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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Beijing Xijiao Tram Line - Length: 11:27 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Walk on Qianmen street in Beijing, China - Length: 1:56 mins. |
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MAP
I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
REGULAR TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Beijing Public Transit Tramway Co., Ltd.
| T1 | Yizhuang New Town Modern Tram | 定海园 (Dinghai Yuan) - 荣昌东街 (Rongchang Dongjie) - 老观里 (Laoguan Li) |
| XJ | Xijiao Line | 巴沟 (Bagou) - 香山站 (Xiangshan Zhan) |
TOURIST TRAM ROUTE
| TT | Qianmen tourist tram | 前门大街 (Qianmen Ave.) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- T1 (Yizhuang New Town Modern Tram): 12 km.
- XJ (Xijiao Line): 9 km.
- Tourist tram: 840 m.
- Subway: 699 km.
NB: Lines of the Beijing underground (metro) are not shown on this site.
HISTORY
- Electric trams (First): 1899 - 1900 (destroyed in the Boxer Rebellion); 17 Dec. 1924 - 6 May 1966
- Electric trams (Second generation): (Xijiao line) 30 Dec. 2017 - today; (Beijing Yizhuang Tram) 31 Dec. 2020 - today.
- Tourist tram: 1 Jan. 2009 - today.
- Underground: 15 Jan. 1971 - today
GAUGE
- Electric trams (First generation): 1000 mm.
- Yizhuang/Xijiao trams: 1435 mm.
- Tourist tram: 1435 mm.
- Underground (Shanghai metro): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- "Trams return to China's capital", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2018 (81: 962), p.44.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Beijing (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Beijing Metro
- Beijing Public Transport
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