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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
Home made
map
Harbin is also known for the
notorious
area 731.
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