Nanjing’s metro network has become a little bit longer today, with the opening of the south section of fully-automated Line 7. And The Nanjinger just couldn’t wait to take a ride on that which offers significant convenience to our City’s residents in Hexi.
如今，随着全自动7号线南段的开通，南京的地铁网络变得更长了一些。南京人迫不及待地想要乘坐它，这为河西市民带来了极大的便利。
The new part of the Line opened to fare-paying passengers today, 28 December, at 09:00. With nine stations and at 10.66 kilometres long, Line 7 runs between Yingtian Da Jie in the north and its southerly terminus at Xishan Qiao. The Line also features interchanges with Line 2 at Luotang Lu, Line 10 at Zhongsheng and Line S3 at Yongchu Lu.
该线路的新部分于今天（12 月 28 日）09:00 向付费乘客开放。 7号线北起应天大街，南至西山桥，共设9座车站，全长10.66公里。该线路还在罗塘路与 2 号线、中升路与 10 号线以及永初路与 S3 线换乘。
As well as that convenience for Hexi residents with their daily commute, Line 7 provides for greater connectivity with oft-visited locales such as Auchan and Decathlon on Yingtian Da Jie, BenQ Hospital out of Zhongsheng and the burgeoning 1912 by Taiqing Lu.
除了方便河西居民的日常通勤外，7号线还与应天大街的欧尚、迪卡侬、中升外的明基医院、太清路新兴的1912等热门场所提供了更紧密的连接。
So how is the driverless experience? Pretty good, with nothing to fear whatsoever, but also very similar to that to be had on the north section of Line 7 which opened a year ago.
那么无人驾驶的体验如何呢？还不错，没什么好怕的，而且和一年前开通的7号线北段很像。
Front and rear, the train is like any other on the Nanjing Metro, save for the fact the driver, their cabin and controls have been removed, offering views aft and forward of the train’s progress through the tunnels.
从前面和后面看，这列火车与南京地铁上的其他火车一样，除了司机、驾驶室和控制装置已被拆除，可以看到火车在隧道中行驶的前后景色。
In place of the driver, a metro employee who stands nonchalantly at the front of the train, but not the rear. The Nanjinger suspects their presence is more to maintain social order among shutter-happy passengers than to keep an eye on the automation.
一名地铁工作人员取代了司机，漫不经心地站在火车的前部，而不是后部。 《南京人》怀疑他们的存在更多是为了维持喜欢快门的乘客的社会秩序，而不是为了监视自动化。
As to the stations on the south section of Line 7, a better design aesthetic is to be found throughout as well as some high-tech signage.
至于7号线南段的车站，到处都有更好的设计美感，也有一些高科技的标识。
With today’s opening and Line 7’s northern section already in place, that just leaves the central section, from Mufu Xi Lu to Yingtian Da Jie. We figure another year. At least.
今天开通，7号线北段已经到位，只剩下中段，从木府西路到应天大街。我们预计还有一年。至少。
It all means that the length of the Nanjing Metro network has today increased from 449 kilometres to 459.66 kilometres, and the total number of stations from 208 to 217.
这意味着南京地铁线网长度由449公里增至459.66公里，车站总数由208个增至217个。
Interested readers may also download The Nanjinger’s map of the metro network, updated today with the new section of Line 7, as the only bilingual map of the network to also contain first and last train times for every station. Find it via this link / via the services section in The Nanjinger’s official WeChat account (Id: SinoConnexion).
有兴趣的读者还可以下载《南京人》的地铁网络地图，该地图今天更新了 7 号线的新路段，这是唯一一张双语网络地图，还包含每个车站的首班车和末班车时间。通过此链接/《南京人》微信公众号（ID：SinoConnexion）服务栏目即可找到。
