this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
6 points (71.4% liked)
Public Transport
534 readers
3 users here now
Everything about public transportation!
founded 7 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The built up is absolutly insanely incredbily, but at the same time, you got to be honest and consider that Chengdu has a population of nearly 21million, whereas Tronto is at about 3million. Toronto also has a larger tram network then Chengdu. If you would compare it to a large European city, you also have to consider regional rail. Chengdu has no regular train station closer then 5km to the city center.
Again it is insane how quickly China builts metros, but metros are not the only viable form of public transit.
Here is Berlins (pop. 3.7 mil.) metro and rapid transit train network:
Remarkably similar design, a ring route with routes coming out in all directions. In Berlin the rapid transit trains are more focused in the middle and only really diverge at the ring with metros covering most of the space. While in Chengdu the trains don't share a rail, (except for the airport service) and have longer branch lines.
The regional trains (thin red lines on the map) in Berlin go through the center similar to the rapid transit and make a few stops along some of the branch lines and the high speed rail only stops at the main station and one major station in each cardinal direction (marked with the train in a yellow circle).
Also here is the tram network, it's mostly east Berlin (guess when the other half was demolished), but slowly branching out into the west:
