Light rail Urban rail construction

The "light rail" in urban rail transit is related to the heavy rail and its "subway", city rail, city express railway, intercity railway, tram, rail tire train and urban rail transit light rail train Technically completely different, and therefore do not belong to the light rail system. Light rail systems in urban rail transit refer to trains running at 1435 mm international standard rails, and the train operates using automated signal systems.

Understand the track system: the vehicle is divided into light rail, heavy rail. The track width is divided into wide rails, standard rails, narrow rails (including rail and inch rails).

Introduction to editors

Light rail is an important form of urban rail construction, but also the world's most rapid development of the form of rail transit. Light rail locomotive weight and passenger capacity than the average train is small, the use of the track quality light, only 50kg per meter, so called "light rail." Urban light rail with a large volume, fast, small pollution, low energy consumption, punctual operation, high security advantages. Urban light rail and subway, urban railways and other forms of rail traffic constitute a city rapid rail transit system. It can effectively alleviate the tensions between population and traffic resources, cars and transport facilities. Light rail as an effective carrier to improve the status of urban traffic, an important choice for modern metropolis. It is to a large extent facilitate the travel of passengers, so that residents enjoy a higher quality of life. Light rail is also more in line with the green traffic standards, rail extension of the large-scale municipal facilities, more conducive to comprehensive environmental management.

Light rail transport on the national economy has a positive role in promoting growth, will bring social and economic benefits. It will lead the development of related industries, from real estate development and commercial management, direct recovery of investment costs. Urban light rail construction will promote the continuous improvement of urban planning, accelerate the process of residential suburbanization, so that the irrational structure of the city to be adjusted. Rail along the line will become the most dynamic areas, and thus become a real estate development and urban emerging industries preferred. Emerging residential areas, industrial and commercial facilities, will be re-divided along the track pattern of land use. Light rail construction plays an important role in the urban process of a country and region. It can meet the needs of economic, social and urban development. Highlighting the characteristics and functions of the city, to speed up the realization of modernization, urban layout, urban landscape, environmental protection, housing construction, public housing mode and lifestyle have a positive impact.

Declaration of the development of light rail city requires editing

A kind of urban rail transit. China in 2003 provides that the declaration of the development of light rail city should meet the following basic conditions: local fiscal general budget revenue of 60 billion yuan, gross domestic product reached 60 billion yuan, the urban population of 1.5 million people, planning lines Passenger scale to reach one-way peak hours more than 10,000 people.