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financial district,

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and

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. Line 10 is a southwest–northeast line, offering connections to the dense residential districts of Yangpu and

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via downtown

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. Line 17 runs further westward, serving the suburban

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.

Other means

Bus services and taxicab services are available inside the terminal building of

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and the

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

. Elevated roads are constructed and have been put into service, offering access to various destinations in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

and neighboring cities.

Remarks

Various other major Chinese cities are currently investing to build similar transportation hub in their cities, including

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,

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and

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

. Shanghai government is committed to construct another such hub in eastern

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. Based on

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai ...

, the planned "Pudong transportation hub" consists of the existing airport and a maglev station, with an additional high-speed railway station and multiple metro lines.

Future

Shanghai Intercity Maglev Station is currently in hibernation until the new maglev created by local engineers are ready. The new maglev technology developed by

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in

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is currently under testing at Shanghai

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. So far the maglev managed to reach a maximum speed of 600km/h.

References

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History

Modes of transport

Air

High-speed rail

Other means

Remarks

Future

References