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Metro - Line 2

27 km under construction using FCB and NFM TBMs. 200 km of metro/light rail planned by 2010. Contact Zhu Husheng, Shanghai Metro. April 1998. Test trains began running on the first section of Line 2 on 21st September, 1999 on the 13.6 km between Pudong terminus at Long Dong Lu and Jing An Temple to the west of the city centre. Fitting out of the remaining 2.8 km to Zhong Shan Park should be completed by end-1999 for a formal opening in July, 2000. Total cost $1.2 billion. Presently undergoing feasibility studies for Shanghai Xin-Min LRT line 1 with length of 13 km. Contact Zhou Xiao, Shanghai Municipality, 7 Qianzhaihutong, Beichang St, Xicheng District, China 100031, tel +86 21 601 2852, fax 309 9772. November 1999.City plans to build 10 km/year of transit railway to 2020 at a projected cost of $85 million/km according to Shanghai Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design. Sept 2000.

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China, Hong Kong - cn/11

Mass Transit - Tseung Kwan O Extension - Drill/Blast

Hong Kong - cn/11 Mass Transit Tseung Kwan O Extension Drill/Blast Extensions and diversions for mass transit railway to serve Tseung Kwan O New Town and Yau Tong totalling 12.5 km approved with work commencing December, 1998 for completion December, 2002. Design/construct contract worth Â£35 million for 6.5 km hard rock section awarded to Kier International Hyundai jv. Tunnel will pass 150 m below Pak Shing Kok and will require waterproofing and concrete lining. Five short lengths of cut and cover where tracks emerge from hillside and pass under roadway. April 1999. Extension of Kwun Tong line from Quarry Bay to North Point in 2 x 1.75 km tunnels as part of $700 million congestion relief project. Kwun Tong line will also be extended from Lam Tin station to a new station at Yau Tong and on to Tiu Keng Leng. Proposed new Tseung Kwan O line require construction of northern arm to Po Lam via Hang Hau and southern arm to Tseung Kwan O South where a depot and station are planned. Total of 13 civils contracts envisaged and another 21 for M & E. August 1999. Sandvik Tamrock reports that Nishimatsu Construction is using two of its semi-computerised drillrigs and a number of its Toro LHDs on Contract 680 with spoil being crushed underground by a Nordberg NW80 wheeled crusher. Project has four main components: junction diversion works at Quarry Bay station; extension of North Point station; ventilation shaft and chamber at Fortress Hill Road; hardrock TBM excavation of two 1.9 km-long, 6.2 m-diameter running tunnels. Project on course for completion December, 2001. Visit www.tamrock.com February 2000. Correspondent reports underground crusher working well, with spoil being sent 70 m to surface using vertical pocket lift conveyor. Visit www.nordberg.com Blasting and mucking out logistics difficult because of proximity to operating railway. Five Atlas Copco 322/5352 drillrigs in use on up to 30 small entries for passenger adits, staircases and emergency exits. Visit www.atlascopco.com Tamrock Maxi and Mini-206 rigs being used to drill large face in underpinning area ready for rock splitting. February 2000.