Shenyang Begins Subway Construction

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Construction on the No. 1 subway project in Shenyang, the most important industrial city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, began Friday and the project is expected to be finished at the end of 2009. </P>
<>With a length of 22.2 km, the subway project, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, will start from Zhangshi in Shenyang economic and technological development zone in the west and end at Liming Cultural Museum in the east, with 18 stops, according to Xing Kai, vice mayor of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning. </P>
<>With a budget of 8.88 billion yuan (about 1.1 billion US dollars), the subway will undertake an average train speed of 35 km per hour and a maximum speed limit of 80 km per hour. It will be put into service in December 2009 and will be capable of handling more than 300,000 passengers daily in the beginning. </P>
<>As one of the key cities in northeast China, Shenyang had a population of 7.2 million by 2004. Buses constitute the backbone of the city's public transportation system. </P>
<>Mayor Chen Zhenggao said that in accordance with the city's overall subway system construction plan, Shenyang will built two west-east lines, two south-north lines, a loop line and two branch lines in the coming years, which stretch 182.5 km in total. </P>
<>Construction will also begin on another subway project, the No. 2 subway line, this time next year, said the mayor. </P>
<>Subway services are available in China's Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen cities.</P>

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