Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System

Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System
APM Line APM线
Platform of Guangzhou Women & Children's Medical Center Station
Overview
Type	People mover
System	Guangzhou Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	Guangzhou, China
Termini	Linhexi Canton Tower
Stations	9
Services	1
Operation
Opened	8 November 2010
Owner	City of Guangzhou
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Corporation
Character	Underground
Technical
Line length	3.9 km (2.42 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rails, 600 V AC
Route map Legend  Airport South  Linhexi 3   Tianhe Coach Terminal  Tianhe Sports Center South Tianhenan Huangpu Dadao GZ Women & Children's Medical Center Huacheng Dadao GZ Opera House Pearl River Haixinsha Pearl River Canton Tower 3  Canton Tower Stabling Yard  Panyu Square

Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System (Chinese: 珠江新城旅客自动输送系统; pinyin: Zhūjiāng Xīnchéng Lǚkè Zìdòng Shūsòng Xìtǒng), or APM Line, is an automated people mover (APM) system mainly serving the Zhujiang New Town area in Guangzhou, the new CBD of the city. It is an underground and automatic operating system. In terms of construction cost per kilometre, it is the most expensive APM system in the world, yet it is the shortest and least used line in the Guangzhou Metro network. The whole line started operation before the Asian Games on 8 November 2010 with the exception of Haixinsha Station and Canton Tower Station. This was due to the two stations being located close to the opening and closing ceremony venue.

Lengths and stations

The entire track of the Zhujiang New Town APM, with a length of 3.49 km and all nine stations are laid underground, making it the first all underground city APM in the world. The shortest distance between two stations is 315 metres with an average of the entire line approximating 473 metres.

Stations

Station Name English	Station Name Hanzi	Platform Types	Transfer	Location
Linhexi	林和西	island (und)	3	Tianhe
Tianhe Sports Center South	体育中心南	island (und)
Tianhenan	天河南	island (und)
Huangpu Dadao	黄埔大道	island (und)
Guangzhou Women & Children's Center	妇儿中心	island (und)
Huacheng Dadao	花城大道	island (und)
Guangzhou Opera House	大剧院	island (und)
Haixinsha	海心沙	island (und)
Canton Tower	广州塔	island (und)	3  Haizhu Tram	Haizhu

Operating hours

The system was designed to provide service from 6:00 to 24:00 every day, and may run extra hours on special occasions, such as weekends, holidays or major events. But due to the low demand, trains operated from 8:00 to 20:00 when the line first opened. The service hours have since been gradually extended and from 4 October 2014 trains have been operating between 7:00 and 23:30.

Rolling stock

The APM uses 14 Bombardier Transportation's APM 100 cars built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.