Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada

perishthethought@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• mercano@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah. Line 3 used different rolling stock than the other three lines, unusual linear induction motor powered equipment, which was reaching the end of its service life. The plan was to shut it down in November 2023 and temporarily replace it with bus service while they built a Line 2 extension to serve the neighborhoods Line 3 used to. Unfortunately, a train derailed in July 2023, which resulted in the system shutting down four months sooner than expected.

  The Line 2 extension is going to take a different route to eventually arrive at Line 3’s old terminus. I think there’s plans to covert the old line 3 viaduct into a Bus Rapid Transit guideway.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If I’m not mistaken, the rolling stock (cars/trains) from the, now closed, Scarborough line is actually in use in Detroit because they used the same systems.

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