Zhengzhou BRT Route B2 is a

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route operated by Zhengzhou Bus. It is the 2nd route with dedicated bus lanes in

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History

The route was commenced on 26 January 2014, operating on Changchun Road, Lianhua Street, Ruida Road, Huagong Road, Rantun Road and Nongye Road. Due to the construction of Nongye Expressway, the route was diverted from Nongye Road to Dongfeng Road on 21 July 2015. After the completion of Nongye Expressway with new island platforms under the

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, the east section of the route returned to Nongye Road on 26 May 2017. In 2019,

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overheads have been installed under the Nongye Elevated for conversion of B2 to an eBRT corridor, marking the return of trolleybuses to Zhengzhou.

Route

The west terminus of the route is Daxie bus terminus in the high-tech zone in northwestern Zhengzhou, and the east terminus is Zhongzhou Avenue and Nongye Road station near

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Branch routes

The route has a number of branch routes, which are free-interchangeable with the main route. *B11: Heizhuang (Zhongzhou Avenue) ↔ Huanggang Temple *B12:

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(North Terminus) ↔ Lamei Road B/T *B18: Gaocun (Wenhua Road) ↔ Minsheng E. Street and Zhengguang Road *B20:

(North Terminus) ↔ Liuzhuang (Huayuan Road) *B27: Xushuihe E. Road and Jinju Street ↔ Dongqing Street *B28: Duying Street and Hongsong Road ↔ Hehuan Street *B32: Kexue Avenue B/T ↔ Zijingshan (Huayuan Road) *B35: Daxie B/T ↔ Zhengzhou Central Hospital *B51: Kaiyuan Road B/T ↔ Wulongkou B/T *B53: Zhengzhou Bus Company ↔ Wenhua Road and Sanquan Road (N) *B66: North 3rd Ring Road and Nanyang Road ↔ Jinhe Park *B67: Zizhu Road B/T ↔ Dianchang Road B/T

Fleet

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, former) *

ZK6180CHEVG1 (18m, former) *

ZK6180CHEVNPG3 (18m) *

E12 (12m) *

ZK6125CHEVNPG4 (12m)

References

{{Henan transit Bus Routes in Zhengzhou Zhengzhou BRT