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Line 3 (Guangzhou Metro)
Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro is a rapid transit line connects to . The entire line, including all track and stations, is located in tunnels. Its main branch, excluding the branch between Tianhe Coach Terminal and Tiyu Xilu, is now the third longest continuous subway tunnel in the world, and the longest rail tunnel of any kind (surpassing the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland). Line 3 is split into two sections, Shiqiao line (main line, from Haibang to Tianhe Coach Terminal) and Airport line (northern branch, Tiyu Xilu to Airport North), and are branded with the colour orange. The line is extremely congested, with numerous sections officially operating over 100% capacity. The line uses Seltrac S40 communications-based train control from Alcatel. History Initial section Line 3 started out as a short peripheral line in Guangzhou's "Five-Line" subway masterplan in the early 1990s. It was envisioned as a north south circulator line for the Tianhe District's new CBD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground surface through a tunnel can be regionally called a subway, tube, metro or underground. They are sometimes grade-separated on elevated railways, in which case some are referred to as el trains – short for "elevated" – or skytrains. Rapid transit systems are usually electric railway, electric railways, that unlike buses or trams operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between metro station, stations typically using electric multiple units on railway tracks. Some systems use rubber-tyred metro, guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Longest Subway Tunnel Sections
This page presents a list of the longest ''continuous'' underground rapid transit tunnel sections of the world, excluding branches from the longest tunnel (branch lines that used to transport passengers should be included). Note: This article only lists tunnels that are 15 km (6.2 miles) or longer. World's longest subway tunnel sections in use World's longest subway tunnel sections under construction See also * List of longest tunnels * List of long tunnels by type * List of longest railway tunnels * List of long railway tunnels in China * List of metro systems This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. 204 cities in 65 cou ... References {{Portal bar, Transport * Subway *Subway Tunnels, subway Tunnels, subway Tunnels, subway Rail transport-related lists of superlati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatou Station
Chatou () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Chatou is a part of the affluent suburbs of western Paris and is on the northwest side of the Seine river about from the city's center. History On May 31, 1875, part of the territory of Chatou was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Le Pecq and a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine to create the commune of Le Vésinet. It boasts many bourgeois mansions of every kind of architecture and owned by private individuals. Chatou is the host of the Maison Fournaise, a meeting place for Impressionist painters in the past. It was a place where Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted numerous pieces (portraits of the Fournaise family, surrounding landscapes etc.), most notably the '' Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party)'' in 1881. The painting is today part of the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. On August 25, 1944, in Chatou, the nazis shot 27 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanshengwei Station
Wanshengwei Station () is an interchange station between Line 4 and Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro, and also the eastern terminus of Line 8. It started operations on 26 December 2005. It is an underground station and located near the junction of Xingang East Road () and Xinjiao South Road () in Haizhu District Haizhu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. Geography Haizhu District is located in the southern part of Guangzhou city. After the adjustment of Guangzhou' .... This station, like the others on Line 8 (except Changgang station, Baogang Dadao station, Shayuan station, and Fenghuang Xincun station, which were added after the dividing of Line 2), ran as part of a single route with the current Line 2 until the extension to both lines opened in late 2010. The station is also the terminus of the Haizhu Tram line of Guangzhou Trams, which runs to Liede Bridge South station. Station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 8 (Guangzhou Metro)
Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro is a north-west L-shaped line on the system that runs from to , spanning a total of with 28 stations. It interchanges with Line 1 at , Line 2 at , Line 3 at , Line 4 at , Line 6 at , and Line 18 at . All stations on Line 8 are underground. Line 8's color is teal. Line 8 used to run as part of Line 2 until the extension to both lines opened for trial operation on 25 September 2010, and Changgang to Fenghuang Xincun started operation on 3 November 2010. With the northern extension of Line 8, daily ridership is projected to immediately reach 960,000 passengers per day, growing to 1.33 million per day in the short term and topping 1.65 million per day in the long-term. History * 2004 - The Line 2 and 8 realignment project; and Line 8 Cultural Park to Xiaogang extension was announced. Creating Line 8 by splitting off the southeastern portion (Xiaogang to Wanshengwei) from Line 2. * June 2007 - Line 2 and 8 realignment; and Line 8 phase 1 (Cultural P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 2 (Guangzhou Metro)
Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro is a north–south line on the system that runs from to , with a total length of with 24 stations. All stations in Jiahe Line are underground. Line 2's color is blue. The line previously ran together with Line 8 on a single route between and stations until the extensions to both lines officially opened on 25 September 2010 and Line 8 was split off from Line 2. History In 1987, when the Guangzhou Municipal Government along with SYSTRA started planning a metro system, four proposals appeared at the time. After soliciting public opinion, the plan for the “cross shaped network” was finally formed. The section of the north–south L-shaped line between Xinshi to Chigang stations in the proposal became the core initial section of Line 2. The "Guangzhou Urban Rapid Rail Transit Network Planning Report" (广州市城市快速轨道交通线网规划研究) published in the late 1990s had already shown intentions to split the now under constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chigang Station
Chigang Station () is a station on Line 8 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28June 2003. It is located to the northeast of the junction of Xingang Middle Road () and Jiangnan Avenue () in the Haizhu District. Before the extension to both lines 2 and 8 opened in September 2010, this station ran as part of Line 2 as a single line from Wanshengwei to Sanyuanli Sanyuanli (三元里) is a neighbourhood in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, in the northern suburbs of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Sanyuanli Subdistrict (三元里街道) was created in 1987 and covers an area of 6.8 square km, wi .... Station layout This station has two levels, ground level is at Xingang Middle Road, Guangdong Second People's Hospital and the nearby commercial complex, the first basement level is the station concourse, and the second basement level is the Line 8 platform. References {{coord, 23.09635, 113.33545, display=title Railway stations in China opened in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl River (China)
The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ('east'). These rivers all ultimately flow into the South China Sea through the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River, the Pearl– Xi– Xun– Qian– Hongshui– Nanpan Pearl River system constitutes China's third-longest, after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and its second largest by volume, after the Yangtze. The Pearl River Basin drains the majority of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces (collectively known as Liangguang), as well as parts of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi; it also drains the northernmost parts of Vietnam's Northeast Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn provinces. The Pearl River is famed as the river that flows through Guangzhou. As well as referring to the system as a whole, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhujiang New Town
Zhujiang New Town or Zhujiang New City is a central business district in Tianhe District, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, China. It is bounded by Huangpu Avenue on the north, the Pearl River on the south, Guangzhou Avenue on the west and the South China Expressway on the east. Covering an area of 6.44 km2, it is divided by Xiancun Road () into two parts. The larger eastern area mainly contains high-rise residential apartment buildings; its center Zhujiang Park, modeled on New York City's Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the .... The western portion of Zhujiang New Town was planned as the city's new CBD for the 21st century. Its core area, which the government designated as the city's new axis of development, comprises continuous open plazas whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou East Railway Station
Guangzhoudong (Guangzhou East) railway station ( zh, s=广州东站, t=廣州東站, j=gwong2 zau1 dung1 zaam6, cy=Gwóngjāu Dūng Jaahm), formerly known as Tianhe railway station ( zh, c=天河站, cy=Tīnhòh Jaahm) serves the city of Guangzhou, located in the city's Tianhe District. The railway, metro, and bus terminal stations is interconnected as a single station complex. There was an immigration check point within the station for Guangzhou–Kowloon through train passengers travelling to and from Hong Kong, until the service was discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Station layout (Metro) Rail services Rail services serving Guangzhou East railway station include: * Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway * Guangzhou–Hong Kong high-speed train * Guangzhou–Shanwei high-speed railway * Other high-speed train services to Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, etc. Metro services An interchange station between Lines 1 and 3 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located at the under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent S.A. () was a multinational telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. The company focused on Fixed line telephone, fixed, Mobile phone, mobile and telecommunications convergence, converged networking hardware, Internet Protocol, IP technologies, Telecommunications convergence#Telecommunication convergence business support systems, software and services, and operated between 2006 and 2016 in more than 130 countries. The American company Lucent Technologies was acquired by the France-based Alcatel in 2006, after which the latter renamed itself to Alcatel-Lucent. Lucent was a successor of AT&T's Western Electric and a holding company of Bell Labs. In 2014, the Alcatel-Lucent group split into two: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, providing enterprise communication services, and Alcatel-Lucent, selling to communications operators. The enterprise business was sold to China Huaxin Post and Telecom Technologies in the same year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
