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Lilac Light Rail Route 115
Lilac Light Rail Route 115 (Chinese:麗蓮輕鐵115綫) is a Lilac Light Rail route connecting Winry and Hot Springs, and is jointly owned by Qingli Railways and Lilypad Rail.
| Lilac Light Rail Route 115 麗蓮輕鐵115綫 |
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| Overview | |
| Operate location | Yankton Eden Toitoi Spawn |
| Transit type | Light Rail Transit |
| System | Lilac Light Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Starting stop | Winry |
| Terminus | Hot Springs |
| Technical | |
| Character | Overground At-grade Underground |
| Maximum speed | 60km/h |
| Number of stations | 13 |
| Track gauge | 1435mm (4 ft 0.5 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 750 DC Third Rail |
| Depot | Yi Long Depot |
| Rolling stock | Light Rail Phase I Light Rail Phase III Light Rail Phase IV Light Rail Phase V |
| Number of cars | 1 or 2 |
| Service | |
| Opened | 6 May 2023, 5 months ago |
| Owner(s) | Qingli Railways Lilypad Rail |
| Operator(s) | Lilypad Rail |
History
On 30 April 2023, during the construction of the South Continental Line, Lilypad Rail had made an assessment and released a plan to connect Winry and Ishima stations. The former is the terminus of the Blau LRT, and the latter being a stop on the South Continental Line. The line was thus named “Blau LRT Branch Line” despite not being connected track-wise to the original Blau LRT.
On 6 May 2023, Blau LRT Eastbound (Blau LRT Branch Line) was completed. S43-Tech Light Rail Vehicles were used at that time.
On 9 May 2023, the Blau LRT Branch Line was converted into Lilac Light Rail Route 115. The rolling stock was also changed to Hong Kong LRVs. A proposal was dropped on the same day, which planned to connect Ishima with the Eden Circular loop through Yi Lok stop. However, due to limitations brought by the heritage tracking between Yi Sin and Yi Lok, route 115 was instead rerouted to connect the Eden loop through Yi Yao, with a infill stop between Ishima and Yi Yao, Yi Nam, right in the south of Yi Sin stop. The whole plan was to connect all the way to Hot Springs, however, as the connection between Spruce Forest and Puketeraki was not completed, 115 was planned to temporarily terminate at Yi Long stop, which is the depot location for route 115. The extension completed on 10 May 2023.
On 22 October 2023, the track connection between Spruce Forest and Puketeraki is completed. Route 115 is thus extended to Hot Springs. Yi Long stop is then removed from the system.
Stations
| Fare Zone | Name | District | Connections | Opened | |
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2A | Winry 冬浮島 | Yankton |   | 6 May 2023 | |
2 | Ishima 伊島 | |
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| Ishima | South Continental Line | ||||
| Ikawa | Dai Yunlong Line Snowie Line |
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| Yi Nam 伊南 | Kallos | | 10 May 2023 | ||
| Yi Yao 伊瑤 |   | 20 August 2022 | |||
| Yi Yao | Guri Bay Line | ||||
| Izu 伊茲 | |
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| Purple Leaves 紫葉 | |
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| New Red Leaves 新紅葉 | |
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| New Red Leaves | South Continental Line | ||||
1 | Spruce Forest 杉木林 | | 20 August 2022 | ||
| Puketeraki 普基帝拉基 | Toitoi |  | 10 September 2022 | ||
3 | Toitoi 泰太 |  |
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| Toitoi | Azalea CL North Coast Line AT Metro AT Regional |
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| Two Point Five Ka Tsuen 二點五家村 | | 4 December 2022 | |||
| Yau Tong 油塘 |
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| Hot Springs 炎春 | Spawn |  | 24 August 2022 | ||
| Remarks | |||||
| - : Blau LRT - : Schwarz LRT |
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Fare Zones
- Fare Zone 1: Spruce Forest ⇄ Puketeraki
- Fare Zone 2: Ishima ⇄ New Red Leaves
- Fare Zone 2A: Winry
- Fare Zone 3: Toitoi ⇄ Hot Springs
Route 115 can meet up with other routes: 102, 762, 801, 801P, 802
Independent Sections
- Track section between Spruce Forest and Puketeraki
- Track section between Yi Yao and Winry
Depot Route
| Lilac Light Rail Route 115D 麗蓮輕鐵115D綫 |
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| Overview | |
| Operate location | Yankton Eden |
| Transit type | Light Rail Transit |
| System | Lilac Light Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Starting stop | Winry |
| Terminus | Yi Yao |
| Technical | |
| Character | At-grade Underground |
| Maximum speed | 60km/h |
| Number of stations | 4 |
| Track gauge | 1435mm (4 ft 0.5 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 750 DC Third Rail |
| Depot | Yi Long Depot |
| Rolling stock | Light Rail Phase I Light Rail Phase III Light Rail Phase IV Light Rail Phase V |
| Number of cars | 1 or 2 |
| Service | |
| Opened | 22 October 2023 |
| Owner(s) | Qingli Railways Lilypad Rail |
| Operator(s) | Lilypad Rail |
The depot trains for this route, running exactly the same as route 115, entered service on 20 October 2023. However, trains stops service at the stop right before Light Rail Depot, then travels back to the depot.