They’re calling it “Little Yellow”. And it’s the first train to run along the tracks of Nanjing Metro Line 5. It’s also a long-awaited sign that we are now perhaps just a bit more than 6 months from being able to ride the line ourselves, since work began in 2016.
他们管它叫“小黄”。这是南京地铁 5 号线第一列列车。这也是一个期待已久的信号，表明自 2016 年开工以来，我们现在距离能够自行乘坐该线路仅用了 6 个多月的时间。
Yesterday, 30 August, saw Little Yellow (小黄) successfully return to the Nanjing Metro depot at Shuichang Jie after it completed the Line’s first hot-sliding tests all the way along the Jiangning section of Line 5 between the stations on Wenjing Lu and Jiyin Avenue.
昨天8月30日，小黄完成了5号线江宁段文景路站至吉印大道站间的首次热滑测试，顺利返回南京地铁水厂街车辆段。
Such hot sliding tests that check connectivity between a line’s overhead catenary and the train’s pantograph are one of the key milestones along the journey for any electrified-rail project.
这种检查线路架空接触网与火车受电弓之间连接性的热滑动测试是任何电气化铁路项目过程中的关键里程碑之一。
Thanks to Nanjing Metro’s post on their official WeChat account, we also yesterday got our first look at the interior of Line 5 trains; Little Yellow has been named aptly.
通过南京地铁官方微信的发帖，我们昨天也第一次看到了5号线列车的内部；小黄的名字起得恰如其分。
The nine stations along the 13-kilometre stretch of Line 5’s southern section comprise Wenjing Lu, Dong Shan, Xinting Lu, Zhushan Lu, Kening Lu, Qianzhuang, Chengxin Avenue, Jiulong Lake South and Jinyin Avenue.
5号线南段全长13公里，共设文景路、东山、新亭路、珠山路、垦宁路、钱庄、诚信大道、九龙湖南、金银大道9个车站。
Line 5 has been the most demanding of lines for Nanjing Metro in terms of construction. The only other line that comes close in terms of engineering challenges was Line 1. But that was 20 years ago, when Nanjing was less developed, there were no other metro lines in the way and, er, there was no COVID.
5号线一直是南京地铁建设要求最高的线路。唯一在工程挑战方面接近的另一条线路是 1 号线。但那是 20 年前，当时南京还不太发达，没有其他地铁线路，呃，也没有新冠疫情。
Line 5 has also had to contend with many archeological relics, such as the Ming Dynasty imperial palace of Chaotian Gong. Then there has been the former site of the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank at the junction of Taiping Lu and Jiankang Lu. Now a branch of the ICBC, the unique triangular architecture of the building and the story of the bank itself have strong links to the Republican era, a time fiercely protected by local authorities.
5号线还不得不与许多考古遗址抗衡，例如明代皇宫朝天宫。还有位于太平路与健康路交界处的上海商业储蓄银行旧址。现在是中国工商银行的一家分行，该建筑独特的三角形建筑和银行本身的故事与民国时代有着密切的联系，那个时代受到地方当局的大力保护。
Metro regulations state that there must be at least two tunnel diameters (12.4 metres) between a line’s tunnel and any cultural relic; any less and it is feared vibrations from both construction and trains running may damage the city’s cultural heritage.
地铁法规规定，线路隧道与任何文物之间必须至少有两个隧道直径（12.4米）；如果再少，人们担心建筑和火车运行产生的振动可能会损害城市的文化遗产。
Then there is the fact that Line 5 will have no less than seven interchanges with other lines, namely Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and S1. Of these, that with Line 7 (Fujian Lu) is of note for it being the first station built to accommodate two lines simultaneously.
此外，5号线将与其他线路（即1号线、2号线、3号线、4号线、7号线和S1号线）有不少于7个换乘处。其中，7号线（福建路）值得注意，因为它是第一个同时容纳两条线路的车站。
All in all, it means Nanjing Metro Line 5 will not be far off a decade in the making when complete, when most metro lines in China typically take 5 years to build. For the good folks of Jiangning District, the news is better; with fewer challenges, this shall be the first section of Line 5 to begin operations.
总而言之，这意味着南京地铁 5 号线建成后的建设时间将不远，而中国大多数地铁线路的建设通常需要 5 年时间。对于江宁区的好心人来说，是个好消息；由于挑战较少，这将是 5 号线首个开始运营的路段。
Work is proceeding at pace to have those stations in Jiangning complete as soon as possible. The Nanjinger recently spoke with a construction worker at the Kening Lu site who confirmed that this publication has previously reported; they’ll be done by year end.
江宁站的建设工作正在紧锣密鼓地进行中，争取尽快竣工。 《南京人》最近采访了垦宁路工地的一名建筑工人，他证实本刊之前曾报道过；他们将在年底前完成。
Then we’re looking at 2-3 months of tests of trains with passengers who are in fact Nanjing Metro employees. They’ll be ironing out the wrinkles to make our travelling experience on Line 5 as pleasant and efficient as possible, beginning, fingers crossed, before April 2024.
然后我们将对列车进行为期 2-3 个月的测试，乘客实际上是南京地铁的员工。他们将在 2024 年 4 月之前开始消除问题，让我们在 5 号线的旅行体验尽可能愉快和高效。
