Why are there so many trams in Beijing?

Upstairs, Beijing will increase the strength of trams.

The tram line will reach the Fourth Ring Road from east to west, and the green transportation network is expected to cover the core city.

Beijing Public Transport Group has learned that zero-pollution trolleybuses will develop greatly this year. The number of trolleybuses will reach 600 by the end of this year, and it is estimated that the total number of trolleybuses in Beijing will reach 800 by 2008.

The public transport department has drafted the Development Assumption of Trolley Cars. In the future, Beijing tram lines will go straight to the Fourth Ring Road from east to west, forming a green transportation network covering the central area of the city.

It is understood that trolleybus is a kind of zero pollution and environmental protection public transport. At present, there are 15 tram lines and 563 vehicles in Beijing, and the tram ownership rate is the highest in major cities in China.

According to the process of bus network optimization, the bus department is also formulating the optimization and adjustment scheme of trolley bus lines. At present, it is planned to extend the first stop of tram line 1 14 from Zizhuyuan to west Huang Zhuang. Extend the line 1 14 from west Huang Zhuang to Baiyun Road, 5.8km more than now, with 8 cars and 16 trains.

At the same time, the public transport department has drafted a "trolleybus development plan" at the beginning of this year. According to the idea, the tram lines in Beijing can reach Kangjiagou outside the East Fourth Ring Road in the east, Datun in the Asian Games Village in the north, Huang Zhuang in the west, all of which reach the Fourth Ring Road or even outside the Fourth Ring Road, and Yongdingmen Railway Station outside the Second Ring Road in the south.

If the tram lines of the whole city can basically cover the core city and form a relatively developed network, it will become a vital link in public transportation and urban environmental protection.