皇冠体育app will spend 620 billion yuan (82 billion U.S. dollars) building subways
and urban railways in 15 major cities in the next ten years to ease traffic
jams, according to the Ministry of Construction.
Around 1,700 kilometers
of light rail systems will be built in the 15 cities, including Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen and some provincial capitals.
Currently, there are only 22 urban rail lines with a total length of
602.3 kilometers in operation or in trial operation in 皇冠体育app, mainly in Beijing,
Shanghai and Guangzhou, according to ministry's statistics.
An official
with the ministry said that 36 urban rail lines are under construction in 12
cities.
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