Guangzhou opens first driverless metro line ahead of Asian Games
Guangzhou (China): South China's Guangzhou city, the host city for the upcoming Asian Games, opened its first driverless metro line Monday. The
four-km-long line links Tianhe district to the north, crosses the Pearl river and ends at Haizhu district to the south of Guangzhou, the Capital city of Guangdong province. The line passes through the populous central business
district of Guangzhou and was built to alleviate the pressure of a parallel metro
line, No 3 metro line, said Ding Jianlong, general manager of Guangzhou Metro
Corporation. Subway turns back to an orderly manner after the cancellation of
free subway tickets charges the Guangzhou traffic authority announced last night.
The decision was made in consideration of the overloaded situation since a free
charges policy has been applied on Nov.1.To offset the lose, transportation
subsidiaries
will be paid to local residents, Xinhua quoted the authority, as saying. There
is a station every 300 meters along the line. The 16th Asian Games will be held
in Guangzhou from November 12 to 27.
