Draft:Optics Valley Suspended Monorail

Optics Valley Suspended Monorail
A carriage crossing over a road.
Overview
Other name(s)光谷空轨 (Chinese name)
StatusOperational
LocaleOptics Valley, Wuhan
Termini
Stations6
Websitewww.whggjtjs.com
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemWuhan Metro
Operator(s)Wuhan Optics Valley Modern Tram Corp., Ltd
Depot(s)Longquanshan depot
Rolling stock6-car Type B (DKZ32)
Daily ridership<13,000[1]
History
Opened26 September 2023; 7 months ago (2023-09-26)
Technical
Line length10.5 km (6.5 mi)
CharacterSuspended monorail
Electrification750 V DC
Operating speed60 km/h (37 mph) (maximum operating speed)[2]

The Optics Valley Suspended Monorail (光谷空轨), also known as the Optics Valley Photon, is a suspended monorail line located in Wuhan, China. It is the first suspended monorail line in China, opening on September 26, 2023.[2] The line has six stations and a total length of 10.5 kilometers. Gaoxin Dadao station interchanges with Line 11's Guanggu 4th Road station. There are plans for the line to be extended to a second phase with a total length of 26.7 kilometers and 16 stations. The route runs along the 10-kilometer-long Optics Valley Ecological Corridor (光谷生态大走廊), an ecological corridor between 300 and 500 meters wide connecting Jiufengshan mountain in the north to Longquanshan mountain in the south.[3][4] The railway is located in the southeast of Wuhan, in the Donghu New Technology Development Zone, also known as Guanggu or Optics Valley.

History edit

On May 31, 2019, the Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone Management Committee held a "Special Meeting on Optics Valley Central Ecological Corridor and Aerial Rail Concept Plan" to plan the construction of this line.

In January 2020, the Administrative Committee held a special meeting to study the ecological corridor project, agreed in principle to the first phase of the Optics Valley Ecological Corridor Tourism Line Project (Jiufeng Mountain-Longquan Mountain) line, station and vehicle base planning plan, and requested that the piles be completed as soon as possible. The foundation civil engineering and embedded engineering can be approved and the preliminary design approved so that the civil engineering and embedded engineering can be started.

On November 22, 2021, Wuhan Optics Valley Transportation Construction Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Optics Valley Tourism Development Investment Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the former , established in July 2020) initiated an online vote on the vehicle name and appearance. [2] On December 1, Optics Valley Transportation and Optics Valley Tourism Investment announced the voting results. The vehicle name is "Optical Valley Photon" and the appearance design adopts the "Technology Wing Plan". [3]

On August 26, 2022, the first Photon train rolled off the assembly line. [4] On December 26 of the same year, it was tested at the Longquan Vehicle Base.


The entire line will be open to traffic in early 2023, and comprehensive joint commissioning and testing will begin in February, with test rides starting on May 11. [5]


At 10:00 am on September 26, 2023, the Guanggu SkyRail tourist line was be put into operation. [6]

Stations edit

All transfers are out-of-station.

 
The map of the route
Station Name Connections
English Chinese
Jiufengshan 九峰山
Gaoxin Boulevard 高新大道  11 
Gaoxin 2nd Road 高新二路 Wuhan Optics Valley Modern Tram
Gaoxin 4th Road 高新四路
Zongbaoqu 综保区
Longquanshan 龙泉山

Specifications edit

The train car contains two carriages and can hold 220 people at maximum. The maximum speed of the railway is 60 kilometers per hour, and the train can append more carriages if there is high demand. It runs from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in ten-minute-intervals.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "春节假期+元宵佳节,约50万人乘坐光谷有轨电车和光谷空轨". Optics Valley Traffic Company (in Chinese). Optics Valley Traffic Company. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "China's first suspended monorail line launched". The Straits Times. The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "这辆列车在武汉天上跑,一手体验来了!". Ziniu Xinwen. Ziniu Xinwen. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Announcement: International Open Solicitation for the Schematic Design of the Nodes in Central Ecological Corridor of Wuhan · Optical Valley of China". AIMIR CG. AIMIR CG. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. ^ Kun, Liu; Shuo, Zou. "First suspended monorail launches in Wuhan". China Optics Valley. China Optics Valley. Retrieved 25 April 2024.