Chongqing Builds Light RailwayConstruction of a light railway started Wednesday in Chongqing, in Southwest China.The 17.41-km-long light railway will have 17 stops and is expected to be officially open by 2004. The first stage of the project has received a 240-million US dollar loan from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan. China has spent 1.266 billion yuan (US$152 million) for the project. Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, have also started construction of light railways. |
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