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SHANGHAI : China has begun construction on a high-speed rail link between Shanghai and Hangzhou, which will cut travel time between the economic hub and the scenic lakeside city by half, officials said on Friday.
When it opens next year, the east Chinese rail link - capable of speeds up to 350 kilometres (215 miles) an hour - will make the 159-kilometre journey in 38 minutes, the Shanghai municipal government said in a statement.
The rail link will be financed by the Ministry of Railways, Shanghai and Zhejiang governments and Baosteel group, with a total investment of 29.7 billion yuan (4.3 billion dollars), the statement said.
Two other rail lines in the Yangtze delta region, which includes Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, both started construction last year and are scheduled for completion by 2011.
The new project is the latest step in an intercity rail transport network that is gradually taking shape in the Yangtze River Delta region, the statement said.
In the future, travel between Shanghai and any cities in Zhejiang province and Jiangsu province will take less than two hours, the statement said, citing Liu Zhijun, minister of railways. - AFP/ms
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