Zhengzhou Bus Rapid Transit is a

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system in

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, the capital of

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in the People's Republic of China. The system has 5 main trunk routes with dedicated bus lanes along with a number of feeder routes that run for a portion of the corridor and serves other areas.

History

Construction of the first segment started in 2008 and free trial operations started on May 22, 2009. The system officially started operation on May 28, 2009 with a 30 km loop line (B1) with 38 stations. Average ridership of the system in 2014 was 700,000 passengers. It is believed that the daily ridership was approximately 1 million passengers after the opening of the first segment of the 23.7 km long 3rd Ring Road loop line (B3) on June 26, 2014. The route B3 interlined with 15 feeder routes. A new east-west BRT corridor under the Longhai Elevated Road opened on January 26, 2017. This corridor is served by route B5. With the imminent opening of

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Line 5 The B1 Loop corridor is being shifted from to avoid duplication. The Zhengzhou government is proposing to introduce trolleybus lines to the B2 Nongye Road BRT corridor, reintroducing

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operation to Zhengzhou which stopped operation in 2010. In 2019, overhead trolleybus lines were installed along the B2 Corridor.

Routes

Main trunk routes with dedicated bus lanes: * B1:

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& Nongye Road — Dianchang Road bus terminal (Route altered after

Line 5 began operation in May 2019) * B2: Daxie bus terminal —

& Nongye Road * B3: Loop Line, runs on North, West and South 3rd Ring Road and

(South 3rd Ring Road & Daxue Road is the terminal station) * B5: West 3rd Ring Road & Longhai Road — Zhengzhou East Railway Station, runs mostly under the Longhai Elevated Road * B6: Loop Line: runs on North 3rd Ring Road,

, Weilai Road, Changjiang Road, Qinling Road and Dianchang Road (Dianchang Road bus terminal is the terminal station) There are also dozens of feeder routes connecting the main routes with other areas of the city.

Gallery

Dianchang Road Station of Zhengzhou BRT 20190409.jpg, Dianchang Road station with buses of Route B6 stopping by P5703 on Hanghai Rd., 20170923 142511.jpg,

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articulated bus An articulated bus, also referred to as a banana bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, wiggle wagon, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usua ...

on route B1 Zhengzhou BRT Line B501.jpg,

bus on route B501 Zhengzhou Bus Route B21 using ZK6128HGK, 20170520.jpg,

ZK6128HGK bus (retired). This type used to form the backbone of the system B-6891 on Hanghai Rd., 20170501 135753.jpg,

ZK6180CHEVG1 bus (retired) on route B1 A Yutong 12m hybrid powered bus on Zhengzhou BRT Route B302 20190429.jpg,

bus on route B302

References

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