Today Hefei Metro Line 8 Phase 1 started testing. This phase is fully underground 22km long with 12 stations and uses fully automated 6 car Type B trains. Costs 170 million INT$/km to build.

Wuhan Metro LIne 1 by 好久没见了_

In China one thing I noticed that seems to be picking up (such as the example below in Xiamen) is building a LED backlight layout that matches the design printed on translucent vinyl. Even tho the image is static you still have dynamism with the different LED modules lighting up.

Can confirm: tho Wuhan to Zhengzhou.

Transit modes can be used in very different ways. It’s easy to say “city X has a metro” but that does that mean? Here’s an example from the Nordics— three metros with different purposes.

The "light rail" in question:

When I was travelling around Henan, I noticed Zhengzhou Railway Bureau seems to prefer rope barriers on all its railway stations in contrast to other Railway Bureaux in China which opt for full PSD/PSG but only at underground stations.

Xi'an Metro Line 10 Phase I which has two double deck road rail river crossing over the Jingwei and Ba Rivers is putting in final touches for opening at the end of this year.

But it did. Since 1975 incremental improvements to train length, grade separation and quad tracking of mainlines drastically reduced crowding on trains to the point that scenes shown below are nearly non-existent today in Tokyo.

Taiyuan Rail Transit Line 1 a 28.7 km 24 station east west line has begun testing yesterday. The line is fully underground uses 6 car Type A trains running fully automated GoA4. Costs 190 million INT$/km to construct.

... the "generalized problem in Canada" of "much higher than average" costs... ...."If we do not tackle this issue [...], we will no longer be able to build anything. We are heading towards a wall at an incredible speed in terms of construction costs."... Marco Chitti notes.

Xi'an Metro Line 8, a monster 50km 32 station fully underground ring line is beginning to start trial testing for end of 2024 opening. Costs 185 million INT$/km to build and uses 6 car Type A fully automated trains. Pics (but not map) posted by 乐天派zhz. x.com/JRUrbaneNetwor…

This is the real concrete jungle. 🤭😉😜

Wait a minute I passed by this seven eleven.

Just completely wild… A video on China coming later this year, working with JR Urbane Network as usual.

Shenzhen: 1,2,3,4,5...29! 🥰 Toronto: 1,2,3 *running out of breath*😰, 4, *screeching noises*😫, -3, fi-, *flailing arms*🫨, fiv-, *hngggg*😵‍💫, si-wait what?

Chengdu Metro Line 30 Phase 1 trains delivered, 6 car type B and fully automated. Line 30 is expected to open next year in 2025. Line 30 Phase 1 is a 28km long 24 station local fully underground tangential inner suburban line and costs 175 million INT$/km to build.

A single suburban metro stations that cost 2.2 billion each and short underground urban extensions are over 1 billion per km. The Anglo world high transit costs python is out in full force.