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The metro operator, Shanghai Shentong Group, is busy adding new trains to increase the Metro’s limited capacity.

Eighteen seven-carriage trains, which can each carry more than 2,100 passengers, are expected to be added to Line 8 by the end of the year.

One of them has already arrived but the Metro authority is still testing it, officials said yesterday. At the moment 24 trains run on the line.

One month into the trial on the second extension of Line 8, nearly 360,000 commuters took the …

The Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway, which will cut travel time to 75 minutes, is set to open in July, Wenhui Daily reported today.
Currently it takes at least 120 minutes to travel from Shanghai to Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, by train.
The train will reach speed of over 300 kilometers per hour.
Construction started in July last year on the 300km rail line, which will cost 39.46 billion yuan(US$5.77 billion).
A 251km rail link between Nangjing and Hangzhou is also under constru…

The steel structure of a railway station in the Hongqiao Integrated Transport Hub is expected to be completed by the end of next month, a month ahead of schedule, the Shanghai Railway Bureau said yesterday.

Meanwhile, construction of an elevated road connecting the transport hub with downtown will start next month and should be completed in time for the 2010 World Expo.

About 35 percent of the above-ground steel structure of the Hongqiao Railway Station, the Shanghai end of the high-speed …

The north park of the Beijing Olympic Forest Park will finally open to visitors on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, the Beijing News reported Wednesday.

The whole Park, including the north and south parts, will be open to visitors free of charge for the national holiday week that begins on October 1. After October 8, visitors will then have to pay a small fee to get in.

The north park, which comprises 300 hectares of the 680-hect…

According to Chinese news, tourist attractions Tianchi Jiuhuashan Anhui Provinceis expected toopen on October 1.

Jiuhua Tianchi major tourist attractions projects suburb to play advantage and pillow Hill have characteristics of water resources, relying on the main urban areas, scenic areas and docking Jiuhuashan to keep in good health for leisure, to create eco-licensing, and leisure articles, create a dream Tianchi , quiet mountain of the tourism image.In May last year, the Tourism Developme…

The train was great as our destination was the only stop. The only downfall was that we were on the half of the train that went backwards. As soon as we got off the train, Phil, our city guide, was there to pick us up. We talked about Chongqing and he asked us if we had any hot pot experiences. We told him about our failed attempt the night before so he called and arranged a very nice one for us. It was all you could eat and drink. He showed us how to properly prepare our food in the hot pot and…

You are not a man of courage if you don’t climb the Great Wall, as a Chinese saying goes. Last week I did really become a brave girl to climb the Great Wall. The choice of climbing the Great Wall was really a kind of challenge for me. I never thought I could be this brave. The experience of Great Wall adventure told me that I can do much more than I imagine, if I can be brave enough.

Being the first time to visit the Great Wall, you can imagine my excitement. Moreover, it was a two-day tough…

The Yellow River

With a drainage area of 752,443 square kilometers, the Yellow River is as long as 5,600 kilometers. It is the second longest river in China next to the Yangtze River. Bayankara Mountain, which is situated in Chinas Qinghai Province, is the source of the Yellow River. This great water artery flows through nine provinces in north China, including Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. When it passes the Yellow Earth Plateau o…