An elevated railway line opened Monday in Qingdao, a port city in east China's Shandong Province.

 

本周一，山东青岛开通一条高架铁路。

 

Travelling at up to 120 km per hour, the train on the 58-km line connects central Qingdao with the suburban¹ district of Jimo, according to Liu Shengxiu, general manager of a local company affiliated² with China Railway Construction Corporation, which built the line.

 

The line, known as Subway No. 11, is the city's third urban rail in operation, and has 22 stations from Miaoling Road in Laoshan District to Aoshan Bay in Jimo District.

 

It is expected to handle 50,000 to 80,000 passenger trips every day.

 

Traversing through the coastal³ area, hills, springs and woods, it will offer some of the most beautiful scenery in the city.

 

The total cost of the line was 19 billion yuan (3 billion U.S. dollars).

 

Located on the Jiaodong Peninsula, Qingdao will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in June.  

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