| Lingang Medium Transport Volume | |||
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 Two CRRC DRT vehicles at Feidu Road stop in 2023. Note that there are no physical tracks on the roadway. | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Chinese: 临港新片区中运量系统 | ||
| Area served | |||
| Transit type | Rapid transit system | ||
| Number of lines | 3 | ||
| Line number | Lines 1–3 | ||
| Number of stations | 26 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 30 June 2021 | ||
| Operator(s) | Shanghai Lingang Public Transport Company (临港公交) | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 47.95 km (29.79 mi) | ||
| Top speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) | ||
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The Lingang Medium Transport Volume (Chinese: 临港中运量; pinyin: Lín gǎng zhōng yùn liàng), also known as Lingang Digital-rail Rapid Transit (Lingang DRT), is a rapid transit system operating within Lingang in Pudong District, Shanghai, China. It started operations on 30 June 2021, and is operated by the Shanghai Lingang Public Transport Company (Chinese: 上海临港公共交通有限公司, abbreviated in Chinese as 临港公交). The system operates as an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system, but conventional bus rapid transit-specification buses currently run on the system too.
The Lingang DRT is the third modern street rail system in Shanghai after the Zhangjiang and Songjiang Trams and the first ART system in the city. It is also the world's first ART to make use of digital rail-guided rubber-tired vehicles, which rely on magnetic guiding systems as opposed to other ART systems which are optically guided.[1][2][3]
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