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Shanghai opens new subway lines

By Andy Scott

By Andy Scott 

SHANGHAI, Jan 2 - On December 29, the Shanghai Metro opened three new subway lines and the final four stations on the newly completed line 4, finally linking Puxi to Pudong on the southern section of the ring-shaped line.

China Briefing’s photographers were on hand to explore the new editions to the city’s mass transit system, traveling over much of the eight lines and 160 stations in service. The new network features eight interchanges among several different lines, enabling passengers to switch between more trains. Daily passenger turnover is expected to jump from 2.3 million to three million as kinks in the new system are worked out.

Below are images from the first day of operations for the new, expanded Shanghai Metro network. (more…)

Full post as published by China Briefing Blog on January 02, 2008 (boomark / email).