Trolleybuses in Jinan

The Jinan Public Trolleybus System (Chinese: 济南无轨电车系统) serves the city of Jinan, in the province of Shandong, China. Opened in 1977, the system is operated by the Jinan Public Transport Corporation, and presently consists of four lines.

Jinan Trolleybus System
Operation
LocaleJinan, Shandong, China
Open1 January 1977
Routes101, 102, 103, 104
Operator(s)Jinan Public Transportation Corporation (济南市公共交通总公司)
WebsiteJinan Bus Network (in Chinese)

History

The first trolleybus route in Jinan, Route 1 was opened to public on 1 January 1977. In the same year, Route 2 commenced operations. The routes where renumbered to 101 and 102 in 1992. In the late 1990s, two more routes, Route 103 and 104, were opened.

Lines
One of the oldest JK6120D-model trolleybus in Jinan, 2006. Note the "wrapped" body-advertisement and roll sign route indicator. All trolleybuses in this batch retired before 2012.

As of 2011, the system was made up of the following lines:

LineRouteLength
101Xinxi Lu Beikou (辛西路北口) – Dianliuzhuang (甸柳庄)12.0 km
102University of Jinan (济南大学) – Gejiazhuang (葛家庄)14.3 km
103Yaojiazhuang – Jingsi Lu Xikou (经四路西口)09.7 km
104University of Jinan (济南大学) – Baotuquan Dongmen (趵突泉东门) 

Fleet

Up to 2013, the only model of trolleybus used currently used in Jinan is the JK6120D, manufactured by China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (Chinese: 中国重型汽车集团有限公司), or Sinotruk, which is based in Jinan. Jinan also employed some second-hand SK561G articulated trolleybuses purchased from Luoyang. Those 1980s-models all retired before 2007. In 2014 the entire fleet was replaced by dual-mode trolleybuses manufactured by Yutong and Zhongtong Bus.[1] These new trolleybuses are feature air-conditioning, low floor access, leather-covered seats, "maternal-and-child" seats and LED destination signs. In 2017, the first of an order of 70 articulated 18 meter trolleybuses manufactured by Sinotruk started operating.[2]

Expansion

The Jinan Government has drafted a plan to expand the trolleybus system into a "Three Horizontal Five Vertical" Trolleybus BRT network by 2021.[3][4] 292 articulated and 443 rigid trolleybuses were ordered to service the expansion.[2] Jinan BRT Lines 1 and 7 will be the first to convert over to trolleybus operation by 2019.

See also

References
  1. "济南造巨无霸电车！或用于无轨电车BRT，正在调试". news.ifeng.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. 石慧. 济南或引入18米长"巨无霸"公交，能容纳100多乘客_山东新闻_大众网. sd.dzwww.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. "济南无轨电车来了 新开39条公交线路 经过你家么". sd.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. "济南无轨电车公交项目获批 设三横五纵8条公交专用走廊-齐鲁财富网". qlmoney.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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