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Shanghai-Nanjing rail link approved
News from Xinhua News Agency said that the National Development and Reform Commission has approved a 39.45-billion-yuan ($5.52 billion) plan to build a high-speed passenger rail between Shanghai and Nanjing.
The new line will be completed in four years and shorten travel along the 300 km route from two hours to 72 minutes, the report said. On completion, the trains will run 24 hours a day at intervals of three minutes during peak hours. The plan is aimed at alleviating traffic on one of the country's busiest lines.
The annual passenger flow of the line is expected to hit 26.35 million by 2020 and 38.44 million by 2030, officials said.
The trains will pass 25 cities including Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou, integrating the region in a fast-rail network and connecting any two cities in the Yangtze Delta area within two hours, officials said.
Source: China Daily
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