Each Metro line is colour coded with reminders in the trains, in signage and on any publicity. Sadly fbb's knowledge of Mandarin ...
... is hopelessly inadequate.
We know that Line 1 was the first to emerge under State Control in 2004. Then it ran from Hangpou Road to Zongguan.
Ridership was disappointing, possibly because the line did not go very far!
This was partly redeemed in 2010 by extensions at both ends; from Zingguan to Donwu Boukevard in the west ...
... and from Hangpou Road to Dijiao in the east.
A small further extension in 2014 and a second small extension in 2017 completed the line ...
... so far.
Trains are to a fairly standard design throughout the system, but Line 1 units are driven by a real person ...
... who nips smartly out if his cab to check the doors are fully closed.
All pictures show the driver standing smartly to attention as he does his stuff. Smart is the word.
There are nominal platform barriers ...
... but for queue control rather than safety.
Being the first of a forthcoming Metro growth, Line 1 does not have the lavishness of more recent openings. All of Line 1 is above ground on viaduct.
Parts of the viaduct are equipped with glazed fences ...
... which look like sound barriers.
Some of the original stations have simple platform canopies, but those in the video from which fbb took the screenshots are more substantial. They have a bit of Docklands Light Railway about them.
The stations are probably better equipped than those on the DLR!
There seemed to be plenty of frequency trundling by in the opposite direction.
Foraging For Fares
We already know, from a few blogs back, that the maximum fare on a Wuhan city bus is 2 yen (about 20p).
Wikipedia helps us with Metro fares which are based in distance travelled.
But fares are CHEAP!
Timetable Troubles
Despite a noble effort and a trawl of numerous web sites that purport to provide Metro timetables, even the agile brain of your ailing octogenarian has so far failed.
All fbb has found is a first train/last train list for each stop on Line 1.
Well, its a start if you are thinking of a holiday in Wuhan.
fbb isn't!
Tomorrow fbb looks at recently opened Line 12.
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For the next few days, in a snippet on each blog, fbb will outline the possible reasons, the experiences and the possible consequences of the last week or so. The squeamish or hospital phobic should not read this diary!
EIGHT DAYS INSIDE (Intermission)
27th May was a day of waiting, waiting and more waiting; waiting and then waiting for a bed.
People are often quick to blame God when things go wrong; with wrong things be8ng anything from bad medical news to wars and accidents. Oddly, you don't often hear, from the same people, too much praise for God when things are going really well.
For fbb, trusting God and involving God in every part of his life is how it should be; even if his trust wavers at times.
fbb does not 'believe' in God; he knows in every inch of his mind and body the God has his front, back, top and bottom 24/7.
That means that, ultimately, fbb's future is God's business. His survival or departure is in His hands. Eternity in God's family had got to be the very best option when the time comes.
This verse comes from a well known hymn, "O Worship The King".
Says it all, doesn't it?
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