[CN] maglev connecting five 'new cities'

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[CN] maglev connecting five 'new cities'

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[CN] maglev connecting five 'new cities'
Better transport connections will ensure the success of Shanghai's core strategy to build five "new cities" in its suburban areas through 2025, deputies said in their suggestions to government during the ongoing Shanghai People's Congress.

The economy of the five "new cities," in Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and Nanhui, will account for one-third of the whole city, and their household population is expected to reach 3.6 million by 2025.

The connections between the five "new cities" and the rest of the city are wanting in terms of public transport and railway choices, said Yu Qiujing, secretary of the board and director of the legal affairs office of Shanghai Yimin Food No. 1 Factory Group Co, a Bright Food International company.

"The Metro miles in suburban districts are disproportionate to those in urban areas, and there are only a few public transport means from the 'new cities' to airports and major railway terminals," she said.

"This restricts the development of the 'new cities' to a certain extent."

Yu suggested that a maglev line be built to connect all five "new cities" and also to connect them to airports and major railway terminals.

"This line can also potentially be connected to future maglev lines connecting Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing," she said.

This, she added, will significantly boost the travel convenience for people between the "new cities," the rest of Shanghai and other parts of the Yangtze River Delta region.

A maglev line connecting Longyang Road Metro Station and the Pudong International Airport has been operating for 18 years and runs at a top speed of 430 kilometers per hour.

Wang Zhenzhong, general manager of Shanghai Tianyang Steel Pipe Co, a company based in Fengxian District, supported Yu's opinion.

"Shanghai aims to reduce the travel time from urban areas to other key junctions in the Yangtze River Delta region to one hour, but it takes two hours or longer to travel from the city center to some suburban areas by public transport," he said.
Source: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2201211038/ Accessed 2022-01-22.
Note: The report is an account from a Chinese source. Media in PR China are subject to strict censorship.
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