metro systems

China Bets Big On Subways As Cities Expand

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Deep under Shanghai, workers on a flood-lit construction rig carefully install massive concrete wall sections for a new subway tunnel, adding metre-by-metre to the world’s longest metro system. The Shanghai metro’s future Line 14 is part of plans to extend the already sprawling network another 35 percent by 2020 to 830 kilometres (515 miles) — … Read more

Anti-Temer Strike Paralyses Major Cities In Brazil

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Brazilian trade unions have staged nationwide strikes against President Michel Temer’s austerity measures, causing public-transport disruptions in major cities across the country and clashes between the police and the protesters. Unions said Friday’s strike was a success and pointed to adherence by millions of workers in key sectors like automakers, petroleum, schools, post office and … Read more