Urban railway transportation to boom in China

Urban railway transportation to boom in China
www.chinanews.cn 2007-08-04 16:26:59







Chinanews, Beijing, August 4 – “The total scale of urban railway transportation in China is no bigger than that of London, ” said Qiu Baoxing, Vice Minister of Construction on August 2, at China Urbanization and Transportation Development Conference in Beijing.

In fact, urban railway transportation is witnessing a rapid development in China at present. By 2010, the total length of urban railways operating in China will break 1,500 km, with a total investment of 500 billion yuan.

Now, 10 big cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dalian, Nanjing and Wuhan, are blessed with the convenience of urban railways such as subway and light rail with a total length of 621 km. Another 12 cities are building urban railways of their own. Statistics show that some 837 km of urban railways are under construction in China.

By 2010,urban railway transportation will be available in 15 cities