Shanghai metro "bullet train" slated for 2014
Shanghai metro authorities have almost finished installing the fastest train in the city’s history along the newly-constructed line 16 subway route - a 59-kilometer-track connecting Lingang New City to Longyang Road. According to subway officials, the 46 new ‘bullet’ trains will undergo a trial run sometime this year. By 2014, line 16 will open to the public. (Shanghaiist)
1 year ago
China tests 500 km/h super high-speed train
China launched a super-rapid test train over the weekend which is capable of travelling 500 kilometers per hour, state media said on Monday, as the country moves ahead with its railway ambitions despite serious problems on its high-speed network. (Reuters)
1 year ago
Where is the sun?
Photo by le niners
1 year ago
A complete guide to China's high-speed rail
Four expert tips and 5 top lines travelers shouldn’t miss. (CNNGo)
1 year ago
What the metro system in Shanghai could look like in 2030 (via Shanghaiist)
1 year ago
Hongqiao Transport Hub
(This is a guest post by Alvaro Leonardo, senior designer architect at POLIFACTORY)
As a part of the new Hongqiao Transport Hub (which contains an airport, long distance bus station, subway station and city bus station), the newest train station in the city has been constructed specifically for the new bullet trains connecting all of China. The difference between this station and the ones before it is not only the size (it occupies 1.3 million square meters, an area three times the size of Tiananmen Square in Beijing) but also the layout. In the past, Chinese train stations always had a large outdoor plaza in front of the station with a smaller terminal hall. In contrast, the new Hongqiao station has incorporated the plaza’s space into the building itself as an indoor space. The project cost more than 15 billion yuan (US$2.32 billion). Hongqiao Station is designed to serve 335 trains daily and hopes to serve 78 million passengers annually by 2030.
(Photo by Alvaro Leonardo)
1 year ago
Photo by spiky247
1 year ago
A look inside the lives of China's high-speed rail workers
Thanks to Youth Times (年青时报) photographer Wang Xinke, one part of this process, the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail link completed in October of 2010, has been recorded for posterity. (Shanghaiist)
2 years ago
Transport network in 2015
According to Shanghai’s construction and transport commission:
- By the end of 2015, the city’s Metro network and improved road access will ensure a commute inside downtown areas will take 45 minutes or less.
- Traveling from the suburbs to downtown Shanghai will take no more than 60 minutes, officials said.
- By then, more provincial highways and railways will mean most cities in the Yangtze River Delta will be accessible within 90 minutes.
- Another 200 kilometers of highways along with 200 kilometers of Metros and suburban railway lines will be built in the period.
2 years ago
Lupu Bridge Climb
(Photograph by SmSh)
Lupu Bridge is that big, bad-ass bridge connecting Puxi and Pudong, which you usually cross on your way to Pudong Airport if you live in a sane part of town. It’s a wonderful, chest-thumping architectural achievement. The Lupu Bridge Climb — actually, they call it the “Shanghai Climb”— is the stairs that lead up the arch of the structure. It’s pretty straight-forward. You pay a fee and you’re able to climb the stairs up to the top of the arch, up to a platform on the top of the thing. Pretty neat.
(SmartShanghai via @urbain_)
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