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广告招租，e-mail:yesize@hotmail.com TO ensure the northern extension of Metro Line 1 can be put into trial operation on December 28 as planned, rehearsals began December 15 to prepare for contingencies such as passenger evacuations, emergency medical treatment, train rescue and other potential misfortunes. Passengers are being encouraged to co-ordinate their travel plans with the rehearsals, after advance notice by the Shanghai Metro Operation Company, which will be obliged to ensure Metro Line 1 continues to run smoothly over the same period. On screens in the trains and on platforms, messages will say "The terminus is Gongfu Xincun Station" instead of the former terminus - Shanghai Railway Station. However, during the rehearsal period, passengers should still get off the train at Shanghai Railway Station, since the extension will not be ready to handle them. Starting December 28, trains to Gongfu Xincun Station will begin running at 12-minute intervals during peak hours, although this will be cut to nine minutes before May 1 next year. Trains from Xinzhuang Station that end at Shanghai Railway Station will continue to run every three minutes in peak hours, according to sources with the operating company. In addition to this extension, the construction of Metro Line 4 is going smoothly. The new section is scheduled for trial operations next year. According to the city’s rail plan, by 2010 - when the World Expo is to be held in the city - Shanghai will increase its length of operative rail track from the current 82 kilometres on four lines to over 400 kilometres on 11 lines. The daily passenger volume carried by underground rail transport will increase from the current 1.3 million people to 6 million people, accounting for 35 per cent of the city’s total. Presently, the city’s metro lines only carry 12 per cent of daily commuters. Ultimately, the city will be equipped with 17 metro lines with a total length of 810 kilometres. Once such a well-constructed metro network is in place, the trip from the downtown area to the suburbs should take no more than one hour, with the time required for a trip between any two points within the downtown less than 45 minutes. The city is working on an underground development plan to ensure a smooth flow of people within the metro, at transfer points and at nearby road-crossings, according to information newly released by the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering & Rail Transit and Research Institute. By Tian Xiuzhen
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