试验线开工贯穿武汉开发区和军山 www.cnhubei.com. news.cnhubei.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

[光谷将建11条有轨电车线路_明年开建4条线-4] 光谷将建11条有轨电车线路明年开建4条线. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-21.

[5] “光谷量子号”有轨电车12月18日起实现多交路全线通车试运行. www.whggjtjs.com. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

[6] ttps://www.fordyno.com/wuhan-optics-valley ^{[dead link]}

[清末民初汉口创办有轨电车计划失败经过-7] 梁志权 (2002). "清末民初汉口创办有轨电车计划失败经过". 湖北档案. 3.^{[permanent dead link]}

[《湖北大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》-8] 涂文学 (2011). "按照"现代方式"重组城市空间——1930年代汉口城市规划理念评析". 《湖北大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》. 5.

[whcb-9] "老汉口拟建有轨电车环线长江日报报业集团_长江网_长江日报_武汉晚报_武汉晨报_电子报_数字报". whcb.cjn.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

[武汉调研出结果：_“老汉口”可建有轨电车-10] "武汉调研出结果： "老汉口"可建有轨电车". Archived from the original on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

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