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It is -15 degree C on the morning of December 29th, 2018, two brand new trolley-bus routes begin to operate at dawn, and hence Baoding becomes the 29th city in China to ever operate a trolley-bus system and 11th currently active system.
The new system consists of three routes, 902, 903, and 901 which is essentially the combination of 902 and 903, however on the inauguration day, only 902 and 903 are open, 901 will follow later. I have attached a very comprehensive Chinese-English bilingual introduction of the new trolley system for your enjoyment. This introduction is created by the municipal government of Baoding, and surprisingly the English portion is nowhere near as Chinglish as I have ever seen.
The new route 902 runs from Qing-yuan Transit Center to High Tech Industrial Park; route 903 runs from High Tech Industrial Park to Da-wang-dian Transit Center, and the future route 901 runs from Qing-yuan Transit Center to Da-wang-dian Transit Center, the system runs in north-south direction.
The planned fleet consists of 18 Foton articulated trolleys similar to Beijing's BRT2, and 17 rigid Yutong trolleys similar Shanghai's "medium capacity transit" route 71, however only the Yutong coaches are delivered at this time, and hence the holding back of route 901.
Zachary Jiang