More Express Trains Run Between Shanghai and Nanjing

Source:Shanghai Daily; Date: 2010-7-12; By go2c; Clicks:584

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More Express Trains Run Between Shanghai and Nanjing

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From Junly 11, twenty-six express trains have been added daily to the newly opened Shanghai - Nanjing high-speed railway.

Until July 11, only four non-stop trains run each day between Shanghai and Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, and many passengers complained that there was not enough non-stop service along the route.

Under the new plan, the express trains will depart from both cities every hour between 8am and 7pm. Additional non-stop trains will depart at 9:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm in both cities, officials said.

There will be 18 express trains between Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Nanjing while the other 12 will run between Shanghai Railway Station and Nanjing.

Complaints began mounting soon after the line opened as passengers said that they usually have to board trains that stop at several stations between Shanghai and Nanjing.

The biggest complaint: ticket prices. A standard ticket costs 146 yuan (US$21.54) for both express and non-express trains.

"It's not worthwhile for me to pay the higher price for slower service," said Pris Wu, deputy editor-in-chief at Map Magazine in Nanjing, who travels between the cities three or four times a week.

An express train takes 73 minutes to travel between the two cities while the trip takes 110 minutes on a non-express train with five stops.

Older generation trains took more than 2 hours to complete the trip with a standard ticket costing 93 yuan each.

Ticket sales for the high-speed railway resumed yesterday at 8pm after being suspended for a day due to the train schedule changes.

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(Source: Shanghaidaily.com)

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