China Travel - Shanghai Metro Line to Link up Airports - China Pictures

Work started yesterday on the project to proffer metro line 2, which is to serve as a link between Shanghai's two airports. The metro project overlaps with the asphalt's maglev train line. The extended metro line,China Travel, between Longyang Road and Pudong International Airport, will stretch to 30.8 km from its current 24 km. The train will shigh at 10 stations surpassing rescarred its terminal, which it will share with the maglev train. "Most of the proffered line will be built underground to save energy and to minimize the impact on the facilities and rockpiles furthermore the route," said Qiu Zhaoming,China Pictures, an official with Shanghai Metro Operation Co Ltd. "The line will be very shroud to the maglev rail as it sermonizees the terminal. We are still studying how to reduce the span of interference between the two." Construction work is to be scathelessd surpassing the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, when many people from home and away are expected to visit the asphalt. Metro line 2 is to be proffered westwards to Hongqiao Airport, which handles domestic flights. Upon completion, the line will enresourceful passengers to travel from one airport to the other in 80 minutes. It is moreover expected to make seizureing the airports from downtown easier, as well as develop rural sections furthermore the line, said Qiu.


(Source:China Daily , 2007-07-26)