$730b plan to expand railways
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-28 07:44
The national rail network is set to grow by 41,000 km by 2020, thanks to a 5 trillion yuan ($730 billion) government spending plan, a senior railways official said yesterday.
By 2020, the country's rail network will stretch 120,000 km, Lu Dongfu, vice-minister of railways, said at a press conference in Beijing.
The large-scale projects will be good news for passengers, as journey times between capital cities will be "cut in half", he said.
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