Trams in Wuhan explained

Locale:	Wuhan
Transit Type:	Tram
Website:	http://www.whggjtjs.com

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 (Chinese: 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 16.8km (10.4miles) 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 190.3km (118.2miles) and has some 277 stations.^[3] The line's 21 tramcars were built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive.

Tram stops

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Optics Valley trams

Two LRT corridors, totaling 36.4km (22.6miles), 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. The LRV cars are designed by Fordyno and built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles.^[6]

Tram stops

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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]

Notes and References

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Web site: zh:光谷有轨电车定于4月1日11时18分开通试运营. http://www.whggjtjs.com/news/133.html. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180401005043/http://www.whggjtjs.com/news/133.html. 2018-04-01.
Web site: http://news.cnhubei.com/xw/wuhan/201311/t2763899.shtml. news.cnhubei.com . zh: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 . 2017-09-04.
Web site: http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2007zfwq/2012-04/06/content_25019422.htm . zh:光谷将建11条有轨电车线路明年开建4条线 . 2013-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130910225916/http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2007zfwq/2012-04/06/content_25019422.htm . 2013-09-10 .
Web site: http://www.whggjtjs.com/news/127.html . zh:“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. 2018-01-20.
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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 . 涂文学 . 《湖北大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》 . 2011 . 5.
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