Beijing spends $526m to upgrade subway for Olympics

时间：2007-07-10 03:14:00

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July 9 - The Beijing Municipal1 government has spent nearly 4 billion yuan (US$526 million) to give two of its key 30-year-old-plus metro2 lines a facelift prior to next summer's Olympics.

 

Work on No.1 and No.2 subway lines, which were built in the 1960s, is expected be completed next April, the Beijing Daily Messenger reported on Sunday.

 

The average waiting time will be reduced to about 2.5 minutes from current more than three minutes, to cope better with the huge passenger flows during the Games, the newspaper quoted sources with the Beijing Subway Co. as saying.

 

A total of 180 new, modern subway cars will replace old ones on both lines and an extra 84 new ones will be added to Line 2.

 

Trains pulling the new cars will be able to carry 400 more passengers than current trains. The new cars will also be wheelchair accessible.

 

"Sample vehicles will arrive in Beijing at the end of this month," he said.

 

Currently3, Beijing has four lines totaling 114 kilometers, carrying 2.1 million passengers a day.

 

The city will have nine lines totaling 200 km by 2008, and 19 lines totaling 561.5 km by 2020.

 
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1 municipal vjAyD     
adj.市的，市政的；n.政府证券
参考例句：
  • The municipal authorities have kept the roads up well.市政当局把道路保养得不错。
  • The city is planning to build a municipal library.该市正计划建一座市立图书馆。
2 metro XogzNA     
n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)
参考例句：
  • Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
  • The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
3 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地，普遍地，当前
参考例句：
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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