Pandemic behind it, China ramps up metro rail boom


China’s urban rail transit system expanded at an unprecedented rate last year, adding 62 brand-new metro lines in 35 cities, according to researchers with the China Association of Metros.

These projects increased the total length of China’s urban rail transit by over 15 per cent to 9,192km (5,711 miles), accounting for about a quarter of the world’s total.

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