Trams in Wuhan may refer to any one of the

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systems currently operational in the city of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

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, China. The first tram started revenue service in Wuhan is the Auto-city T1 Line, which began on July 28, 2017. Subsequently, Optics Valley tram started revenue service from April 1, 2018.

Systems

Auto-city trams

Auto-city T1 line () started revenue service on July 28, 2017, and is the first line of the Auto-city trams. It runs from Chelun Square to Deshenggang in

Hanyang District Hanyang District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. Currently, it is a district and stands between the Han River (right/southern bank) ...

for a length of with 22 stations. At Chelun Square it is transferable to

Zhuanyang Boulevard Station Zhuanyang Boulevard Station (), is a southern terminus of Line 3 of Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2015. It is located in Hannan District Hannan District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wu ...

Line 3, Wuhan Metro The Line 3 of Wuhan Metro () is a metro line in Wuhan. This line crosses five districts of Wuhan: Jiang'an District, Jianghan District, Qiaokou District, Hanyang District and Caidian District (Wuhan Economic-Technological Zone, WEDZ), and is ...

. The planned Auto-city tram system consists of 14 lines, ranging and has some 277 stations. The line's 21 tramcars were built by

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Optics Valley trams

Two LRT corridors, totaling , in Wuhan's

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area started construction since 2013. Although officially there are two lines, a total of six services are operated. After several months of testing, both lines opened for revenue service on April 1, 2018. The LRV cars are designed by Fordyno and built by

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Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway Parameters The Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway (), commonly abbreviated as ''Wu-Xian intercity railway'', is a high-speed commuter railway line in Hubei Province of China with double tracks. It connects the provincial capital Wuhan with the ci ...

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Hankou downtown trams

Trams were planned since the

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when

Hankou Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers wher ...

served as one of the major economic centers of China. New plans to bring the never built trams back to the streets of Hankou downtown emerged around 2014. No actual construction has taken place as of 2017 in spite of the plans of the trams were made.

References

{{Rapid transit in the People's Republic of China

Transport in Wuhan