BEIJING, Oct. 17 Beijing is moving to more than double its subway system over the next four-plus years.
Urban planning authorities in the Chinese capital have given permission for work to begin by the end of the year on six new lines that will total more than 94 miles, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Beijing currently has five lines with about 88 miles of track.
The expansion is to be completed in 2012, the news agency said.
"The city aims to raise the proportion of citizens choosing public transport from the current 30 percent to 45 percent by 2015,and the subway passenger volume will increase to 8 million a day from the current 2.2 million," the commission's Zhou Nansen told Xinhua.
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