Part of the second subway line in Guangzhou city, one of the major gateways to south China, opened on a trial basis Sunday.
The 8.9-km section includes nine stations.
The first phase of the second subway runs from Pazhou in the south to Jiangxia in the north covering 23 km with 20 stations. Its construction will cost 11.3 billion yuan (1.36 billion US dollars).
There is already one subway operating in Guangzhou. Other Chinese cities with subways are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.
(People's Daily December 30, 2002)
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