Improved railway links between Shanghai, Nanjing
6/12/2004 17:23
Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
Railway service
between Shanghai and Nanjing, the capital city of Shanghai's neighboring Jiangsu
Province, will be more frequent and faster starting Wednesday, today's Shanghai
Morning Post reported.
Citing sources from the local railway authority, the
report said the two latest models of Bombardier trains will be put in service on
the route this week, so that during the peak hours between 8.30 am and 9.00 am,
there will be service every seven minutes.
With an average speed at 132.7
kilometers per hour and a peak speed at 160 kilometers per hour, the new trains
will complete the ride with two hours and 17 minutes, 25 minutes shorter than
the existing fastest service on the route by a bullet-train.
The ticket price
is 52 yuan (US$6.3) for a normal seat and 79 yuan for a soft-cushion seat, both
about 10 percent more than the current charges.
With the added trains and
re-adjusted schedules, the railway service has increased passenger capacity by
about 6,000 passengers each day, equivalent to more than 150 buses, according to
Liu Jianmin, vice director with Shanghai Railways Bureau.
The more frequent
and faster service has realized the city's plan to provide bus-service-like
railway service between Shanghai and Nanjing in addition to the existing line
between Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital of Shanghai's neighboring Zhejiang
Province, he added.
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