According to the city's overall rail transit construction plan, the Phase III project of Hefei Metro Line 1 is scheduled to start construction on December 29, 2017. During construction, closure measures will be taken on related roads including Beierhuan Road, Xinbengbu Road, Wuliu Avenue, and Tianshui Road.
Yaohai Park Station
Construction period: 24:00 on December 29, 2017 to 24:00 on August 25, 2020.
Closure scope:
Phase 1: The auxiliary road pavement on the south side of Beierhuan Road (from 340 meters to 720 meters east of the intersection of Beierhuan Road and Xinbengbu Road) will be closed. The main road of Beierhuan Road will maintain its current traffic.
Phase 2: The northern half of Beierhuan Road (from 340 meters to 680 meters east of the intersection of Beierhuan Road and Xinbengbu Road).
Phase 3: The southern half of Beierhuan Road (from 360 meters to 580 meters east of the intersection of Beierhuan Road and Xinbengbu Road) will be closed.
Detour routes: During construction, passing vehicles are advised to detour via surrounding roads such as Xinbengbu Road, Linquan Road, Tongling Road, and Yinghe Road.
Wuliu Avenue Station
Construction period: 24:00 on December 29, 2017 to 24:00 on August 1, 2020.
Closure scope:
Phase 1: The auxiliary road pavement on the west side of Xinbengbu Road (from 160 meters south to 180 meters north of the intersection of Wuliu Avenue and Xinbengbu Road, excluding the intersection area) will be closed. The auxiliary road pavement on the south side of Wuliu Avenue (from 90 meters east to 90 meters west of the intersection of Wuliu Avenue and Xinbengbu Road, excluding the intersection area) will be closed.
Phase 2: The eastern half of Xinbengbu Road (from 110 meters south to 160 meters north of the intersection of Wuliu Avenue and Xinbengbu Road).
Phase 3: The western half of Xinbengbu Road (from 100 meters south to 85 meters north of the intersection of Wuliu Avenue and Xinbengbu Road) will be closed.
Detour routes: During construction, passing vehicles are advised to detour via surrounding roads such as Xiaocheng Road, Wulishan Road, Beierhuan Road, and Yinghe Road.
Tianshui Road Station
Construction period: 24:00 on December 29, 2017 to 24:00 on July 30, 2020.
Closure scope:
Phase 1: The auxiliary road pavement on the east side of Xinbengbu Road (from 364 meters south to 400 meters north of the intersection of Tianshui Road and Xinbengbu Road, excluding the intersection area, totaling 714 meters) will be closed. Phase 2: The western half of Xinbengbu Road (from 243 meters south to 303 meters north of the intersection of Tianshui Road and Xinbengbu Road, totaling 546 meters) will be closed.
Phase 3: The eastern half of Xinbengbu Road (200 meters south of the intersection of Tianshui Road and Xinbengbu Road) will be closed.
Detour routes: During construction, passing vehicles are advised to detour via surrounding roads such as Huainan Road, Huaihai Avenue, and Wenzhong Road.
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The Phase III project of Hefei Metro Line 1 starts from Tianshui Road, runs along Xinbengbu Road and Beierhuan Road, and connects to the starting point of Phase I at Hefei Station (exclusive), running north-south. The line is 4.54 kilometers long and has 3 underground stations: Tianshui Road Station, Wuliu Avenue Station, and Yaohai Park Station (station names are tentative). The average station spacing is 1,496 meters (including the section from Yaohai Park Station to Hefei Station). One parking lot (Tianshui Road Parking Lot) will be built for the entire line.
The Phase III project will be integrated with Phases I and II of Line 1. During the construction period, the Phase III project will complete civil construction and decoration, track laying, equipment installation, single-system debugging, full-line joint debugging, trial operation, and other work.
From the perspective of the urban traffic pattern, the Phase III project of Line 1 passes under the railway and extends into the interior of the Xinzhan District, which can break the railway barrier and provide large-capacity public transportation support for the Xinzhan District, old city area, and Binhu New Area. It will also organically connect the two important transportation hubs of Hefei Station and Hefei South Station on the line, meeting the urgent need for integrated transportation development in different areas of the city.
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It is understood that railway projects such as Hefei-Xinyi, Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan, and Chizhou-Huangshan are listed as new high-speed railways in the "13th Five-Year Plan," laying a good foundation for further improving the province's railway network layout and achieving sustainable railway development.
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Real-time bus locations available
When waiting for a bus, citizens are most concerned about where the nearest bus is and how long they have to wait. With the full activation of 427 electronic bus stop signs under Hefei Bus Group, these questions can be easily answered on the electronic signs.
At the "Dongfang Shangcheng" island platform on Changjiang East Street, the LCD screen at the top of the electronic sign can display the current time, weather, distance to the nearest bus, bus operation dynamics and route changes, and public welfare video advertisements for civilized riding. The lower part of the electronic sign is an electronic stop board, which uses red LED lights to display the specific location of buses on different routes in real time. By observing the changes in the LED lights, passengers can intuitively grasp the bus locations.
At present, Hefei has built an intelligent bus dispatching system, achieving full GPS coverage of buses. 500 buses have been equipped with free WiFi systems, making it a city where "scanning codes to ride" is possible, and the riding experience of citizens has significantly improved. Relying on information technology, the transportation command center and taxi management information system have been built, and the industry management level has significantly improved. Service measures benefiting the public and enterprises, such as the 12328 service supervision hotline and networked ticketing for passenger stations at or above the second level in the city, are widely praised.
Diesel buses withdrawn from urban areas
Walking on South First Ring Road, buses pass by from time to time, but there is no black smoke and roaring sound as in the past. On Shuiyangjiang Road, the reporter boarded a No. 41 pure electric bus. The carriage was clean and tidy, and the ride was very smooth.
Data provided by Hefei Bus Group shows that at present, the group has 4,496 operating vehicles of various types, including 906 CNG natural gas vehicles, 1,316 LNG natural gas vehicles, 782 diesel vehicles, 1,120 pure electric vehicles, and 372 hybrid vehicles. The total number of natural gas vehicles is 2,222, accounting for 49.42%; the total number of new energy vehicles is 1,492, accounting for 33.19%. Together, they account for 82.61%, while diesel vehicles account for only 17.39% of the total.
Zhang Yong, an engineer from the Technical Management Department of Hefei Bus Group, told reporters that before the end of this year, all buses within the built-up area of the city will use new energy and clean energy vehicles, and diesel vehicles will be completely withdrawn from the built-up area.
In this regard, Hefei Bus Group has adopted measures such as "phased withdrawal, proper diversion, gradual exit, and early scrapping" to ensure that more than 700 diesel vehicles in use withdraw from operation in the built-up area before the end of the year, comprehensively creating green public transportation. Hefei Evening News ZAKER Hefei reporter Zhou Hong
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