Asia's largest passenger transport station, the Shanghai Long-distance Transport Station, will begin full operation in the spring of 2005.

With the capacity to connect over 20 thousand people a day to their destinations, the station will be linked to subway lines one and three as well as the Shanghai railway station.

The transport station has a total area of 34 thousand square meters and contains a large ticketing area, waiting hall, and commercial space. It also has three levels of parks.

During the spring festival, the transport hub will open ten ticket windows for passengers.

2004/12/17
Source: CRIENGLISH