A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks.
An elevated railway is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure. The railway may be broad-gauge, standard-gauge or narrow-gauge railway, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are normally found in urban areas where there would otherwise be multiple level crossings. Usually, the tracks of elevated railways that run on steel viaducts can be seen from street level.
The Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after those of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.
The Innovia APM 100 is an automated people mover (APM) rolling stock first developed by Adtranz, intended mainly for airport connections and light rail in towns. They are operated by Automatic Train Control (ATC), making it fully automatic and driverless.
Tianhe District is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "a river in the sky/heavens", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexiu District on the west, Baiyun District on the north and Huangpu District on the east. Haizhu District is on its south, though they are separated by the Pearl River.
Zhujiang New Town or Zhujiang New City is an area in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is bounded by Huangpu Avenue on the north, the Pearl River on the south, Guangzhou Avenue on the west and the South China Expressway on the east.
Linhexi Station is an interchange station on Line 3 and Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover Systems on the Guangzhou Metro. It started operation in 26 December 2005 and is located underground the junction of Tianhe Road North (天河北路) and Linhe West Road (林和西路) in the Tianhe District.
Canton Tower Station is an interchange station on Line 3 and Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover Systems of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2005. It is an underground station located to the south of Binjiang Road East in Haizhu District, on the south bank of the Pearl River.
Haixinsha Island is an island in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is located to the south of Zhujiang New Town, newly developed CBD of the city, to the north of Canton Tower and to the east of Er Sha Island.
Haixinsha Station is a metro station of the Guangzhou Metro APM line. It is located at the underground of Haixinsha Island, venue of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Asian Games. It started operation on 24 February 2011, three months after the games ended.
Guangzhou Opera House Station is a metro station on the APM line of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground at the intersection of Huajiu Road (华就路), Zhujiang East Road (珠江东路) and Zhujiang West Road (珠江西路), to the northeast of Guangzhou Opera House and the northwest of the Guangdong Museum. It started operation on 8 November 2010.
Huacheng Dadao Station, formerly Twin Towers Station, after the Guangzhou Twin Towers, during planning, is a metro station of the Guangzhou Metro APM line in the Zhujiang New Town of Tianhe District. It is located at the underground of the interchange of Huacheng Avenue, East Zhujiang Road, and West Zhujiang Road. It started operation on 8 November 2010.
Tianhe Sports Center South Station is a metro station on the Guangzhou Metro APM line. It is located below the entrance to the Tianhe Sports Center (天河体育中心) in Tianhe Road (天河路) in the Tianhe District, 200 metres (660 ft) from Tianhe Sports Center station on Line 1 of the metro. It started operation on 8 November 2010.
Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, formerly Jinsui Lu Station (金穗路站) and Central Plaza Station (市民广场站) during planning, is a metro station of the Guangzhou Metro APM line in the Zhujiang New Town of Tianhe District. It is located at the underground of the south of Jinsui Lu (金穗路), the west of Agricultural Bank of China Building, and R&F Grand Hyatt Hotel. It started operation on 8 November 2010.
Huangpu Dadao station, literally Huangpu Avenue station, formerly Huangpu Avenue West station (黄埔大道西站) and Citizens' Square station (市民广场站), is a Guangzhou Metro APM line metro station in the Zhujiang New Town of Tianhe District. It is located at the underground of the West Huangpu Avenue, Zhujiang Road East, and Zhujiang Road West. It started operating on 8 November 2010.
Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern New Territories to the urban area. The operations of the territory's two leading railway companies, MTRC and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), were merged in 2007 on grounds of economies of scale and cost effectiveness. The Hong Kong Government has an explicit stated transport policy of using the railway as its transport backbone.
Guangzhou Tram is the tram system in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It is operated by Guangzhou Tram Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guangzhou Metro Corporation.
Innovia APM is a rubber-tired automated people mover system (APM) manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. The APM technology was originally developed by Westinghouse, then owned by Adtranz, and most recently acquired by Bombardier in 2001. Since its market debut in 1971, there have been three generations – Innovia APM 100, Innovia APM 200 and the latest Innovia APM 300.
The Pujiang line of Shanghai Metro is an automated, driverless, rubber-tired Shanghai Metro line in the town of Pujiang in the Shanghainese district of Minhang. It was originally conceived as phase 3 of Shanghai Metro Line 8, but afterwards was constructed as a separate line, connecting with Line 8 at its southern terminus, Shendu Highway. The line opened for passenger trial operations on March 31, 2018. It is the first automated, driverless people mover line in the Shanghai Metro, and has 6 stations with a total length of 6.689 kilometres (4.156 mi). It is colored grey on station maps.
