Shanghai

: Alternate meanings: See Shanghai (disambiguation)

Transportation

Shanghai has an excellent public transportation system and in contrast to other major Chinese cities has clean streets and surprisingly little air pollution (ranked 22nd best in the 2003 official report on air quality among 42 major cities in China, compared to 36th, 35th and 41th for Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing respectively).

Related Topics:
Beijing - Tianjin - Chongqing

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The public transportation system in Shanghai is flourishing: Shanghai has more than one thousand bus lines and the Shanghai Metro (subway) has four lines (numbers 1, 2, 3, 5) at present. According to the development schedule of the Government, by the year 2010, another 8 lines will be built in Shanghai.

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Bus - Shanghai Metro

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Shanghai has two airports: Hongqiao and Pudong International. Transrapid (a German maglev company, which has a test track in Emsland, Germany), constructed the first operational maglev railway in the world, from Shanghai's Long Yang Road subway station to Pudong International Airport. It was inaugurated in 2002. Commercial exploitation has started in 2003. It takes 7 mins to travel 30km and it reaches a maximum speed of 431 km/h.

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Airport - Hongqiao - Pudong International - Transrapid - Maglev - Emsland - Germany - 2002 - 2003

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As of December 2004, Shanghai's port is the largest in the world.

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December 2004 - Port

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Three railways intersect in Shanghai: Jinghu Railway (Beijing-Shanghai) Railway passing through Nanjing (京沪线), Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway (沪杭线 Hu Hang Line), and Xiaoshan-Ningbo (萧甬线 Xiao Yong Line). Shanghai has three passenger railway stations, Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai West Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station.

Related Topics:
Railway - Jinghu Railway - Nanjing - Hangzhou - Ningbo - Shanghai Railway Station - Shanghai West Railway Station - Shanghai South Railway Station

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Expressways from Beijing (Jinghu Expressway) and from the region around Shanghai liaise with the city. There are ambitious plans to build expressways to connect Chongming Island. Shanghai's first ring road expressway is now complete.

Related Topics:
Beijing - Jinghu Expressway

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Within Shanghai itself, there are elevated roads, which appear expressway-like in road conditions (direction-separated lanes). Tunnels and bridges are used to link Puxi to Pudong.

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