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{{short description|Light rail rapid transit system in Zhuhai, China}}
{{short description|Rapid transit system in Zhuhai, China}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox Public transit
|name          =  Zhuhai Tram
|image         = ZHtrams.png
|image2        = A tram arrived at Zhuhai No.1 High School Station..jpg
|imagesize2    = 280px
|locale        = [[Zhuhai]]
|transit_type  = [[Rapid transit]]
|lines         = 1 (service suspended)<br/>2 (planned)
|stations      = Line 1, Phase 1: 14<br/>
Line 2, Phase 2: 25
|ridership     = N/A
|website       = {{url|zhmrt.com.cn}}
|began_operation =
|operator      = Zhuhai Urban Transportation Co., Ltd.
|vehicles      = 
|system_length = Line 1, Phase 1: {{convert|8.98|km|mi||abbr=on}}<ref name=cnr>{{cite web|url=http://china.cnr.cn/yaowen/20210606/t20210606_525505765.shtml|date=2021-06-06|title=珠海有轨电车处置折射城市交通规划困境：大量新交通方式出现 增加规划复杂性}}</ref><br>
Line 1, Phase 2: {{convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
|track_gauge   = 
|el            = 
|map           = [[File:Zhuhai Tram cy map.png|250px]]
|map_state     = 
|start         = 13 June 2017
}}
{{Chinese
|title=Zhuhai Tram
|s=珠海有轨电车
|t=珠海有軌電車
|p=Zhūhǎi Yǒuguǐ Diànchē
|j=zyu1 hoi2 jau5 gwai2 din6 ce1
|order=st
}}

The '''Zhuhai tram network''' was a [[light rail]] system serving the city of [[Zhuhai]], Guangdong, China. The first section of Line 1 started trial operation on November 7, 2014 with the full line scheduled initially to open by August 2015<ref>http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/zhuhai-tramway-starts-trial-operation.html</ref> and finally opened on 13 June 2017 and runs from Haitian Gardens to Shangchong. A three-line network was planned.

Line 1 uses [[AnsaldoBreda]]'s [[Sirio]] trams,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/10/10/ansaldobreda-delivers-first-sirio-tram-to-zhuhai/|title=AnsaldoBreda delivers first Sirio tram to Zhuhai|date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> license built at [[CRRC Dalian]] and was also the first Chinese tram system that uses Ansaldo's [[overhead lines|catenary]]-free [[TramWave]] electrification system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=珠海召开有轨电车听证会15:1支持拆除 供应商中车大连未参加-要闻-经济-中国经营网|trans-title=Zhuhai hold meeting over light rail; 15 to 1 support its destruction; supplier of the vehicles, CRRC Dalian did not partake in the discussion|url=http://www.cb.com.cn/index/show/jj_m/cv/cv135350562066|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.cb.com.cn|language=zh}}</ref><ref name="tramwave">{{Cite web|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/light-rail/catenary-free-technology-for-chinese-light-rail-project.html|title=Catenary-free technology for Chinese light rail project|date=November 6, 2013}}</ref> When complete, it will connect central Zhuhai to [[Zhuhai Railway Station]] and the [[Gongbei Port of Entry]] to [[Macau]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zhnews.net/jryw/index/content/136393 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101061139/http://www.zhnews.net/jryw/index/content/136393 |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

It has suspended service since January 22, 2021 due to low ridership and high operating costs. It is reported that the tram will be dismantled. On May 31, the tram committee voted 15 to 1 to demolish the tram line, due to low operational reliability, high operational cost, lack of services and low passenger levels.<ref name=cnr /><ref>{{Cite web|title=珠海有轨电车停运许久 话题仍不断 到底是否该拆除?_运营|url=http://www.sohu.com/a/471656470_124719|access-date=2021-07-03|website=www.sohu.com|language=zh}}</ref> The TramWave technology was especially problematic and despite 11 different modifications to the power supply, it has remained problematic, with accidents related to the power supply system happening on average 0.13 times for every thousand kilometre travelled by all trams combined,<ref>{{Cite web|last=网易|date=2021-06-06|title=几十亿建设的有轨电车，为何仅3年就被提议拆除？故障频发花费大|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/GBQUAVI905373J0O.html|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.163.com}}</ref> and has risen higher every year, with a failure rate of 0.05 in 2017.<ref name=":0" /> The power supply was especially vulnerable to rainwater, causing short circuits and electricity leakage.<ref name=":0" /> 

{{Panorama
|image = File:Zhuhai tram route map.png
|fullwidth = 1000
|fullheight = 525
|height = 180
}}

== References ==
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{{Western Guangdong & Macau transit}}
{{Rapid transit in the People's Republic of China}}
{{Zhuhai Topics}}

[[Category:Tram transport in China|Zhuhai]]
[[Category:Zhuhai]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Guangdong]]


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