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31-499: Part of a series on Transport in Shanghai 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pujiang Songjiang Tram (also Songjiang Tramway ) is a light rail tramway in Shanghai, China . The system consists of two lines (T1 and T2) totaling 31 km (19 mi) with 42 stations. Unlike
62-506: A trolley pole . The most popular solution is Alstom's proprietary ground-level power supply ( APS , first used in Bordeaux and subsequently in Angers , Reims , Orleans , Tours , Dubai , Rio , and Sydney ), consisting of a type of third rail which is only powered while it is completely covered by a tram so that there is no risk of a person or animal coming into contact with a live rail. On
93-417: A taxi for 15 km, with the first 3 km charged at 16 yuan and with no surcharge for waiting time, you will pay 50 yuan during morning and evening hours on weekdays, about 46 yuan between 10am to 4pm on the same days, and 48.4 yuan otherwise. All public transport within Shanghai can be paid for using the contactless Shanghai Public Transportation Card (SPTC) . With this card the holder can benefit from
124-418: A taxi used to be well-paid. Nowadays, it is hard to find people willing to work long hours in a taxi, with the profit margin for each cab much smaller than before. Taxi transportation in Shanghai are offered by 6 major taxi groups. Taxi fare is regulated by Shanghai Government. Waiting/low speed has a charge for every 4 minutes equal to that for 1.5 km: Holiday surcharge: This means that if you take
155-452: Is 2 yuan within 10 kilometers (inclusive) with an extra 1 yuan charge for each additional 10 kilometers. Children under 1.3m in height travel for free (accompanied by an adult). Each station of Songjiang Tram is equipped with an automatic ticket vending machine. Shanghai Public Transport Card (physical card and mobile phone transportation card) can enjoy preferential transfers. The transfer discount policy for Shanghai public transport service
186-581: Is 3.881 km (2.4 mi) in length. In 2020, the Songjiang tram T2 line construction project won the 2018-2019 Shanghai Municipal Engineering Gold Award. The opening time of Chenta Road station on T1 is still unknown. All stations are in Songjiang. The current operating mileage is about 14.0 kilometers with 20 stations (excluding the common line section). All stations are in Songjiang Right (Outer Loop) Right (Outer Loop) The west extension of
217-651: Is an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system with three lines. Shanghai has one of the world's most extensive bus systems with nearly one thousand bus lines, operated by numerous transportation companies. Opened in 1914, Shanghai has the world's oldest continuously operating trolley bus system , with 13 routes in operation in 2017. Not all of Shanghai's bus routes are numbered - some have names exclusively in Chinese. Bus fares are usually ¥2, sometimes higher or lower, while Metro fares run from ¥3 to ¥16 depending on distance. Shanghai has expanded its eco-friendly bus fleet in
248-550: Is applicable, where when transferring to bus, subways or trams within 2 hours, the price is reduced by 1 yuan. Since June 30, 2023, beside Shanghai Public Transportation Card, QR codes (WeChat, Alipay, etc.) and Transportation Union Cards from other regions are also supported in Songjiang Tram. Note: The first phase of Songjiang Tram T2 Line includes Songjiang Tram T5 Line Thames Town West Station-North Sanxin Road Station. After
279-497: Is only accessible for locally registered residents and those who have paid social insurance or individual income taxes for over three years. Around 9,500 license plates are auctioned each month, and the average price is about CN¥89,600 ( US$ 12,739 ) in 2019. Shanghai (population of 25 million) has over four million cars on the road, the fifth-largest number of any Chinese city. Despite this the city remains plagued by congestion and vehicle pollution. The coverage of operating costs from
310-404: Is operated by 30 light rail vehicles (LRVs), while other 4 lines in development of line directions. Estimated ridership for the line is 170,000 passengers per day. A joint venture between Shanghai Shentong Metro Group and Keolis ’ Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Keolis, with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group holding 51%, has been awarded a five-year contract to operate and maintain the line. The fee
341-648: Is the primary international airport, while Hongqiao International Airport mainly operates domestic flights with limited short-haul international flights. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport opened in May 1923 and was the only primary airport of Shanghai. During the 1990s, the expansion of Hongqiao Airport to meet growing demand became impossible as the surrounding urban area was developing significantly, and an alternative to assume all international flights had to be sought. Shanghai Pudong International Airport opened on 1 October 1999. In 2019 Shanghai Pudong International Airport
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#1732855782083372-496: The 2010 World Expo , including the construction of the Hongqiao transportation hub of high-speed rail, air, metro and bus routes. Public transport is the major mode of transport in Shanghai as limitations on car purchases were introduced in 1994 in order to limit the growth of automobile traffic and alleviate congestion. New private cars cannot be driven without a license plate , which are sold in monthly license plate auctions which
403-545: The Zhangjiang Tram , Songjiang trams use centenary power supply and steel-wheeled rail systems. Most of the route follows independent rights of way. Intersections with other road users give priority to trams allowing for running speeds of 25-30km/h. Trains run from 6:00 till 22:00. With further extension of the network public transport modal split in Songjiang is expected to increase from the current 23% to 40%. The tram system
434-410: The 2010s. The goal was to have to 3,000 units by 2015 and to increase the percentage of its new energy buses to its total bus fleet to 30%. From 2014, the number of energy-saving and environmentally friendly buses should account for over 60% of its newly purchased bus fleet. In 2018, there were 1,543 bus routes. Bus-only lanes reached 363.7 kilometers. Before the rapid expansion of the metro, driving
465-707: The T2 line started construction on 19 February 2021 runs from Sanxin North Road to Xiangkun Road, with a total of 9 stations, with a total length of about 7.4 kilometers. The line runs along Xinsongjiang Road, Wensong Road, Dingsheng Road, and Wenxiang Road from east to west, with a total of Sanxin North Road Station, Chenta Road Station, Dingyuan Road Station, Dingsong Road Station, Dingwen Road Station, and Dingsheng Road. 9 stations including Lu Station, Hexi Street Station, Kunde Road Station and Xiangkun Road Station. In order to meet
496-513: The T2 line, a total of 5 substations have been set up across the line, of which one civil substation is combined with a parking lot, and the other 4 are box-type substations. Eventually the plans call for 7 tram lines with a total length of about 150km. A joint venture of Alstom and Shanghai Rail Traffic Equipment Development Company was awarded a €72 million contract in April 2015 to supply 30 Alstom Citadis 302 trams. The first Silkworm low-floor LRV
527-406: The city's public transport travel time was gradually reduced. The average travel distance of public transport in 2011 was 8.5 kilometers, the travel time 50.8 minutes per trip and the travel cost of public transport is gradually reduced: in 2011, the cost of rail transit was 2.4 yuan per trip, down 14% from 2005; the cost of bus and tram trips was 1.8 yuan, down 5% from 2005. Metro accounted for 33% of
558-449: The completion of Songjiang Tram T5 Line, this section will be operated by Songjiang Tram T5 Line. The first 13.9 km (8.6 mi) section of the system, with 20 stations, opened on 26 December 2018. A 12.864 km (8.0 mi) section (including the remaining section of T2, and part of T1) opened on 10 August 2019. The remaining section of T1 (from Xinqiao Railway Station to Xinmiaosan Road) opened on 30 December 2019. The section
589-465: The following standard variants: Citadis X00: Citadis X01 (First generation): Citadis X02 (Second generation): Citadis X03 (Third generation): Citadis X04 (Fourth generation): Citadis X05 (Fifth generation): Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires collected by a pantograph , but the trams in several places do not use pantograph current collection entirely. Other places, such as Toronto , use
620-462: The metro network and serve as hubs in the railway network of China . Shanghai has four high-speed railways (HSRs): Beijing–Shanghai HSR (overlaps with Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway ) (opened in 2011), Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway , Shanghai–Kunming HSR , and Shanghai–Nantong railway . One HSR is under construction: Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou HSR . Built in 1876, the Woosung railway
651-554: The need to install special infrastructure. The Citadis trams in Nice operate off a set of nickel metallic hydride batteries in two large open spaces where overhead wires would be an eyesore. This has since been superseded by a supercapacitor -based energy storage system (SRS) which is in use in Rio de Janeiro (alongside APS), Kaohsiung, and along a new line in Nice. The Regio-Citadis can also be built as
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#1732855782083682-451: The needs of line parking and operation management, it is proposed to set up a Xiaokunshan parking lot, located at the starting point of the western section of the second phase of the project, at the northwest corner of the Xiangkun intersection of Wenxiang Road, with a total land area of approximately 0.97 hectares. At the same time, in order to ensure the operation needs of the west extension of
713-552: The networks in France and in Sydney, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires in outer areas, but the Dubai vehicles are the first to employ APS for its entire passenger length (although they are still equipped with pantographs for use in the maintenance depot). Another option is to use on-board batteries to store electrical power, allowing brief periods of catenary-free operation without
744-516: The public transport passenger volume. In 2018 the public transportation system handled a total of 16.05 million rides on average each day, among which 10.17 million (63%) were made via the Metro and 5.76 million (36%) via buses. Shanghai expressway traffic volume was 1.215 million vehicles on an average day. Shanghai is served by two airports: Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport . Pudong International Airport
775-506: The ticket revenue of Shanghai metro lines 1 and 2 was over 100% in the years 2000 to 2003. In 2004, the average daily passenger flow of rail transit was 1.32 million trips, taking up 10.9% of the total public passenger traffic in the city, an increase of 6 percentage points from 3.8% in 2000. The results of the "2011 Shanghai Public Transport Passenger Flow Survey" released by the Municipal Transportation and Port Bureau showed that
806-413: The transfer discount policy: when the cardholder takes a different suburban/bus/metro/tram within a 120-minute period from first touch-in, the second trip is discounted by 1 RMB. Alstom Citadis The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom . As of 2017 , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout
837-606: The world, with operations in all six inhabited continents. An evolution of Alstom's earlier TFS vehicle, most Citadis vehicles are made in Alstom's factories in La Rochelle , Reichshoffen and Valenciennes , France , and in Barcelona , Spain , and Annaba , Algeria . The Citadis family includes both partial and fully low-floor trams and LRVs, in versions with three (20x), five (30x), seven (40x), and nine (50x) sections. It comprises
868-642: Was delivered on 21 November 2016. The trams can carry 300 passengers. Transport in Shanghai Part of a series on Transport in Shanghai 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pujiang Transport in Shanghai is provided by an extensive network of modes including metro , cycling , bus (incl. trolley bus ) and taxis , as well as an expansive network of roadways, and airports. Shanghai has invested heavily in public transportation before and after
899-471: Was established on May 28, 1993, when Shanghai Metro Line 1 opened. It is mainly cosisted of High-volume railway system , Low-to-medium-volume railway system and Maglev system . Shanghai's first generation trams operated between 1908 and 1975. The Zhangjiang Tram opened in 2009, using French Translohr rubber-tired trams . The Songjiang Tram opened in 2018, and is a modern light rail system with 2 lines. The Lingang DRT opened in 2021, and
930-574: Was the first railway in Shanghai and the first railway in operation in China By 1909, Shanghai–Nanjing railway and Shanghai–Hangzhou railway were in service. As of October 2019 , the two railways have been integrated into two main railways in China: Beijing–Shanghai railway (or Jinghu Railway passing through Nanjing ) and Shanghai–Kunming railway (or Huhang Railway passing through Hangzhou ), respectively. Shanghai Rail Transit
961-479: Was the second busiest airport in China with 76 million passengers and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport was the eight busiest airport in China with 45 million passengers (source: List of the busiest airports in China ). Shanghai has four major railway stations: Shanghai railway station , Shanghai South railway station , Shanghai West railway station , and Shanghai Hongqiao railway station . All are connected to