Construction for a new railway between Beijing and
Shanghai will start this year which would be able to run passenger
trains at 200 km/h.
The construction was ratified by the State Council on
March 7 and is now at the stage of investigation, Wednesday's Beijing Daily quoted an
official with the Ministry of Railway as saying.
Following the present progress, the railway is likely
to start construction this year, said Su Shun, deputy director of
transportation department with the ministry.
Century-old Beijing-Shanghai railway was completed in
1912 and is China's busiest railway as regions along it are the
most prosperous economic corridor of the country.
Last year, regions along Beijing-Shanghai railway made
43.2 percent of the gross domestic production.
The railway faced a huge demand and could not meet the
requirement, said the report. Construction of a new express highway
connecting the two cities has been under discussion for a dozen of
years.
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2006)
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