Chengdu Metro

Earlier in 2018 life took me to Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China.  I had time for a quick ride out on Chengdu's modern metro system.  First and foremost, everything was in [a variant of] Chinese, and English.

Signage in Chengdu Airport.  The Chinese like to give everything a number so suggests a routing that's rather more complicated than it is.

Tourist orientated map of Chengdu Metro.  Other than spicy, chilli laced foods, Chengdu is most famous for panda sanctiary and breeding: top right there is an extension shown to 'Panda Street' which I believe was actually open at the time of visiting - but the rate of construction of metros in China I forgive them for not keeping every map up to date!

Ticker machine.  Tickets are usually bought by selecting the destination station on the screen.  Prices are just a few yuan, comfortably less than £1 for any journey.

Tickets are issued on reusable plastic cards. Presumably this batch was specially issued when the airport line opened.

Come on in!  Nice clear signage.

At the time of visiting this queuing system was not in operation, but looks like it's needed for the peaks. 

Security is taken seriously, with airport style checks on entering stations. However I have no idea what the perceived benefit of this poster is!

Platform edge doors. This could be pretty much anywhere in China (or the Elizabeth line!)

The red line

Typical train interior.  Again it could be any modern far eastern metro.

LCD screens in trains show these very nifty diagrams of the next station, showing where you are relative to the lifts, escalators or stairs!

More conventional interior display.

Taking a page out of a Japanese (or LUL, late noughties) marketing campaign on behaviours.

Chinese rolling stock.  Alas neither time nor knowledge allowed any photos of the trains!

Another station layout, this one also showing interchanges from the turquoise line to the red and blue lines. Brilliant!

And finally this train has an interior all over advertisement.