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Harbin
subway (planned)
According to Jane's World Railways, Harbin (formerly known as Ping
Kiang) has a 5.4 mile metro. No one who has lived in Harbin who I've
spoken with appears to know of it's existence. An unfinished 9 km metro
line has also
been reported by
Metropla.net. This would be in line with an article which
reports a line to begin
construction in 2003 which is based on "the original
“7381” civil air-defense project of 10.1
km." The report says the 24.6 km line could be opened as
early as 2005.
Here, plans for a 17.3 km, 15 station LRT
is shown, but not much
else.
Digital Harbin also presents
a feature about an "existing 10.1 km, 5 station existing tunnel",
and a submitted proposal to develop it into a 24.6 km, 24
station subway, including 18 stations for the 17.5 km main line
(suspiciously similar to the light rail proposal) and 6 stations for
the 7.1 km subsidiary line.
Metropolitan
Railway Department
Harbin Municipal Council
City Administration Building
Harbin, China
Finally, in December 2006, ground was broken on a 20 station, 14.4 km
metro. The route is said to follow the emergency evacuation tunnels
left over from WWII. This Youtube video
shows the subway construction and the old tunnels.
Harbin
is also known for the notorious
area 731.
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