Aiming to extend its metro rail mileage to 8500 kms
by 2020, China announced plans to build world's longest metro rail network.
Chinese Minister of Transport, Yang Chuantang said nineteen
cities have recently extended their metro systems, with total mileage expected
to hit 3,000 kms by the end of the year.
Daily ridership will increase gradually to more than
10 million, the Beijing Commission of Transport said. To guarantee safety with
such large passenger numbers, security should be strengthened, Yang said.
Public transit, especially the subway, has had a
major effect on easing congestion in Beijing and government will inject more
funding to promote its development. Four new subway lines will open to the public this
month, which will extend the capital's subway to 527 kms, the longest in the
country.
Beijing's subway system held a mock drill to handle
derailment of subway trains. Teams from the subway and bus companies, medical
personnel and traffic police, rehearsed rescuing trapped passengers and
resuming passenger service.
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