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The Shanghai subway is
one of the youngest in the world and might become the most rapidly expanding
if the same pace of construction continues. After the first line opened in
1995 as a north-south axis from the Central Station to the southern suburbs,
a first section of the second line followed only four years later.
A third line, the so-called
Pearl Line, has been developed out of a former ring railway, mainly elevated,
to run from Baoshan Steel Complex in the north via Shanghai Railway Station
to Caoxi Rd. in the south (36 km, 21 stations). Construction of the first
25 km section with 19 stations (3 at grade) between Caoxi Rd and Jiangwan
was completed in May 2000 and opened 26 Dec 2000 for trial operation. Regular
service is scheduled to start in Aug. 2001. Until the fleet of 28 Alstom
Megapolis 6-car trains arrives, trains borrowed from the other lines offer
a limited service.
In Sept. 2001 number of
trains was increased on all three lines, 17 trains serving on Line 1, 10
on Line 2 and 9 on the Pearl Line.
Related Links: Shanghai
Metro at Metroplanet
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