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Tram without rails

06.11.2017

In the Chinese urban district, a new type of urban transport has been launched - an electric bus moving along special road markings without rails and wires.

The Chinese carrier CRRC has launched a new type of public transport - something between a train and a bus. The new system was named ART (Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit, Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit). Each unit consists of three wagons with a capacity of up to 100 passengers each and travels at speeds up to 70 km/h. Unlike a tram or a train, it moves along specially marked roads, and not along rails.

The ART developers started testing the system back in June, now the first trains have left the roads of Zhuzhou city and have begun to carry passengers.

On a single battery charge, a train of three cars travels only 25 kilometers, but in order to fully charge the battery, it needs only 10 minutes. Since ART does not require rails or wires, it is cheaper to integrate into the city's transport system than laying trams and trolleybus routes.

In addition, since ART is an electric mode of transport, it does not emit exhaust gases, which is especially true for China. The environmental situation in Chinese cities is difficult, sales of electric vehicles are growing, and the government is considering plans to completely abandon the production of diesel and gasoline cars - however, officials have not yet agreed on the timing.

And so that the old tram tracks do not disappear, CRRC has developed a new type of hydrogen-powered tram. The first hydrogen-powered cars left the roads of Tangshan at the end of October this year.

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