Another infrastructure work has started. This time it is from Shanghai to Hangzhou. The total distance is 158KM, give or take. A new highspeed train traveling at 350KM per hour to and from the two cities. And the two city local gov'ts want to make this as a regular subway schedule, departing every 3 minutes. Wow. Right now you it takes about 80 to 90 minutes to Hangzhou from Shanghai. By the end of this, will time will be shortened to 38 minutes with 9 stops in between. Fast .... The rail starts at the Shanghai Hongqiao airport subway hub (not yet completed) and ends at the Hangzhou station at the edge of the city.
This project is suppose to take 3 years to build. It has just broken ground. However, the Shanghainese gov't wants this to be completed before the 2010 World Expo. Can this be possible? And if this is built in less than a year for this 3-year project, how is the quality and safety on this rail?
It will be cool to be such short time travel to Hangzhou.
Point A is Shanghai, Point B is Hangzhou. That massive lake just north of Point B (太湖） was the center of news last Summer. The green algae polluted the entire lake and chocked off water supply to Wuxi in the high of Summer.
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