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New coach hub to open for Spring Festival
17/12/2004 16:29

Gucci Go/Shanghai Daily news

Located in Shanghai, Asia's largest coach station will begin operation during the 2005 spring festival, helping to relieve the congestion caused by heavy passenger use at that time, reported today's Oriental Morning Post.
The new station consists of a round ticket hall, a wing shape waiting area, a business building and a three-story parking lot. A 30-meter corridor next to the ticket hall will connect with entries to Shanghai Railway Station, and Metro Lines One and Three. Upon its completion, the new station will transport 20,000 passengers per day, up to one third of the city's total.
The two existing coach stations in the neighborhood of the railway station cannot meet the continuously increasing customer demand. Experts have estimated that 473, 000 passenger will flow through one of these local coach hubs during the next spring festival.  
Also under discussion is the proposal to include  10 special ticket windows for the Shanghai Railway Station in the coach hub.