Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway to be completed before 2010
March 13th, 2008 | by admin |“We will strive to complete ahead of time the Shanghai-Shenzhen coastal express railway, which travels through Hangzhou, Ningbo and Xiamen, in tandem with the Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway,” said Lu Dongfu, Vice Minister of Railways, yesterday.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway project plan has been submitted to related authorities, and the project is expected to be completed during the 11th Five-Year Program (2006-2010), he said. “The Shanghai-Hangzhou and Hangzhou-Ningbo railways were both designed as express railways, with maximum speeds of over 250 kilometers per hour.”
Source: China Daily – Shanghai-Hangzhou express railway to be completed before 2010.
