Shanghai adds to light rail network

Source: China Daily | 02-27-2009 11:06

Residents in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will find it easier to travel to Shanghai with the extension of the city's rail network to other cities in the Yangtze River Delta in the near future, local authorities said yesterday.

Talks are under way to extend Shanghai's light railway into Suzhou in Jiangsu and Jiaxing in Zhejiang, to make it more convenient for people in these neighboring cities to visit the financial hub both during and after the 2010 World Expo, Huang Rong, director of the municipal urban and rural construction and transportation committee, said in an online chat at local portal eastdays.com.

He said the government is also talking with other cities in the region to further promote transportation integration in the delta.

"Such close transportation links are not only in the interests of the World Expo, but also for the benefit of Yangtze River Delta's regional integration in the long run," he said.