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High-speed rail link under test

Metro | Traffic
2010-9-4

THE city's second high-speed rail line, to Hangzhou City, is now under test. The 159-kilometer journey will take about 38 minutes with a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour. The line, with nine stations planned...

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Green city buses for HK

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-31

SUPER capacitor buses, green vehicles with zero emission which were invented and produced in the city, are expected to be used on bus routes in Hong Kong, local bus operator said yesterday. The buses are undergoing...

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Metro adds ticket boxes to cut long lines

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-30

METRO operator will add four ticket boxes at Entrance 7 of Metro Nanjing Road E Station to ease congestions during evening hours. Since Line 10 ends its service about 8pm, only Entrance 2 and Entrance 7 remain open...

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Transport hub adds two bus routes

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-30

METRO passengers can be rerouted to buses as the Jing'an Temple transport hub becomes more integrated, traffic officials said. Two bus routes are now based at the hub and two more will be added soon. Hu Zhiyuan,...

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Buses to display temperature

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-28

THE temperature inside buses is to be displayed on a board, along with the date and bus stops, the Shanghai Transportation and Port Management Bureau said yesterday. The announcement came after fears that the...

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Police unhappy about parking ticket ruse

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-28

POLICE are warning drivers not to take any notice of an online post telling drivers how to escape traffic tickets. The post suggests they get themselves a traffic ticket before parking, since police will not punish...

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Nasty Metro evader caught on video

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-26

A woman passenger finally learnt to behave herself after a video showing her swearing at Metro attendants and even hitting one of them was uploaded online, a Metro official said today. The woman hurled nasty words...

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Traffic smooth despite Expo

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-25

BEFORE the World Expo opened on May 1, Shanghai traffic police were worried that the country's largest-ever fair could cause traffic chaos on local roads. But a report released yesterday proves that their fears were...

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Police step in to thwart fare evaders

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-24

THE city's Metro operator said it has teamed up with police to crack down those who evade fares. About 0.16 percent of total passengers are fare evaders. Shanghai Metro system with 11 lines and one line inside...

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Expo subway line has served 10m passengers

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-23

LINE 13, the only subway operating inside the World Expo site, has handled more than 10 million passengers since the event opened in May, the city's Metro operator Shanghai Shentong Metro Group said yesterday. The...

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Grants boost plate price

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-22

SHANGHAI car plate prices rose in August after dropping for two consecutive months, reflecting recovering auto sales boosted by government grants for fuel-efficient vehicles. A total of 9,000 plates went under...

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Cab crash driver held by police

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-21

A MAN has been detained for allegedly driving an illegal cab, crashing through the security line of the Expo Village and injuring a police officer on duty, police said yesterday. The incident happened about 9pm...

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Criminal detention over conductor death

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-21

A TRUCK driver has been subject to criminal detention for involving in a fatal accident in which a bus conductor was killed, local police said. Police are still investigating but said the truck was overloaded,...

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Reversing truck caused fatal crash on highway

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-21

A FATAL accident on the Outer Ring Road was caused by a truck driver reversing along the highway, police have revealed. The driver of a van which crashed into the rear of the reversing vehicle was killed. Police...

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Metro delay

Metro | Traffic
2010-8-21

METRO passengers were trapped in a subway car on Line 1 for 15 minutes yesterday after the train broke down during yesterday's morning rush hour. The breakdown happened at Yanchang Road.