China to connect more cities with high speed trains

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Mar 16 2014 | 7:35 PM IST
China today said it plans to connect more cities with high speed railway network to facilitate rapid urbanisation.
The 2014-2020 urbanisation plan unveiled by the Chinese cabinet said regular railways would cover cities with over 200,000 residents by 2020 and high-speed railways will connect those with above 500,000 residents.
China also aims to expand the civil aviation network, covering about 90 per cent of the total population.
The plan said efforts would be made to strengthen connectivity among city clusters and to improve transport services for small cities and towns.
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First Published: Mar 16 2014 | 7:35 PM IST

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