https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tVBrZVIL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkXw-GeDGE

Accident la metroul din Beijing, se pare ca sistemul CBTC chinezesc a permis ca un tren sa fie ajuns din urma si lovit de urmatorul tren.

[News: Beijing]

Beijing Subway Line 3, Line 12, Remaining Section of Changping Line, Zhufangbei Station opened for operation today

The newly added operating mileage of Beijing rail transit is about 43 kilometers, with a total operating mileage of 879 kilometers.

After crossing half a century and waiting for more than 60 years, the Beijing Subway Line 3 has finally been completed and opened. With the opening of Line 3 and Line 12, the gap in the operating line numbers of the Beijing Subway has been filled. Thus, Lines 1-17 have been completed.


🚇 Beijing Subway Line 3 Section I
Route direction: Starting from the existing "Dongsi Shitiao Station"（东四十条站） in the west and ending at "Dongba Bei (North) Station"（东坝北站） in the east
Line length: 15.7 kilometers in total
Station setup: A total of 10 stations are set up
Standard grouping: A-type train 4/8 trains grouping, maximum speed of 80km/h (initially all 4 trains, later 4/8 trains mixed running)

🚇 Beijing Subway Line 12
Route direction: starting from "Sijiqingqiao Station"（四季青桥站） in the west and ending at "Dongba Bei (North) Station"（东坝北站） in the east
Line length: 28.9 miles in total
Station setup: A total of 21 stations are set up
Standard grouping: A-type train 4/8 trains grouping, maximum speed of 80km/h (initially all 4 trains, later 4/8 trains mixed running)

🚇 The remaining section of Beijing Subway Changping Line
Route direction: Starting from the existing "Xitucheng Station"（西土城站） in the north and ending at "Jimenqiao Station"（蓟门桥站） in the south
Line length: 0.7 kilometers in total
Station setup: 1 station in total
Standard formation: B-type 6 trains formation, maximum speed of 100km/h


The pictures and text are sourced from Weibo: @ chinhoyoo
https://weibo.com/1896374647/P4WAyti07

[Histoty: Beijing]

100th anniversary of the operation of Beijing tram & trolleybus system

On December 17, 1924 (some say December 14), Beijing No.1 tram from Qianmen（前门） to Xizhimen（西直门） was put into operation. To commemorate this day, a bus enthusiast in Beijing packaged a No.124 route trolleybus as a themed trolleybus for the 100th anniversary of Beijing's tram & trolleybus system operation.

On October 17, 1956, the first trolleybus in Beijing was successfully tested for the first time, starting from Xisi（西四） and ending at Fuchengmen（阜成门）. The successful test drive indicates that the day when trams will be replaced by trolleybus is approaching. The first trolleybus was opened on February 26, 1957, while March 9, 1959 was the last day of operation for the Beijing tram.


The pictures are sourced from Weibo: @ chromabus
https://weibo.com/1971297403/P4xMsCKYC

The trolleybus has a Neoplan front. I wonder what type of collaboration was this. I can't find any information on the model itself, Huayu BJD-WG120N.

Nice to see somebody took the time to commemorate its centenary. You say that an enthusiast paid by himself to have the trolleybus themed as such?

In China you can copy european designs without any collaboration, european car producers sued chinese producers for copyin designs and the chinese courthouses always said it is not copying.

ByOnu wrote:
Huayu BJD-WG120N

Sunt troleibuze asamblate local la Uzina Huayu din Beijing. Acestea sunt, la bază, troleibuze Youngman, companie ce în anii '00 a semnat un parteneriat de colaborare cu Neoplan pentru fabricarea de autobuze și troleibuze și cu MAN pentru camioane.

Troleibuze Youngman mai pot fi găsite în circulație și în Almatîi, Kazakhstan.

ByOnu wrote here:
You say that an enthusiast paid by himself to have the trolleybus themed as such?

Yes. This bus enthusiast is a native of Beijing, and he would be in his forties now.

About two years ago, he compiled and published a brochure called "Beijing Bus 1949-2019", which detailed the changes in Beijing's buses over the past half century. Now let me photo some of the content of this brochure and shared them with you.

Moreover, earlier this year, he published another brochure called "Trolleybus and Tram Memories", which detailed the history and current status (if they still exist today) of China cities's trolleybus and tram systems.

ByOnu wrote here:
The trolleybus has a Neoplan front. I wonder what type of collaboration was this. I can't find any information on the model itself, Huayu BJD-WG120N.

Partially correct. The trolleybus model in the picture is BJD-WG120N2, which you can understand as an improved version of BJD-WG120N.

BJD-WG120N is a new model jointly developed by YOUNGMAN Automobile, CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute（南车集团株洲电力机车研究所）, and Beijing Public Transport Corporation Trolleybus Manufacturing and Assembly Plant（北京电车制配厂）. This model is based on YOUNGMAN's JNP6120G bus bodywork, and the front appearance adopts the Neoplan N6121.

In August 2006, the first prototype trolleybus BJD-WG120N arrived in Beijing for road testing. In January 2007, the remaining 99 BJD-WG120N arrived in Beijing and began passenger operations. At the beginning of 2017, all of these BJD-WG120N s were retired.

In 2012 and 2015, Beijing Public Transport Group introduced a total of 130 BJD-WG120N2 trolleybuses in two separate batches (70+60). The picture in the above post shows the second batch, which is from 2015. The first batch of BJD-WG120N2 has also been retired in 2022. It is worth mentioning that due to printing errors on the vehicle nameplate, some bus enthusiasts consider the two batches of BJD-WG120N2 as different models.

Here are the homepages of the two trolleybus models mentioned above, you can search for more pictures and information on your own.
https://buspedia.top/model/xe189h
https://buspedia.top/model/8a18vc
https://buspedia.top/model/ps3mzn

Antonwoods wrote here:
he compiled and published a brochure called "Beijing Bus 1949-2019", which detailed the changes in Beijing's buses over the past half century. Now let me photo some of the content of this brochure and shared them with you.

Moreover, earlier this year, he published another brochure called "Trolleybus and Tram Memories", which detailed the history and current status (if they still exist today) of China cities's trolleybus and tram systems.

Wow!! Tbh, at over 300 pages, that's more than a brochure! Could you please provide a Chinese link for the book(s)? If I could maybe find it for a decent price+shipping, I'd be interested in ordering it.

Must be some translation mistake, that is not a brochure, that is a respectable book , good job   .

Evoluția rețelei de metrou din Beijing.
The evolution of the Beijing subway.

ByOnu wrote here:
Could you please provide a Chinese link for the book(s)? If I could maybe find it for a decent price+shipping, I'd be interested in ordering it.[/i]

Sorry for my late reply... At the end of each year, work is always particularly busy because Chinese companies like to have employees write lengthy summary reports.  I know Romania has been on vacation recently, but China only had one day off on January 1st. To be honest, this is enough to make me envious.😂

Next, let me answer your question.
The purchase link of this book is in the following WeChat official account "push"*[1]. In fact, there are two links in this push, and the one above is for purchasing the green book. As I mentioned in my previous post, this book is called "Trolleybus and Tram Memories".  And the link below is for the book with a red cover, called "Beijing Bus 1949-2019", which is the book I took photos of the content and you asked.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OJv9azrng0BjUUDjSRBBoQ

(To be honest, sending this book directly to Romania may be a significant challenge. Perhaps the author himself never imagined that one day this book would be sold out of China. Haha😂)


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*[1]: I tried to find a vocabulary to translate the Chinese word '推送', and a commonly used Chinese translation software translated it as "push". I'm not sure if the word "push" really contains the meaning that this Chinese word intends to convey. And another important point is that the social media apps I have used, such as fb, tw, whatsapp and ins, they don't have exactly the same function. Therefore, I think it is necessary to explain this word in my personal understanding.

Firstly, the basic functions of WeChat are the same as WhatsApp, both being software used for chatting. Therefore, you can consider WeChat as WhatsApp for easier understanding. On WhatsApp, not only can you chat, but you can also follow some official channels. Of course, WeChat has a similar function, which is called "WeChat official account"（微信公众号）.  I personally don't like this translation because in fact, the more accurate translation of the Chinese word “公众” should be "public", which means that this account is facing to everyone. The "WeChat official account" doesn't necessarily have to be "official", anyone can apply for it. And then, after you apply for your own "official account", you can post your own "push" here. Everyone who follows your "official account" can receive your "push". Each "push" has its own link, which means you can copy it from the WeChat app and open it from any browser.


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The second half of this post may deviate from the theme of this forum. My original intention is to explain the origin of this link as clearly as possible, in order to avoid ambiguity and dispel your doubts. (This is clearly not a fraudulent link, and certainly not an ad.)