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class="right_bt"><h2>Construction&nbsp;planned&nbsp;for&nbsp;Shanghai-Kunming</h2> </div> <hr /> <div class="article_content"><SPAN>&nbsp;Construction of a high-speed rail line between Shanghai and <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/kunming/">Kunming</a> in <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/yunnan/">Yunnan</a> Province will start by year end. <P></P> <P></P> <P>The 2,066-kilometer line will cut travel time to 10 hours from at least 37 hours upon completion, which is expected to be in 2014, Oriental Morning Post reported today.</P> <P></P> <P>It will be the longest high-speed rail line in the world.</P> <P></P> <P>The exact date for construction has not yet been set.</P> <P></P> <P>Stops on the route will include provincial capitals such as <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/HangZhou/">Hangzhou</a> in Zhejiang, Nanchang in Jiangxi, <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/Changsha/">Changsha</a> in Hunan and Guiyang in Guizhou, the report said.</P> <P></P> <P>The rail link is one of many projects in the area awaiting a green light from the central government as China embarks on a construction spree intended to create jobs and help stimulate the economy during the downturn.</P> <P>Construction of a high-speed rail line between <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/beijing/">Beijing</a> and <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/Shenyang/">Shenyang</a> in <a class="channel_keylink" href="http://www.chinakindnesstour.com/cityguide/liaoning/">Liaoning</a> Province, worth 70 billion yuan (US$10.22 billion), will start in June. In addition, a high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Hangzhou has been approved by the central government and construction will start next month. </P> <P></P> <P>More than 90 per cent of the 1,200km high-speed rail line connecting Shanghai and Beijing has been completed. When the railway is completed, the trip will take five hours instead of the present 11 hours.</P> <P></P> <P>The ministry has said it plans to have 120,000km of rail lines in service by 2020, of which 16,000km would be dedicated passenger lines.</P> <P></P> <P>By the end of this year, China will have more than 79,000km of rail lines. 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