????Behind every old photo lies an unforgettable history.
????On October 29, 1955, the No. 1 well in Karamay was happy to spray oil. With the noble responsibility and mission of winning glory for the country and making the country prosperous and strong, the seniors gathered in the magical land of Karamay, opening the curtain of the construction of the new China’s petroleum industry. The bittersweet years of generations of oil people were sown on this land of life and struggle. The buses that oil people took, the shops and barber shops they walked into… Those familiar and cordial memories that have made generations familiar to generations have witnessed the history of the city from scratch, from start to construction and development.
????The special issue of "City Memory" of our newspaper has opened a new column "Those Days" to review with you the imprints and unforgettable memories of the city.
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The shuttle buses used by oil men in the 1970s.
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????Karamay’s city buses evolved from the oil workers’ shuttle buses in the 1960s. At that time, the managers and operators of city buses were the transportation office of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration and some units with cars. In 1961, the transportation office of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration established a central dispatching room to deploy the shuttle buses and some long-distance buses from the oil field. This is the prototype of centralized and unified management of vehicles.
????After more than half a century of wind and rain, buses have been extended to every corner of the city, witnessing the vicissitudes of Karamay and the glorious journey of Karamay people in the desert.
????This issue’s "Those Years" column takes you through an old photo of the shuttle bus station to learn about the development history of urban public transportation in Karamay.
????1965
????Before
????Karamay does not have a shuttle bus, and every holiday, all units send cars to meet the basic travel needs of employees. In 1965, Karamay officially opened a shuttle bus for oil workers from the urban area to the outer exploration area, which runs every two hours. At that time, the shuttle bus took the current South Road, passing through the oil refinery, the third oil production plant, and the second oil production plant, and finally arrived at the Baijiantan bus station.
????At that time, there were fewer than 10 buses on this line, and it took two hours to travel one way. The original passenger car was a Jiefang brand short-distance car, with a total of 23 seats on the car, plus the people standing in the carriage, which could pull more than 50 people at a time. The floor of the carriage was paved with wooden boards, and some wooden strips were nailed horizontally to prevent slippage. Because the floor was not tightly sealed, the vehicles ran on gravel roads, and dust and sand would keep drilling up from the bottom of the vehicle during the process of driving. When arriving at the destination, the passengers were often choked to ashes.
????In the early 1980s
????Karamay has city buses. At that time, Karamay had only No. 1 and No. 2 bus lines.
????The starting point of the No. 1 bus is the Long March New Village, and the terminus is the current Research Institute; the starting point of the No. 2 bus is the current Heavy Oil Company, and the terminus is at the current Friendship Bridge. At that time, there were no other motor passenger vehicles in Karamay, but there were many people taking the bus. Each bus was equipped with a flight attendant, which mainly solved the difficulties of employees going to work.
????1988
????Citizens usually don’t charge money for taking the bus, only tickets. Tickets are issued uniformly by various units according to the standard timing, and the face value of the ticket is marked to take different distances. The flight attendants prepare tickets and sell them mainly to outsiders who go to Karamay to do business, but this is rarely the case.
????1993
????Unknowingly, the lives of Karamay people have undergone earth-shaking changes, and urban buses are no exception. This year, individual minibuses appeared in Karamay, which greatly relieved the transportation pressure of buses. In this year, Karamay’s urban buses began a new situation.
????1997
????The Petroleum Administration has centralized the collection of duty vehicles in various units and established a passenger transportation company for unified management. Public transportation is one of the main businesses of the passenger transportation company.
????Year 2004
????The passenger transportation company twice updated and added 54 bus shuttles.
????Year 2007
????All city buses are equipped with bus IC card systems.
????2008
????Of the 69 buses in our city, 80% are clean and comfortable Huanghai buses.
????Now.
????Karamay has opened 29 bus lines in the city center, and each bus line in the city sends buses every 15 minutes on average from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, providing great convenience for citizens to travel.
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