The Pujiang line of Shanghai Metro () is an automated, driverless,
rubber-tired Shanghai Metro line in the town of
Pujiang in the
Shanghai
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nese district of
Minhang. It was originally conceived as phase 3 of Shanghai Metro
line 8, but afterwards was constructed as a separate line, connecting with
line 8 at its southern terminus,
Shendu Highway.
The line opened for passenger trial operations on March 31, 2018.
[ (Notice: Pujiang Line to begin trial operations in first quarter of 2018.)] It is the first automated, driverless
people mover
A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks. ...
line in the
Shanghai Metro, and has 6 stations with a total length of .
The people mover was expected to carry 73,000 passengers a day. The line is colored
grey on system maps.
The line is operated by Shanghai Keolis Public Transport Operation & Management Co. Ltd. (), a joint venture owned by
Keolis
Keolis is a multinational transportation company that operates public transport systems. The company manages bus, rapid transit, tram, coach networks, rental bikes, car parks, water taxi, cable car, trolleybus and funicular services.
...
and
Shanghai Shentong Metro Group for at least five years after opening.
History
Stations
Service routes
Important stations
* - Passengers can interchange to
line 8.
Future expansion
There are no plans to extend the line.
Station name change
* On June 9, 2013, the
Aerospace Museum was renamed (before Pujiang line began serving the station).
Headways
Technology
Signalling
The entire operation of the new line is remotely controlled from a central dispatch room. Trains operate using the Cityflo 650 communications-based train control (CBTC) from CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems Limited, a joint venture between
Bombardier and
CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. The automatic trains had initially six staff members working at each APM station, but the operator hopes to reduce that to one or two.
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Rolling stock
The Pujiang line uses rubber-tyred Bombardier Innovia APM
Innovia APM is a rubber-tired automated people mover system (APM) currently manufactured and marketed by Alstom as part of its Innovia series of fully automated transportation systems. The technology was introduced in 1963 by Westinghouse and ...
300 trains. The trains have 4 cars each, totaling in length, with capacity for 566 passengers per train.rubber tires
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which t ...
running on concrete tracks allow for turning radii as tight as 22m to be negotiated, compared to over 300m for typical metro on steel rails.
References
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Rubber-tyred metros
Siemens Mobility projects
Shanghai Metro lines
Railway lines opened in 2018
2018 establishments in China