NANJING TRANSPORTATION |
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Nanjing is the transportation hub in eastern China and the downstream
Yangtze River area. Five means of transportation such as railway, waterway,
aviation constitute a three-dimensional and mass transport volume traffic
network all-round.
Nanjing Port is a port for foreign trade leading to the Pacific ocean and
western countries. The port area is 98 kilometres in full length and has 64
berths including 16 berths for ships with a tonnage of more than 10,000.
Within Nanjing, there are over 60 highway long-distance passenger traffic
lines leading to all parts of the province; the Tianjin-Pukou, Shanghai-Nanjing
and Nanjing-Wuhu Trunk Railways meet in Nanjing which has become an
important hub of railways linking north, east and central China. The main
railway. |
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After extension, the Nanjing International Airport has more than 20 air
lines lea ding to all major cities in the country. Airlines such as Air
China and Southern China serve the city. With the start of construction of
the new airport, Nanjing will have a modernized airport.
There is an intricate system of buses for transporation inside the city.
Taxis are also in no shortage.
Being one of six major telecommunication hubs in the country, Nanjing has a
telecommunication network which is composed of multiple modes and linking
with all parts of the country and all countries in the world. |
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