China
In the past, trams were used in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities in mainland China. The only cities with a conventional tram network now are the seaside cities of Dalian in Liaoning province, which as of 2003 had three working lines and Changchun in Jilin province. The city of Anshan, in Liaoning, had a single tram line from 1956 till the late 1990s and the track was dug up in 2006. Tianjin and Shanghai had recently introduced rubber tired trams - TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram and Zhangjiang Tram. Wuhan, Shenyang and Suzhou have new light rail systems under construction. While Beijing, Zhuhai, Nanjing and Shenzhen are planning tram networks for the future.
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