Changchun Rail Transit

Changchun Rail Transit
Overview
Locale Changchun, Jilin, China
Transit type Rapid transit/Light rail
Number of lines 2
Number of stations 49
Daily ridership 140,000 (2012 Daily Avg.)
200,000 (2012 Peak)[1]
Operation
Began operation 2002
Operation will start 2016 (metro)
Technical
System length 50.63 km (31.46 mi)
System map

Changchun Rail Transit
Simplified Chinese 长春轨道交通
Traditional Chinese 長春軌道交通

Changchun Rail Transit (Changchun RT) is an on-ground rail mass transit system in the city of Changchun, Jilin province, China. It is said to be the first light rail transit or metrotram system on mainland China. The initial phase of Line 3 was completed in 2001, the 2nd phase was completed in 2006. Thus the construction of Line 3 has been totally finished. It officially opened to revenue service in October 2002. The current total length of the route is 50.63 kilometers (31.46 mi) with 49 stations. 4 sections of 4 Lines are under construction.[2]

The system will be expanded by two lines of conventional underground metro and one line of lightrail. Construction of the first line of metro (Line 1), with 18 stations and a length of 20.12 kilometers (12.50 mi), started in 2011, and it is planned to open for service in 2016. Construction on a second metro line (Line 2) started in 2012.Construction on a third lightrail line (Line Beihu) started in 2014. Construction on extending Line 3 started in 2014.

Network

Line Terminals
(District)
Opened Newest
Extension
Length
km
Stations
     Line 3 Changchun Railway Station
(Kuancheng)
Changyingshijicheng
(Nanguan)
2002 2006 31.9 33
     Line 4 Northern Stop of Changchun Railway Station
(Kuancheng)
Chechang
(Nanguan)
2011 18.7 16
Total 50.63 49

Line 3

Line 4

The History and Lines of the Changchun Rail Transit

Schema showing the development of the Changchun RT from 2002 to 2015

Lines Serving Now

Lines Under Construction

Future Projects

Future Projects of Changchun RT

References

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Changchun Light Rail Transit.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.