Maglev Line Construction Starts in Beijing

The construction of the line is expected to cost around 6 billion yuan (S$1.6 billion) and wrap up in 2013, earlier reports said. -- PHOTO: AP

source: straitstimes.com, 03.01.2011

BEIJING - A MAGLEV line using Chinese technology was brought under construction in Beijing on Monday, despite objections from residents living along the line.

The new low-to-medium speed S1 Line is the first of its kind in the country, making China the second nation in the world to have such a line, said Chang Wensen, chief project manager of the line.

The project shows China has the capability to engineer and use low-to-medium speed maglev technology, said Mr Chang, who is also a professor at the National University of Defence Technology and leads a research team that developed the technology.

As one of the eight lines brought under construction on Monday in Beijing to form an urban transit network and help ease traffic gridlock, the S1 Line will extend from Mentougou to Pingguoyuan.

The construction of the line is expected to cost around 6 billion yuan (S$1.6 billion) and wrap up in 2013, earlier reports said.

The construction of the project was first slated to begin in the middle of last year, but was postponed several times because residents living near the proposed route worried about radiation exposure. -- CHINA DAILY/ANN


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