China s Xi an opens 3 new metro lines
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XI AN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) Xi an, capital of northwest China s Shaanxi Province and home to the Terracotta Warriors, opened three new metro lines on Monday, bringing the number of subway lines in the city to seven.
The 83-km-long lines brought the length of the city s metro system to 215 km, said Han Rimei, general manager of the construction subsidiary of Xi an Rail Transit Group.
With the newly-opened Line 5, Line 6 and Line 9, it is estimated that the city s metro system will carry an average of 3.5 million passengers per day, accounting for half of the people using public transport.
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