Starting Monday September 22nd, Hangzhou trolley-bus route 290 is replaced with diesel electric hybrid bus, leaving a solo full time trolley route to operate in a city of nearly 4 million population. Attached are two photos that I took on February 16, 2007 during my trip to Hangzhou, photo 104 showing a Flxible trolley at the south end terminus of Xiongzhenlou, photo 105 showing two trolleys on the opposite end of the line, Wensan Road (Fuxing Garden Estate), Wensan Road terminus was also shared by trolley route 159 at the time.
从9月22日开始，290路无轨电车替换为了油电混合动力客车，因而这座四百万人口的城市只剩下了一条全电车线路。附件中的两张照片拍摄于2007年2月16日，104图上的是一辆在雄镇楼总站的290路福莱西宝款式的无轨电车，而105图则显示了两辆在另一端总站的电车，这是府新花园总站，位于文三西路上，同时159路也在此终到始发。
The passage to DE conversion can be traced back to the end of last year when Wensan Road was cordoned off for sewage construction and road traffic realignment. Route 159 ceased operation on a supposedly temporary base, and route 290 was diverted to Hangzhou North Long Distance Bus Station. The Hangzhou North LDBS saw very little trolley traffic ever since the dieselizaion of route K555 and total cancellation of 155/K155, but the reintroduction of 290 brought some hope of rejuvenation of city's ever dwindling trolley system. The plan was that once the sewage construction on Wensan Road was completed, the street would be converted to a one-way westbound street with one counter flow lane reserved for bus traffic. Overhead was to be reinstalled to allow the return of route 159 to Fuxing Garden Estate (Drum Tower ~ Fuxing), while route 290 would permanently set foot at Hangzhou North. This plan could see most of the remaining overhead network utilized. In March 2008, after the completion of sewage construction, overhead reinstallation indeed began, but by April overhead work stagnated, and by May, under the direction of the anti-trolley mayor, the half completed overhead was ordered to be torn down through a haste decision not to reinstate trolley service on Wensan Road. The suspension of route 159 thus became permanent. Facing with a surplus fleet of prime age trolley coaches, the trolley company was forced to seek other alternatives to better utilize their equipment, and that came the overhead-to-battery trolleys for route 188 that I initially posted on August 9th. Now the attack on trolley system went even deeper as route 290 was ordered to return to wireless Fuxing Garden Estate with a replacement fleet of diesel electric hybrid buses.
290路的柴改电可以追溯到去年年末，当时正值文三路封闭污水管道施工以及路面整治，159路电车被迫暂停运营，而290路则改道运行至长途汽车北站。这个总站自从K555路柴改电以及155、K155路停驶以后鲜有电车运营，因此290路的进驻北站给日渐萧条的杭州电车系统带来了希望。按照当时的计划，由西向东单向形式的文三路将会继续保留逆向的公交专用道，原有的电车线网将会更新后继续给159路行驶至府新花园南（鼓楼至府新花园南），而290路将会永久留在汽车北站，这样杭州的电车线网将会被利用到最大程度。
2008年3月，污水管道工程结束，电车线网更新工作正式启动。但是到了4月，电车线网工程被迫停工。在同年5月，在一个憎恨电车的市领导的命令之下，已经架设过半的文三路电车线网被全部拆除。暂停运行的159路恢复无望。为了这些剩余的壮年电车，电车公司只得寻求其它解决途径，因此几台由无轨电车改装的电电混合动力客车开始加盟188路柴油线（我曾经在8月9日刊登过这条消息），但是由于290路被命令使用油电客车取代无轨电车使得杭州电车系统情况更为糟糕。
The Flxible trolleys seen in the attached photos are produced by Hangzhou Changjiang Coach Manufacturing Ltd., these coaches have only seen revenue operations in the city of Hangzhou. A total of 87 coaches were ever produced, the last batch was in May of 2001. Initially 45 units were non air-conditioned, these coaches were numbered as 50XX, 32 units were OEM air-conditioned trolleys, these coaches were numbered as 57XX. Later on, a further 20 units were retro-fitted with airconditioners, these coaches were renumbered as 55XX. Currently one OEM air-conditioned trolley is lost in a fire, the remaining 86 units are in operational condition but not fully used. Since Hangzhou also operates a fleet of articulated trolleys, the total number of trolleys in operational condition is actually at 115 units. With the DE conversion of route 290, some coaches are relocated to route 151--the only remaining corridor trolley route, and some are to undergo overhead-to-battery surgery for route 188. However still as many as 50 units are towed into storage waiting for the inevitable scrapping.
附件中的福莱西宝款式的电车由杭州长江客车有限公司制造，而杭州是这些车唯一运行的城市，总共有87台，最后一批问世于2001年5月间。最初的45台没有安装空调，编号为50打头。而32台是为福莱西宝定牌生产，编号为57打头。稍后，电车公司将20台普通车改装成了空调车，编号改为55打头。57打头的一辆定牌车毁于一起自燃事故，因此目前总共还剩下86台，但并没有全部投入运营。另外杭州还有铰接式无轨电车运营，因此所有电车的总数为115台。由于290路的柴改电，一些车辆将继续投入到151路上，一些可能会考虑改装为电电动力客车，而剩下的则只能停止使用直到报废。
Among all Chinese trolley systems, Hangzhou trolley system is the one that experiences most turmoil. In other parts of China, closure comes rather quickly, but in Hangzhou it is an endless torment of tossing around. It seems that trolley routes are to suffer chronic wounds in rerouting or even total casulty every six months. At its peak, Hangzhou operated an extensive trolley network with seven routes and 227 coaches. Even till this day, overhead maintainence is well performed to the extend that visual pollution reduction treatment was consciously practiced, and multi-purpose poles for street lamps and trolley supporting structures are widely adopted throughout the city. In comparison to her nearest neighbor, Shanghai, Hangzhou Trolley company scores higher in terms of its own determination to run an efficient trolley system. Nevertheless the anti-trolley sentiment is so strong right now, such that all the lost routes, 152, 155, 156, 159, 290 and K555 fell victims of poorly coordinated construction plans that seen city streets ripped open and closed and ripped open again, as well as deliberate sabatoge from the anti-trolley city government that conspire to eliminate vital survival space needed for trolley-bus through repeated so called traffic realignment.
在中国所有电车系统里，杭州系统的经历可以说是最复杂。在中国的其它区域，通常会快速关闭电车系统了事，而杭州则是永无止境的折腾与反复。好像每六个月就要调整一次走向甚至受到一次重创。在鼎盛时期，杭州总共有7条线路的227台电车同时运营。目前，为了减小视觉污染，杭州几乎所有的馈线都埋入地下，两杆合一（路灯与电车）的运用也在城内大量推广。相比邻近城市上海，杭州电车公司花费大量精力旨在提高电车系统的运行效率。然而，现在杭州的反电势力过于强大，伴随着道路无休止的开挖，152、155、156、159、290和555路已经成为了牺牲品，这一切都是因为视电车为眼中钉的反电政府通过“道路整治”这样的蓄意阴谋而屡屡得逞。
With route 290 gone, route 151 is now extended from Hangzhou Rail-way Station to Xiongzhenlou. The experimental operation of overhead-to-battery trolleys on route 188 may see some expansion. The overhead to Drum Tower terminus is left unused since the suspension of route 159.
由于290路的离去，151路因此从杭州火车站延伸到了雄镇楼。188路上的电电混合动力客车有可能会被推广，但鼓楼电车总站由于159路的停驶而继续荒废着……
英文作者：爱德蒙顿
友情翻译：jason [水平有限，敬请谅解]
https://bbs.hangzhou.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5106692 by 爱德蒙顿
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