Tianjin Metro
The Subway of Tianjin (Chinese天津 地铁, Pinyin Ditie ) is the metro network in the city of Tianjin, which opened in 1976 with the first route is the second Chinese city with a subway to Beijing. 2013 were five lines in operation, together 139.1 km long and serve 95 stations. It is run jointly by the two companies Tianjin Metro Group Co. Ltd. and Binhai Mass Transit Development Co. Ltd.. Tianjin Metro mainly performs the operation in downtown, during Binhai Mass Transit operates the routes which serve the new district of Binhai and the Special Economic Zone of TEDA. The system was used in 2010 of 64.3 million passengers.
- 2.1 The current system 2.1.1 Line 1
- 2.1.2 Line 2
- 2.1.3 Line 3
- 2.1.4 Line 9
- 2.1.5 Translohr line 1
- 2.2.1 Line 2
- 2.2.2 line 5
- 2.2.3 line 6
- 2.3.1 Line 4
- 2.3.2 line 7
- 2.3.3 Line 8
- 2.3.4 Long-term planning
History
Construction of the first line
Tianjin is an important trading city because of its river port at the confluence of the Hai He with the Grand Canal. Middle of the 20th century, the road traffic and the resulting air pollution rose sharply. The leaders of the city therefore decided to discontinue the operation of the outdated tram network and replace it with a metro network. Because of the lack of financial resources could be started with the construction in 1970.
In order to reduce construction costs the bed of a disused canal was used as Trassee, so that the metro is only about two to three meters below the road surface. There were only about a thousand trained construction workers working on the site, the remaining workers were volunteers from factories, schools and other institutions of the city. At times, more than two thousand volunteers working on the site. The first 3.6 km long section of today's line 1 was completed in 1976 and included the four stations Xiaobailou, Yingkou Dao, Anshan Dao and Haiguangsi. The other works were delayed due to the Tangshan earthquake, they were resumed only in 1979, so in 1980, the second 1.6 km section could be taken with the stations expan Lu and Xinanjiou in operation. A further extension of 7.4 km with eight stations followed on 28 December 1984 in which the Westast today's line was completed 1. The line was operated with trains by Nippon Sharyo.
Renovation
End of the 90s, the subway was outdated and run down. Comfort stations and vehicles no longer corresponded to the usual in East Asia levels of a modern mass transit system, the trains were rare and were often late. In 2000, therefore, a comprehensive renovation, modernization and expansion program for the metro line was developed.
The operation was discontinued on 1 September 2001 for the renovation work, which began on 21 November. The stations were provided with half-height platform screen doors, extend the line to the east by eight stops to Shuanglin and commissioned on 6 December 2006 with new features as line 1 again. First test drives took place already on 12 June of the same year.
Construction of additional lines
Even before the company was set to the first metro line for the renovation began on 18 May 2001, the construction of Line 9 The first section of Zhongshan Men by Donghai Road, the terminus of the East, was on March 28, be opened to traffic in 2004. Initially, only four were intermediate stations operated, the remaining eight stations were taken gradually to 1 March 2006, has on 28 March 2006, the line was converted to fully automatic operation. On 1 May 2011 the line was extended to three stations to the west towards the city center until Shiyijing Road, on October 15, 2012 by a further two stops to the Tianjin Railway Station. Operator of over fifty -kilometer line is the Binhai Mass Transit Corporation, a joint venture of several companies that are involved in the development of new neighborhoods and industrial areas in the east of Tianjin, as well as the local port authority.
On 10 May 2007 the tram was built in system Translohr was opened by the Special Economic Zone of TEDA as Translohr line 1.
Published in 2009, the authorities of Tianjin plans to build eight subway lines and several tram lines. The subway lines 5 and 6 are already under construction and are scheduled to open in 2015. The timing of the opening of the other lines have not yet been announced.
Line 2 was put into operation after extended delays during construction on July 1, 2012 in two separate sections because during the construction at the station Jiguo Dao penetrated water from the Hai River in the tunnel so that it collapsed and spilled a tunnel boring machine. The affected section may temporarily not be put into operation. Since the recovery of the tunnel boring machine is too expensive, it was decided to abandon it and to build a new tunnel to the trapped machine around.
Line 3 was on 15 October 2012.
Network
The current system
Line 1
The line 1 is built on the trackbed of 1984 opened the first subway line and there is little meters below the road surface. It was opened on 28 March 2006, is 26.2 km long, serving 22 stations. The line is operated with 114 air-conditioned cars from China CNR Corporation, which were built in Changchun.
Line 2
Line 2 was opened on 1 July 2012 for the trial run. Due to an incident in the station Jianguo Dao during the construction of the line was operated until August 28, 2013 in two separate sections. The western section was located between the stations Caozhuang and Dongnanjiao, the eastern section between Tianjinzhan and Konggangjingjiqu. The line is 22.6 km long, serving 19 stations.
Line 3
The running from southeast to northwest line was opened on 1 October 2012. It is 29.7 km long, serving 23 stations. The line is operated with six-car trains of Line B of CSR Sifang.
Line 9
Line 9 is an east- west line which runs along the northern shore of the Hai River and the new parts of the city connects to the east by the city center. The first section of the 52.8 km long line was opened on 28 March 2004 and the last on October 15, 2012. Avails you 19 stations and binds in the TEDA Translohr line 1 to the rest of the subway network to.
Translohr line 1
Through the Special Economic Zone of TEDA also leads a tram -like track-guided trolleybus after Translohr system, it connects the station with TEDA North of College District. The route went into operation on 10 May 2007 and is 7.86 km long.
Under construction lines
Line 2
The extension to the Tianjin airport should be completed in 2014.
Line 5
Line 5 is to run from North Warehouse east to the city center passing by Large Si Zhen.
The 35.5 km long line is under construction and will serve 24 stations. Initially, they should be completed in 2012; the opening was postponed to 2013. She will be joined at the northern terminus of the future tram line B7 and at the southern terminus with the future metro line 6
Line 6
The metro line will run between 6 and Dabizhuang Liqizhuang. It forms an east open loop around the city center. Along with the line 5 it forms a closed ring around the city center.
Planned lines
All station names and line guides are preliminary, the construction of the lines will begin after completion of lines 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Line 4
The 35.7 km long line is scheduled to open in 2020 and serve 28 stations and will be complemented by the tram line B3. They will connect residential areas in Hebei to the city. The terminal in Tianjin to be Zhangguizhuang. It will also serve the Tianjin Railway Station, the West Railway Station and the airport.
Line 7
The opening of this 25.5 km long line, which will run east of the city center, is planned for 2016. It will operate as the line between 6 and Dabizhuang Liqizhuang, but uses a different route, with a portion of the line will be at street level. The line will run along the Helan Road, Salix Road and East River Road and will serve the south- eastern suburbs of Tianjin.
Line 8
The opening of this line is planned for 2016. It is also partly located on street level. The line starts in Xiaodian, the end of line 3, and runs through Guojiuchang ( crossing with line 1) and Jieyuanxidao ( crossing with line 2). You will connect the city center with the main suburban and industrial zones in the north - west.
Long-term planning
In the long- term planning, the U -Bahn lines 10 to 13 and tram lines are taken into account B2 to B9.
Tickets
The Subway of Tianjin used ticket with a magnetic stripe and contactless functioning the City Card, which is also recognized in other public transport as driving authorization.
Single tickets can be bought at ticket machines and are only valid on the Issue Date. Value cards allow the use of the system until the balance is depleted on the map. The fare is deducted from the balance on each card when exiting the metro network. Value cards, which are not used a year lose their validity, but can be activated by the outlets again. For students and seniors discount tickets will be issued.
The fare depends on the distance traveled and is between 2 and 5 yuan. The passengers have two hours after admission have left in the subway the power again, otherwise an overtime surcharge is payable, which corresponds to the charge of the most expensive single ticket.