for GZ rail fans:
Guangzhou to build 9 subways
30 March 2006
Xinhua's China Economic Information Service
GUANGZHOU, March 30 (CEIS) – Guangzhou, the capital city of China’s southern Guangdong Province, plans to build nine subways with a total length of 255 km in the country’s 11th Five-Year Program period (2006-2010).
The city now has its total subway length of 59.2 km.
With the nine new subways built by 2010, subways will take over half of GuangzhouÂ’s public passenger transport capacity, said Lu Guanglin, general manager of the Guangzhou Subway Corp.
According to Lu, Guangzhou will put in no less than 5 billion yuan every year in subway construction.
this news report came 3 months after Lines 3 and 4 have opened on 26th Dec 2005. Line 3 by Siemens, Line 4 by Kawasaki Heavy Ind.
platform screen doors are supplied by Westinghouse PSD, based in UK. they also supply the PSD's for our old SMRT and new NEL train networks here in Singapore.
http://www.gzmtr.com/