Trams in Wuhan may refer to any one of the tram systems currently operational in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. The first tram started revenue service in Wuhan is the Auto-city T1 Line, which began on July 28, 2017.[1] Subsequently, Optics Valley tram started revenue service from April 1, 2018.[2]
Systems
Auto-city trams
Auto-city T1 line (车都T1线) started revenue service on July 28, 2017, and is the first line of the Auto-city trams. It runs from Chelun Square to Deshenggang in Hanyang District for a length of 16.8 km (10.4 mi) with 22 stations. At Chelun Square it is transferable to Zhuanyang Boulevard Station on Line 3, Wuhan Metro. The planned Auto-city tram system consists of 14 lines, ranging 190.3 km (118.2 mi) and has some 277 stations.[3] The line's 21 tramcars were built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive.
Outside of an Auto-city tram
A signboard for Auto-city trams in Interchange Channel
Inside of the car of Auto-city trams
Passenger information system of Auto-city trams in car
Two LRT corridors, totaling 36.4 km (22.6 mi), in Wuhan's Optics Valley area started construction since 2013.[4] Although officially there are two lines, a total of six services are operated.[5] After several months of testing, both lines opened for revenue service on April 1, 2018.[2] The LRV cars are designed by Fordyno and built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles.[6]
A tram in Wuhan University Science Park (Wudayuan) Station, one of the few elevated stations of the system
A close-up of the control trailers of Optics Valley trams
Sanyuan Road (Sanyuanlu), a typical street-level station of the system with green track in the station
Tangxunhu, the last station of one of the branches. The elevated tracks in the background are the Tangxunhu Station of the Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway
Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) of Optics Valley trams
Trams were planned since the Qing dynasty when Hankou served as one of the major economic centers of China.[7][8]
New plans to bring the never built trams back to the streets of Hankou downtown emerged around 2014.[9] No actual construction has taken place as of 2017 in spite of the plans of the trams were made.[10]