SHENZHEN | Public Transport

[Geography]

Thanks for the pictures bearb. I'm encouraged to see so many trees in Shenzhen and around the stations. It's a small but important quality-of-life detail.

[DoubleU]

Metro Line 8 plans completed




SHENZHEN planning authorities have completed two separate plans for construction of Metro Line 8, which will link Luohu District with the Xiaomeisha tourist destination in Yantian District.
One version is for trains operating with regular wheel-rail technology, and the other is for trains with magnetic levitation technology (maglev). Fares will be the same.
“The wheel-rail trains can travel up to 80 kilometers per hour, while low- to medium-speed maglev trains can reach 100 kilometers per hour.
The whole trip between Luohu and Meisha will be limited to 45 minutes,” said Fan Xintai, deputy chief of the transport department of the city’s planning commission.
Using maglev technology for the 26-kilometer Metro Line 8 could save cost as well because it would be built above current roads. A wheel-rail type would be built underground.
While maglev trains are more environmentally friendly, quieter, quicker and cheaper than wheel-rail trains, at least one local netizen has expressed concern about radiation emissions from maglev trains.
“Yantian is the city’s primary tourism area, with many tourism destinations and beaches, but maglev trains could hurt the area’s environment,” wrote a netizen called Xuanxuan.
Maglev train projects have drawn protests and been delayed or suspended in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou over the past five years because of radiation concerns, primarily from residents who live near proposed lines.
Shenzhen’s Metro Line 8, whether on wheels or magnets, will go through the Liantang, Shatoujiao, Yantian’ao and Meisha areas.
If the wheel-rail plan is adopted, the western terminus would be at Guomao Station, which is an interchange station with the Luobao, Shekou and Huanzhong lines, and with the to-be-built Line 9.
If the maglev plan is adopted, the western terminus would be at Wenjin, an interchange station with the Shekou and Huanzhong lines and with the future Line 9.
Three stations will be built in the Liantang area, a large residential area with a population of 300,000.
The two plans will be submitted to the city government for a final decision. The project’s start-date is unknown.



Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2276489.htm

[bearb]

Shenzhen Metro blocks 3G for tests
2012-November-19 08:53 Shenzhen Daily

http://www1.szdaily.com/content/2012...nt_7405481.htm

Han Ximin

ximhan@126.com

SOME Metro riders showed dissatisfaction over the temporary blocking of 3G signals on the Huanzhou and Shekou lines Saturday.

Some riders thought it was unfair for wireless service providers, at the request of related agencies, blocked 3G public signals for the Metro company, while others thought the Metro company should inform riders in advance if the signals are blocked.

Shenzhen Metro’s operation branch company confirmed Saturday on its microblog, 12 hours after the blocking of the 3G signals, it temporarily blocked 3G signals for 24 hours to further clarify the sources of disruption that led to brief train stoppages and delays last month.

During the test period, riders could make phone calls but the speed of accessing the Internet could be slow, the Metro company said.

Some passengers complained of very slow Internet access during the tests and complained online that it was unfair to block the signals designated for public use.

The service has returned to normal.

Shenzhen Metro concluded recently that some mobile WiFi routers used by passengers to surf 3G networks had sent signals on similar frequencies as Metro signal systems and disrupted the operation of trains on the Shekou Line and Huanzhong Line. The two Metro lines use an automatic braking system that’s controlled by signals, known as a CBTC system.

[bearb]

Metro could get Internet upgrade
2012-November-19 08:53 Shenzhen Daily

Han Ximin
ximhan@126.com

SHENZHEN Metro systems won’t be disrupted by 3G signals and passengers will have faster, more stable access to the Internet with the use of a new meta-RF technology, tech-enterprise leaders said over the weekend.

Friday at the China Hi-Tech Fair, which continues through Wednesday at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, the Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology signed an agreement with Shenzhen Galaxy Valley Science and Technology Co. to apply the technology to the city’s Metro system.

“The technology can reduce disruption of signals along similar or the same frequencies and the meta-material technology is a reversed-design technology that can control electromagnetic transmissions,” Zhang Yangyang, deputy chief of Kuang-Chi, said at a press conference.

Meta-RF technology not only reduces electromagnetic radiation by 10 times compared with traditional Internet devices, but also provides more stable access that’s up to four times faster than present systems, Zhang said.

“Meta-RF-based wireless access enjoys high speed and high peformance, and is more environmentally friendly. It solves the demand for wireless access in populated areas such as large venues, transport hubs, business centers, schools and parks,” Zhang said.

Metamaterials are artificial structures that can manipulate light and electromagnetic waves in ways not found in nature, with applications including incredibly powerful lenses, mobile phone antennas, military uses such as radar avoidance, and much more.

Metamaterials have wide, emerging uses in the development of next-generation Internet and wireless telecommunication.

Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology is one of the world’s leaders in metamaterial technology, with 1,580 technological patents and patent applications.

[bearb]

new plan of railway system development published today

current status for 20 local metro lines:

Luobao line (built, adjusted)
Shekou line (built)
Longgang line (partly built, partly preparing for approval)
Longhua line (partly built)
Huanzhong line (partly built)
Xili line (under construction, adjusted)
Airport line (under construction, adjusted)
Meilin line (preparing for construction, adjusted)
Guangming line (approving)
Yantian line (planned)
Bantian line (preparing for approval, formerly 'Pinghu line', adjusted)
Shajing line (formerly 'Baoyan line', adjusted)
Longping line (formerly 'Pingshan line'. adjusted)
Eastern Express line (adjusted)
Nanbao line (formerly 'Baoan line', adjusted)
Shiyan line (adjusted)

newly added:
Fuyong line
Qiannan line
Pinghu line
Pingshan line



and 5 intercity railways
Guangzhou - Dongguan - Shenzhen
Shenzhen - Zhuhai
Shenzhen - Huizhou
Hong Kong - Shenzhen Western
Humen - Longgang

[saiho]

Holy crap the Shenzhen metro will be huge. nice to see they finally acknowledge the existence of the Huizhou metro.

[CNGL]

I hate this policy of naming the lines. They should revert to numbers as before.

[Falubaz]

I agree, it's really annoying. Numbers are way easier to navigate and remember.

[saiho]

I like the line names, it gives the lines character. Maybe instead of dropping numbers completely they should do "Line 4 - Longhua Line" etc.

[DoubleU]

Some more information about the four new planned metro lines.


Four more Metro lines planned


SHENZHEN’S planning and land resources commission is planning an additional four Metro lines, with a total length of 140 kilometers, in its latest long-term rail transport plan.
The new lines would boost Shenzhen’s rail network to 20 lines with a total length of 720 kilometers, equivalent to the distance between Shenzhen and the Hunan Province capital of Changsha.
The commission included 16 lines with a total length of 585 kilometers and 357 stations in its 2007 plan. Those lines included four express lines, six trunk lines and six regional lines. The latest plan adds four lines in developing parts of the city.
The draft plan includes a circular line, Line 17 and temporarily named the Qiannan Line, around the Qianhai development area. The line would stretch for 34.4 kilometers around the Qianhai, Xixiang and Shenzhen Bay areas.
Line 18, or the Pinghu Line, would run 24.7 kilometers from Shenzhen Stadium to Pinghu.
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Line 19, the Pingshan Line, would run 23.9 kilometers from Biling to Kengzi. Line 20, the Fuyong Line, would run 14 kilometers from Shenzhen International Airport to west of Fuyong.
“The plan considers Qianhai, another center of future development in Shenzhen, and crowded areas that currently aren’t covered by the Metro system, such as Pingshan and and Pinghu,” Fan Xintai, the commission’s deputy department chief, said this week, according to the Southern Metropolis Daily.
The draft plan is on display at the commission’s office and at sub-bureaus in each district until Dec. 18. It also can be found online at: www.szpl.gov.cn.
Shenzhen transport officials also are planning five intercity rail lines, linking with Guangzhou, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai and Hong Kong, with a total length of 146.2 kilometers. Four of those five lines would go through the Qianhai area.



Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2284317.htm

[skyridgeline]

Uploaded by volvo9045 on Feb 22, 2012

[FM 2258]

It seems that the Pearl River Delta will soon become the most best and most efficiently connected metropolis in the world!

[DoubleU]

SZ to start work sooner on new Metro lines

SHENZHEN’S rail authority may start construction work on future Metro lines 6 and 16 ahead of schedule, in an effort to relieve pressure on the crowded Longhua Line.
The southern end of Metro Line 6, an extension to original plans for the unbuilt line, will either go along Xinzhou Road, Caitian Road or Shangbu Road.
According to Chen Qiang, an official with the city’s rail construction office, the 37.85-kilometer south-north Metro Line 6 will start from Shenzhen North Station and pass through Longhua, Shiyan, Guangming and Gongming before ending at Songgang in Bao’an District. It will connect with Futian District’s CBD and Hong Kong through Longhua Line.
Construction of Metro Line 6 will start after financing is finalized. Authorities are considering whether to include part of the line’s funding in the city’s Phase III rail construction plan.
The rail authority will also try to advance the construction of Line 16 from the original start date of 2014. The Y-shaped line, temporarily named Bantian Line, will start in the Futian Free Trade Zone and end in Pinghu in Longgang District and Guanlan in Longhua New Area. The line will play an important role in industrial development in central Shenzhen.
“The line will be the only line covering Bantian and Pinghu. Without this line, transportation infrastructure couldn’t satisfy commuting needs, even after the completion of Xincai Tunnel and Panyin Passage,” Xue Bo, president of Shenzhen Urban Transportation Planning Institute, said Wednesday.
In the city’s third-phase rail construction, lines 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 will add a total length of 171.5 kilometers to the city’s rail network. When the third phase is completed in 2016, the city’s total rail length will reach 350 kilometers and the network will carry 38 percent of passengers using local public transportation.

Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-...nt_2306074.htm

[geoking66]

Originally Posted by trainrover

As usual, another crummy stat lobbed onto these boards...the likelihood to this ongoing mystery about the source of members' keeness to these --uhm-- instructive data will probably never cease ... NYC subway ridership trumps London's tube

Not sure on the accuracy of it or the interpretation, but if it's including bus, then London has higher ridership than New York. Not to mention if you add all the National Rail passengers within South London…

[Silly_Walks]

Originally Posted by geoking66

but if it's including bus

Why would subway/tube ridership include BUS?!



"Well, if they include pedestrians and pigeons, London is clearly the winner!"

[bearb]

New trains arrive
http://www1.szdaily.com/content/2012...nt_7538637.htm

2012-December-25 08:53 Shenzhen Daily
A new train for Shenzhen Metro system’s Longhua Line is lifted onto tracks for a trial run yesterday. It was one of four trains purchased by HKMTR Shenzhen Co. which are scheduled to be put into use in March next year. Longhua Line’s transport capacity will then be increased by 10 percent, with intervals on the line being shortened to 2 minutes 30 seconds. Courtesy of MTR

by 清道夫仔

[DoubleU]

Construction of Line 7 at Fumin Lu/Fumin Station

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[FM 2258]

Line 7 is going to be underground correct? I don't think there are any plans for metro or light rail to run on the streets in Shenzhen...yet.

[saiho]

Originally Posted by FM 2258

Line 7 is going to be underground correct? I don't think there are any plans for metro or light rail to run on the streets in Shenzhen...yet.

There is a concept for a tram line in the Sungang-Qingshuihe Urban Regeneration and Redevelopment Project and a proposal for a tram feeding into the Longhua Line in the north.

[DoubleU]

SZ to advance Metro Line 16 work

Han Ximin
ximhan@126.com
SHENZHEN rail authorities will advance construction work on Metro Line 16 in an effort to relieve pressure on the crowded Longhua Line and congestion at Meilin Checkpoint.
The project will start in 2015 in the third phase of Metro projects, rail construction officials said Saturday.
Line 16 will start in the Futian Free Trade Zone and end in Pinghu in Longgang District. It will have 26 stations and run nearly 40 kilometers through Futian’s CBD, Meilin, Bantian, and Huawei New City. The line will play an important role in industrial development in central Shenzhen.
Line 16 will be the only line covering Bantian and Pinghu and is expected to relieve commuting difficulties for residents of Meilin, Bantian and Pinghu.
Construction of third-phase rail projects including work on future lines 7, 9 and 11 will be fully developed in 2013. The projects will cause traffic disruptions and road closures in Bao’an, Nanshan, Futian and Luohu districts.
The section of Binhai Boulevard in Xiasha has closed eastbound lanes for construction of Xiasha Station on Metro Line 7. Vehicles have been diverted to the other side of the road, which has been split in half. The project contractor for Line 7 said the road closure will last for about 26 months.
Additionally, construction of Ludancun Station on Metro Line 9 will cause partial closures for the next two years on the viaduct linking Binhe Boulevard and Bao’an Road South.
When the third phase of Metro work is completed in 2016, the city’s total rail length will reach 350 kilometers and the network will carry 38 percent of passengers using local public transportation.



Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2013-...nt_2341103.htm