Zhengzhou BRT Route B1 is a

bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...

route operated by Zhengzhou Bus. The route is the first ever route with dedicated bus lanes in

Zhengzhou BRT Zhengzhou Bus Rapid Transit is a bus rapid transit system in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province 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 fo ...

History

The route was officially commenced on 28 May 2009, together with 8 other feeder routes. The route was initially a loop line running on Nongye Road, Zhongzhou Avenue, Weilai Road, Hanghai Road and Tongbai Road. Due to the construction of

Zhengzhou Metro Zhengzhou Metro () is a rapid transit rail network serving urban and suburban districts of Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. It is operated by the state owned Zhengzhou Metro Group. As of June 2022, the network has 7 operational lin ...

Line 5 on Hanghai Road and Tongbai Road and the construction of Nongye Expressway above Nongye Road, most platforms of the route on these three roads have been removed. Currently, services of the route on Nongye Road has been suspended.

Route

The route is U-shaped, running on

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, Weilai Road, Hanghai Road, Tongbai Road, Wulongkou S. Road and Dianchang Road, with the eastern terminus at Zhongzhou Avenue and Nongye Road and the western terminus at Dianchang Road B/T.

Branch routes

The route has a number of branch routes, which are free-interchangeable with the main route. *B10: Kunlun Road and Longhai Road ↔ Fogang B/T *B12:

Zhengzhou railway station Zhengzhou railway station () is a passenger railway station in Erqi District, Zhengzhou, Henan. It is located in the city center, about 1 km southwest to the Erqi Memorial Tower. As the junction of the important Beijing-Guangzhou Railway a ...

(North Terminus) ↔ Lamei Road B/T *B13: Dianchang Road B/T ↔ Kunlun Road and Ruhe Road *B15: North 3rd Ring Road and Zhongzhou Avenue ↔ Shihua Road B/T *B16: Shangwu Inner Ring Road and Shangwu E. 1st Street ↔ Ganjiang Road B/T *B17:

(South Terminus) ↔ Jingkai 8th Avenue B/T *B18: Gaocun (Wenhua Road) ↔ Minsheng E. Street and Zhengguang Road *B19: Liuzhuang (Huayuan Road) ↔ Convention and Exhibition Center (Inner Ring) *B21:

(Yima Road) ↔ Qinhe Road and West 3rd Ring Road *B25: Zhengzhou East railway station ↔ Zhongzhou Avenue and Nongye Road *B38: North 3rd Ring Road and Shakou Road ↔ Zhengzhou East railway station *B53: Zhengzhou Bus Company ↔ Wenhua Road and Sanquan Road (N) *263: Huayuankou B/T ↔ Zhengzhou No.7 People's Hospital

Fleet

Former

Yutong Yutong (officially Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, especially electric buses, headquartered in Zhengzhou, Henan. Yutong also covers areas of construction machinery, real estate, and other inve ...

ZK6180HGC (18m) *

ZK6180CHEVG1 (18m)

Current

U12 (12m) *

ZK6125CHEVNPG4 (12m) *

ZK6180CHEVNPG3 (18m) B-6891 on Hanghai Rd., 20170501 135753.jpg,

ZK6180CHEVG1 P5703 on Hanghai Rd., 20170923 142511.jpg,

ZK6180CHEVNPG3 20200404_Yutong_U12_on_ZZBRT_B1.jpg,

U12 Interior_of_a_Yutong_U12_bus_20200427231326.jpg,

U12 interior

References

{{Henan transit Bus Routes in Zhengzhou Zhengzhou BRT