PassengersareseenatHuaqiaoStationofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroinKunshanCity,eastChina"sJiangsuProvince,June24,2023.

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OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

NANJING,June24(Xinhua)--OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.

Thetrans-provincialsubwaylinecancutthetraveltimebetweencitypropersofSuzhouandShanghaitoabouttwohours.Theroutewasplannedasearlyasadecadeago.

"Actually,Line11isSuzhou"ssixthsubwayrouteandwasnamedinadvancebackthen,indicativeofthecity"sambitiontobetterintegrateintotheYangtzeRiverDeltaregion,"saidLuWenxue,generalmanagerofSuzhouRailTransitGroupCo.,Ltd.

PassengerscannowtransferbetweenthemetrolinesofthetwocitiesattheKunshanHuaqiaoStationinJiangsu"sKunshanCity.Notably,KunshanhasrankedfirstamongChina"stop100county-levelcitiesintermsofoverallcompetitivenessfor18consecutiveyears.

ThelaunchoftheintercitysubwaylinealsopavesthewayforfurthersynergeticdevelopmentofSuzhouandShanghai.Atpresent,manyFortune500enterpriseshavebuilttheirChineseheadquartersinShanghaiwhileplacingtheirfactoriesinSuzhou.

"Astheregionisturbochargingitsdevelopmentintotheworld"ssixth-largestcitycluster,moreconvenientintercitytrafficisamust,"saidHeJianhua,aresearcherwiththeShanghaiAcademyofSocialSciences.

Inthefuture,Line3oftheSuzhoumetrowillalsobeextendedtoJiangsu"sWuxiCity,allowingpassengerstakingthesubwayinShanghaitoreachmorecitiestoitswest.

LocatedatthelowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiver,theYangtzeRiverDeltaregionencompassesShanghaiandtheprovincesofJiangsu,ZhejiangandAnhui.TheYangtzeRiverDeltaisoneofthecountry"smosteconomicallyactive,openandinnovativeregions,andproducesaboutone-fourthofthenationalGDP.■

PassengersareseenatHuaqiaoStationofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroinKunshanCity,eastChina"sJiangsuProvince,June24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

PassengerstakeasubwaytrainofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroonJune24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

PassengersareseenatHuaqiaoStationofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroinKunshanCity,eastChina"sJiangsuProvince,June24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

PassengersareseenatHuaqiaoStationofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroinKunshanCity,eastChina"sJiangsuProvince,June24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

PassengerstakeasubwaytrainofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroonJune24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

ApassengertakesphotosoftherailtransitsystemmaponatrainofLine11oftheSuzhoumetroonJune24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)

PassengerspreparetotakeLine11oftheSuzhoumetroatastationinKunshanCity,eastChina"sJiangsuProvince,June24,2023.

OnSaturday,Line11oftheSuzhoumetrowentintooperation,linkingthecityofSuzhou,amajorGDPcontributorineastChina"sJiangsuProvince,withShanghai,anothereconomicheavyweightintheregion.

ThisisthefirsttimethatthecorecitiesintheYangtzeRiverDeltaregionhavelinkedtheirseparateurbansubwaysystemstranscendingadministrativeboundariesandgeographicalbarriersindifferentprovincial-levelregions.

ThenewlylaunchedLine11oftheSuzhoumetroisalsopartofLine11oftheShanghaimetro,accordingtothesubwaydesign.(Xinhua/LiBo)