SHENZHEN | Public Transport

[Swede]

Originally Posted by DoubleU

SZ Metro to link with Huizhou, Dongguan

SHENZHEN Metro lines 6 and 11, which are in planning stages, will connect with the R1 and R3 lines in Dongguan, and either the Longgang Line or lines 12 or 14 will connect with Huizhou, according to a pact signed at a joint conference of the three cities in Huizhou on Wednesday.

The pact stipulates that a team led by the Shenzhen government will be established to coordinate the border rail projects.

Metro Line 11 will provide an express link from Futian’s CBD to Shenzhen airport. Metro Line 6 will link the airport with the Longhua and Guangming new areas.

The coordination team will make preliminary studies of the feasibility of linking Longgang Line, or lines 12 or 14, to Huizhou’s rail system.

The Longgang Line will be extended to the Pingdi and Kengzi areas in Longgang District, under future plans that also include the link with Huizhou. The projects are expected to further facilitate integration of the three cities.

For tourism integration, Shenzhen and Huizhou agree to jointly develop island resources in Daya Bay, including construction of a Daya Bay coastal tourism zone. The two cities will jointly develop Sanmen Island and open a sea route linking Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen with Xunliao Bay in Huizhou.(Han Ximin)



“Shenzhen has built or renovated eight expressways linking with Huizhou and Dongguan, and the construction of six other border roads is progressing smoothly,” Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin said at the joint conference.

According to the pact, Shenzhen will facilitate construction of Danping Expressway to link with Dongshen Road in Dongguan.

Source: Shenzhen Daily http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2048301.htm

So the SZ subway system will have interchanges with the urban rail systems of three other cities in the future? (including HK, of course).
Could that be a world record?

[DoubleU]

City to spend 48b yuan on 3 Metro lines

SHENZHEN Metro Co. signed a package of 15 contracts at a ceremony at Wuzhou Guest House on Tuesday, marking the official start of the build-and-transfer projects for Metro lines 7, 9 and 11.
According to the contracts, China Railway Group, Sinohydro Group and China State Construction Engineering Corp. will be responsible for funding the three lines, which Shenzhen Municipal Government will purchase from those contractors after the projects are finished.
Construction of the 30-km Line 7, from Lishui Road in Nanshan District to Tai’an in Luohu District, is expected to cost 16 billion yuan (US$2.51 billion). Adding associated costs for the line, which will have 28 stations, raises that figure to 24.1 billion yuan.
Metro Line 9, a regional line linking Shenzhen Bay in Nanshan with Wenjindu in Luohu, is expected to cost 12 billion yuan under the build-and-transfer, or BT, contract. Line 11 will cover the city’s west by running through Futian, Nanshan and Bao’an districts, and will be built by China Railway Group. It’s the largest BT project in China’s transportation industry, with investments estimated at 20 billion yuan, a total length of 51.7 kilometers and 17 stations. The line will start in the center of Futian District and end in Songgang, Bao’an District.
Shenzhen Metro and the three contractors plan to accelerate preparatory work for construction of the three lines.
The city plans a total of five new lines in the third phase of Metro network construction, which is expected to be finished in 2016. The city’s Metro network will cover 348 kilometers when the five lines — also including Metro lines 6 and 8 — are finished. The five lines are expected to cost a total of 80 billion yuan.

Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2103092.htm

[DoubleU]

Originally Posted by Swede

So the SZ subway system will have interchanges with the urban rail systems of three other cities in the future? (including HK, of course).
Could that be a world record?

Well, I'd say that there will be no urban rail system in Huizhou in the near future. At least I haven't read or heard anything about it. I guess the Line 12 or 14 will just be connected to an ordinary train station there.
Even if it would have an interchange to both of the neighbouring cities I do not know if this would be a world record! I am just thinking about cities like Tokyo, London or Shanghai which might also be connected to surrounding cities/towns.
Also in my hometown, Nuremberg, the subway is running to Furth and might be extended to smaller cities like Zirndorf (approx. population ~ 25.000) or Stein (approx. population ~ 15.000). So this could be a world record as well!?!

[DoubleU]

Metro turnover

SHENZHEN Metro trains carry an average of 2.07 million passengers a day, about 21.3 percent of the city’s total public transportation passengers, Shenzhen’s transport commission said yesterday, on the eve of the anniversary of the full opening of five Metro lines.
The city’s public transportation system handles about 9.69 million passengers a day, of which buses carry about 6.49 million, or 67 percent of the total. Luobao Line, or Line 1, is the Metro’s busiest, with a turnover of 807,400 passengers a day, while Shekou Line, or Line 2, had the lowest turnover, of 247,500 passengers a day.
The opening of the Metro lines strengthened the capacity of city buses. A total of 130 bus routes are linked with Metro stations and it’s easy to find Metro stations within 100 meters of many bus stops along the existing 589 bus routes, the commission said.

Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2103085.htm

[peterbrusil]

Shenzhen is one of the best cities in China. It can be famous for their transport service. They can be controlling their transportation method using some latest technology. They can manage all the important facilities for their travelers.

[Silly_Walks]

Originally Posted by DoubleU

Well, I'd say that there will be no urban rail system in Huizhou in the near future. At least I haven't read or heard anything about it. I guess the Line 12 or 14 will just be connected to an ordinary train station there.
Even if it would have an interchange to both of the neighbouring cities I do not know if this would be a world record! I am just thinking about cities like Tokyo, London or Shanghai which might also be connected to surrounding cities/towns.
Also in my hometown, Nuremberg, the subway is running to Furth and might be extended to smaller cities like Zirndorf (approx. population ~ 25.000) or Stein (approx. population ~ 15.000). So this could be a world record as well!?!

I understand what you are trying to say, but I think there's a difference between a subway/metro exceeding the city limits into satellite towns, and the multi-million inhabitant cities of a delta region having their own seperate metro systems becoming intertwined.

[Swede]

Originally Posted by Silly_Walks

I understand what you are trying to say, but I think there's a difference between a subway/metro exceeding the city limits into satellite towns, and the multi-million inhabitant cities of a delta region having their own seperate metro systems becoming intertwined.

Indeed. My point was about metropolitan areas with separate subway systems extending their lines to connect with eachother. Having lines reach several administrative units called "City" is fairly common (I've passed City-City borders 6 times just today by subway).

[DoubleU]

Shenzhen Subway Offering Day Passes, Starting this July

According to the Transportation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, Shenzhen will offer 20 RMB subway day passes this July. The pass can be used without limit for one day only, after which it will no longer be valid, and the standard is one ticket per person. Once you have bought a day pass it cannot be returned nor refunded.

Source: http://www.echinacities.com/shenzhen...this-july.html

[DoubleU]

One smartcard to rule them all:
Guangdong, Hong Kong team up to offer unified travel card

The transportation smart card acceptable in Guangdong and Hong Kong will be available for sale in both places as of July 18, to unify Hong Kong’s Octopus and Guangdong’s Lingnan Tong into one card.
The card contains two separated accounts for RMB and HKD to comply with the different currencies of the two places. The cardholders can use the card freely in the metro, buses, taxis, ferries and any other retail outlets accepting Octopus or LNT.

The two-in-one card will be available at the customer service centers of Hong Kong’s MTR and Guangdong’s LNT retail counters for RMB 80 or HKD 98 without a refundable deposit and initial value, meaning the new cardholders will have to add money before use. Cardholders can add money to the card in both places with corresponding currency. The card is anonymous, so reporting it as lost is not applicable.

The operators of the card in both places will also issue 3,000 sets of limited edition card at RMB 238 or HKD 298 as of July 2.

According to Liu Xiaohua, deputy director of Guangdong Communications Department, as the LNT card will be accessible in cities like Shenzhen and Dongguan at the end of the year, the new card can be used throughout the province and Hong Kong, and even in Macau in 2013.

Sources:
http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/one-s...d-travel-card/
http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_...92104022.shtml

[bearb]

Grand Theater Station
by 1788111

[bearb]

[Woonsocket54]

Did anyone see this in the Wall Street Journal?

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...p-subway-seat/

Apparently there will be VIP cars on the "No.11 Shenzhen railway line." I don't know what that means. Does anyone know anything about this?

[Silly_Walks]

Originally Posted by Woonsocket54

Did anyone see this in the Wall Street Journal?

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...p-subway-seat/

Apparently there will be VIP cars on the "No.11 Shenzhen railway line." I don't know what that means. Does anyone know anything about this?

I'm guessing it's comparable to the first class sections on Hong Kong's East Rail line, where you can use your Octopus card to get in there.

[FM 2258]

Originally Posted by DoubleU

One smartcard to rule them all:
Guangdong, Hong Kong team up to offer unified travel card

The transportation smart card acceptable in Guangdong and Hong Kong will be available for sale in both places as of July 18, to unify Hong Kong’s Octopus and Guangdong’s Lingnan Tong into one card.
The card contains two separated accounts for RMB and HKD to comply with the different currencies of the two places. The cardholders can use the card freely in the metro, buses, taxis, ferries and any other retail outlets accepting Octopus or LNT.

The two-in-one card will be available at the customer service centers of Hong Kong’s MTR and Guangdong’s LNT retail counters for RMB 80 or HKD 98 without a refundable deposit and initial value, meaning the new cardholders will have to add money before use. Cardholders can add money to the card in both places with corresponding currency. The card is anonymous, so reporting it as lost is not applicable.

The operators of the card in both places will also issue 3,000 sets of limited edition card at RMB 238 or HKD 298 as of July 2.

According to Liu Xiaohua, deputy director of Guangdong Communications Department, as the LNT card will be accessible in cities like Shenzhen and Dongguan at the end of the year, the new card can be used throughout the province and Hong Kong, and even in Macau in 2013.

Sources:
http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/one-s...d-travel-card/
http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_...92104022.shtml

That is really awesome! For looks and "travel souvenir" it was cool to have separate cards but in reality this is a damn good idea...especially since the entire Pearl River Delta will eventually have one big continuous metro system.

[Woonsocket54]

Originally Posted by Silly_Walks

I'm guessing it's comparable to the first class sections on Hong Kong's East Rail line, where you can use your Octopus card to get in there.

But where is this enigmatic "Line 11"?

[bearb]

Originally Posted by Woonsocket54

But where is this enigmatic "Line 11"?

airport line
dark purple one in the map

[bearb]

Originally Posted by Woonsocket54

Did anyone see this in the Wall Street Journal?

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...p-subway-seat/

Apparently there will be VIP cars on the "No.11 Shenzhen railway line." I don't know what that means. Does anyone know anything about this?

It means 'First Class'
There are 8 cars in a train of the Airport Line(former Line 11)
2 of them will be first class and 6 of them will be normal underground/metro/subway setting cars

this line is 51.7 km long and setting 17 stations only
more like a inter-town/city railway than a normal city underground/metro/subway line.

[FM 2258]

There seems to be a lot of stops between the airport and Futian for the airport line? Why so many stops? I thought this was supposed to be an express service? Again I'm comparing this to the Hong Kong Airport Express Line. It would be nice to get from airport to Futian in 20 minutes.

[bearb]

Originally Posted by FM 2258

There seems to be a lot of stops between the airport and Futian for the airport line? Why so many stops? I thought this was supposed to be an express service? Again I'm comparing this to the Hong Kong Airport Express Line. It would be nice to get from airport to Futian in 20 minutes.

yea that's what we are always complaining about =P
but as the government said the route can still manage a 29-minute journey from Airport (T3) to Futian..
well... just under their limitation of expectation which is 30 minutes.......

[FM 2258]

Originally Posted by bearb

yea that's what we are always complaining about =P
but as the government said the route can still manage a 29-minute journey from Airport (T3) to Futian..
well... just under their limitation of expectation which is 30 minutes.......

That's pretty much on par with Hong Kong's Airport Express with 24 minutes from Airport to Town according to info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Express_%28MTR%29

It would be nice if they could get a maglev line between airport and town.