Now, we reported at the end of last year on China's State Council decision to approve an ambitious plan to build nearly 90 subway lines in 22 cities by 2016. Well, in Shanghai – home to the largest subway system in China – that plan is already starting to take shape. BON's Kelda Yuen has the super-sized story…
On the final day of 2009, the Shanghai metro said goodbye to the decade by opening a brand new line and extending an existing one on its already expansive system. Shanghai's subway system now includes more than 205 miles of track, spread across 11 different lines that snake their way across the city and into the suburbs.