TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram | |
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Overview | |
Status | Closed |
Owner | Tianjin |
Locale | Tianjin, China |
Termini | |
Stations | 14 |
Service | |
Type | Translohr |
System | Tianjin Metro |
Services | 1 |
Operator(s) | Tianjin Binhai Mass Transit Development Co., Ltd. (As a subsidiary of Tianjin Rail Transit Group Corporation since 2017) |
History | |
Opened | 10 May 2007 |
Closed | 1 June 2023 |
Technical | |
Line length | 7.86 km (4.88 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Character | At-grade |
Track gauge | None, central guide rail |
Electrification | 750 V DC Overhead lines |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram (Chinese: 天津开发区导轨电车; pinyin: Tiānjīn Kāifāqū Dǎoguǐ Diànchē) was a Translohr Light Rail line in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA). It was a modern, high-speed rubber-tyred tram line, the first in both China and Asia. The line was considered as part of the Tianjin Metro system. It was run by Tianjin Binhai Mass Transit Development Co., Ltd, which has been a subsidiary of Tianjin Rail Transit Group Corporation since 2017.
Tianjin once had a conventional steel-wheeled tramway network. The system gradually expanded and reached its peak in 1933 with 116 tramcars. Later however, like most cities around the world, the tram service was abandoned in 1972 due to its perceived inefficiency.
Trams returned in Tianjin in 2006. Commercial service started in 2007. Unlike standard tramway, the Translohr rubber-tired LRT system was adopted.