Beijing to Run 561km Rail Transit Lines by 2015

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Beijing to Run 561km Rail Transit Lines by 2015


SinoCast China Transportation Watch
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BEIJING, October 30, SinoCast -- Beijing is expected to operate 19 rail transit lines with a total length of 561 kilometers by 2015, says a principal at the city's communication division on October 28, 2008. The city is now operating eight railway transit lines with a length of 200 kilometers and will have 14 lines with a length of 400 kilometers as the eight lines like the No. 4 Line, No. 6 Line, No. 8 Line and No. 9 Line are to be completed by 2012. By 2015, the rail transit network of the city will absorb a static investment of up to CNY 200 billion. Subway stations will be accessible with an average 1-kilometer walk within the fourth highway ring outside the downtown area, and there will be 1.08 kilometers of rail transit lines per square kilometers within the second highway ring. All the outer districts and new towns will have access to the network. The No. 4 Line will be operated by a Beijing-Hong Kong joint venture for 30 years, marking the first foreign-invested rail transit project in the country. The investment and operational pattern will likely be adopted in other rail transit projects of the city.


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