Line 2 (Chengdu Tram)

Not to be confused with Line 2 (Chengdu Metro).

Chengdu Tram Line 2
Overview
Native name成都有轨电车蓉2号线
LocaleChengdu, China
Stations35
Service
TypeTram
Services1 (main & branch)
Rolling stockAlstom Citadis 302
History
Opened26 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-26)
Technical
Line length39.3 km (24.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC Overhead line

Chengdu Tram Line 2 is a tram line in Chengdu, China. The line has a total length of 39.3 kilometres (24.4 mi) and 35 stations (and will have 47 in the long term). It has a 'Y' layout and runs from the Chengdu West railway station to Pixian West railway station and Hongguang.[1] The line was officially started in December 2015, and the 13.7 km (8.5 mi) demonstration section of the line was opened on 26 December 2018,[2][3] and the remaining sections were opened on 27 December 2019.[4]

History

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In 2014, Chengdu disclosed the concept of building a modern tram system in the first and second round of rail transit planning. The construction concept of Chengdu Modern Tram System was disclosed in 2014. In September 2015, Chengdu Development and Reform Commission formally issued an agreement to Chengdu IT Avenue Modern Tram with the document "Chengfa Reform Government Approval [2015] No. 216". Route 2 line approval,[5] the same month, the Chengdu Municipal government announced the "urban rail transit network construction to speed up the implementation of the program."

The line started the preliminary construction in December 2015. On 15 April 2016, the proposed naming of the 47 stations on the Chengdu route 2 entered the publicity stage and was approved by the Chengdu Municipal Government in July of the same year. In September 2016, the entire line started construction and the line demonstration site Baiye Road Station was completed in December. In June 2017, Chengdu CRRC Long Passenger Rail Vehicle Company announced the low-floor tram vehicles used on the line.[6] On 25 September of the same year, the first section of the line achieved long-track rail connection, and it was announced that it would open in the first half of 2018.[7]

On 25 January 2018, the first section of the line was energized by the contact network; on August 10, the line completed the "hot slip" test; on September 6, the line was handed over to the operating unit; on September 10, the line started the EMU commissioning work; At the beginning of December, the installation of traffic safety signs for the first opening section was completed. On 26 December 2018, the first section opened for trial operation. On 26 December 2019, the non-initial segment opened.

Timeline

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  • 2014 - Construction of a tram network was decided.
  • 2016 - Officially construction was started.
  • 2018 - Commercial service was opened in 26 December.
  • 2019 - Pixian West Railway Station - Chenguang, Hexin Road - Chengdu West Railway Station and branch route opened in 27 December.

Tram route

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Station
№ 		Service
routes 		Station name Transfer Distance
km 		District
Main Branch English Chinese Main Branch
92 33 ● ● Chengdu West Railway Station 成都西站 4 9
Humen railway station CMW 		- 0 - Qingyang District
92 32 ● ● Liangong 联工 1.188 1.188
92 31 ｜ ｜ Qingchun 清淳 0.848 2.036 Jinniu District
92 30 ｜ ｜ Lianghe Road 两河路 0.547 2.583
92 29 ● ● Tulong Road 土龙路 1.014 3.597
92 28 ● ● ● Xinye Road 新业路 1.546 5.143 - 0 High-Tech Zone
92 27 ● ● ｜ Jincheng College, Sichuan University 锦城学院 1.654 6.797 -
92 26 ｜ ｜ ｜ Xinda Road 新达路 - -
92 25 ● ● ｜ University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 电子科大 1.604 8.601
92 24 ｜ ｜ ｜ Tianrun Road 天润路 1.455 10.056
92 23 ● ● ｜ Hexin Road 合信路 0.508 10.564
92 22 ● ● ｜ Hezuo Road 合作路 0.427 10.991
92 21 ● ● ｜ Tianxin Road 天欣路 0.668 11.658
92 20 ● ● ｜ Anbu 安埠 0.949 12.607
92 19 ● ● ｜ Tianying Road 天映路 1.370 13.977
92 18 ● ● ｜ Tianyuan Road 天源路 1.136 15.113
92 17 ｜ ｜ ｜ 5th Antai Road 安泰五路 - -
92 16 ｜ ｜ ｜ 2nd Antai Road 安泰二路 - -
92 15 ｜ ｜ ｜ 4th Kangqiang Road 康强四路 - -
92 14 ｜ ｜ ｜ Shuxin Avenue 蜀新大道 - -
92 13 ● ● ｜ Defu Avenue 德富大道 4.809 19.923 Pidu District
92 12 ● ● ｜ Hongqi Avenue 红旗大道 0.760 20.683
92 11 ● ● ｜ Hongzhan East Road 红展东路 0.398 21.081
92 10 ● ｜ Dayu East Road 大禹东路 1.040 22.121
92 09 ● ｜ Huashi 花石 0.788 22.909
92 08 ● ｜ Chenguang 晨光 1.126 24.035
92 07 ● ｜ Hegong Road 何公路 0.829 24.864
92 06 ｜ ｜ Wangcong Middle Road 望丛中路 0.299 25.163
92 05 ● ｜ Wangcong Temple 望丛祠 6 0.463 25.626
92 04 ｜ ｜ Hexing Street 和兴街 0.632 26.258
92 03 ● ｜ Liyuan Road 梨园路 0.474 26.732
92 02 ｜ ｜ Boluotan 菠萝滩 0.617 27.349
92 01 ● ｜ Pixian West Railway Station 郫县西站 Humen railway station PCW 0.469 27.818
92 Y1 ● Baiye Road 百叶路 - 1.115 1.115 High-Tech Zone
92 Y2 ● Chenfeng 晨风 1.229 2.344
92 Y3 ● Tianhe Road 天河路 2 0.672 3.016 Pidu District
92 Y4 ｜ Xi'an Road 犀安路 0.673 3.689
92 Y5 ● Longyin 龙吟 0.675 4.364
92 Y6 ● Xipu Campus, Southwest Jiaotong University 交大犀浦校区 6(via Xingye North Street) 0.833 5.197
92 Y7 ● Xifang Road 犀方路 0.911 6.108
92 Y8 ● Guoning 国宁 1.009 7.117
92 Y9 ● Datian 大田 1.137 8.254
92 Y10 ● Xihua University 西华大学 0.613 8.867
92 Y11 ● Shuanglin Village 双林村 0.761 9.628
92 Y12 ● Jintu 金土 0.589 10.217
92 Y13 ● Chengdu Technicians College 技师学院 0.903 11.120
92 Y14 ● Renhe 仁和 0.698 11.818

Practical Info

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  • Total length - 39.3 km (24.4 mi).
  • Opened - 26 Dec. 2018 (initial); 27 Dec. 2019 (full)
  • Number of Stops - 35
  • Number of routes - 2
  • Gauge - Standard Gauge

The main line of Chengdu Tram Line T2 runs from 07:00-20:40 (to Chengdu West railway station) / 07:00-21:00 (to Pixian West railway station), and the branch line runs from 07:00-20:50 (to Xinye Road)/07:00-21:30 (toward Chenguang), the departure interval is about 10 minutes, and the whole journey takes about 40 minutes.

Fleet

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Tram at Chengdu West railway station
interior view of a tram

The Chengdu Tram Line 2 train has three colors of blue-green, light blue and bright yellow. It adopts the Alstom Citadis 302 technology platform 100% low-floor 5-module steel-wheeled tram, 32.6 m (106 ft 11 in) long and 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) wide, manufactured in Chengdu's CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles plant. The tram has 64 seats, a capacity of 300 people, and a maximum passenger capacity of 380 people. The average speed of the tram is 23 km/h (14 mph), the maximum speed is 70 km/h (43 mph), the maximum gradient is 60‰, and the minimum turning radius is 20 m (65 ft 7 in),[8] vehicles uses a combination of super capacitor and ordinary catenary power supply to ensure the power when passing through some intersections. The car is equipped with barrier-free facilities and a button to open the door.[9]

Theme tram

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When the Chengdu route 2 was fully opened in 2019, a theme tram with the theme of "National Security Archives" went online simultaneously. The painting of the tram is based on the theme of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and nine nationally protected animals are interspersed in the form of illustrations, and corresponding science content is set in the car, calling on citizens to pay attention to and participate in the protection of endangered wild animals.

Depots & termini

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Termini are Chengdu West railway station, Pixian West railway station & Renhe.

Alignment and Interchanges

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Chengdu Tram Line 2 has a total length of 39.3 km (24.4 mi), of which the elevated section is 1.8 km (1.1 mi) and the ground section is 37.5 km (23.3 mi). Chengdu Tram Line 2 leads from Chengdu West Railway Station, heading northwest to Xinye Road Station, and then along two lines to Pixian West railway station and Renhe. In addition, in 2018, the newly planned Honggao branch line of Chengdu Line 2 leads from Hezuo Road Station to Jintu Station, connecting the Xipi section and the Xinhong section, making the whole line a ring.

Chengdu tram platform

The platform of Chengdu Tram Line 2 is open, and passengers must purchase tickets or swipe cards on the train. The platforms of the first section are all side platforms, and are equipped with half-height screen doors (not in use), seats and train information display screens. The platforms on both sides are not symmetrical and do not communicate directly. For the sake of cost saving and easy maintenance, the subsequent stations did not install half-height screen doors, and replaced the tempered glass railings with wire mesh materials.

Tickets

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The fare of the line is two yuan for the whole journey, which is paid by cash or Tianfutong, and supports Tianfutong, Cloud QuickPass or the application of two-dimensional code scanning in Chengdu Metro.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 江瑶 (28 September 2016). "成都有轨电车蓉2号线全线加速建设 2018年通车". 四川新闻网. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ "我国西南地区首条有轨电车线路开通运营". 26 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019.
  3. ^ 尹沁彤 (16 August 2017). "成都有轨电车蓉2号线2018年开通观光体验段". 成都商报. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "成都地铁5号线等3条线路今年底将开通试运营". 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ 张舒 (14 September 2015). "成都IT大道有轨电车正式获批立项 年底前将开工". 成都商报. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  6. ^ 刘忠俊 (15 June 2017). "成都首条有轨电车机车组亮相". 中新社. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  7. ^ 廖雪芝 (26 September 2017). "有轨电车蓉2号线首开段轨通 预计明年上半年试运营". 成都晚报. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ^ "成都日报：快看！成都首列现代有轨电车 昨日正式下线 最多可载客380人 最高时速可达70公里-成都地铁". www.cdmetro.cn. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ^ "首条有轨电车蓉2号列车下线 明年乘电车看风景". 成都晚报. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017.
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