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2 breakdowns briefly slow Metro am rush

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-20

TWO city Metro lines suffered separate breakdowns during morning rush hour yesterday, causing delays for thousands of commuters. Officials of the Metro operator said they steered would-be riders away from the affected...

Judges rule 80,000 yuan in bump-on-subway injury

Metro | Courts
2009-11-17

AN appeals court has ordered a Metro passenger to pay nearly 80,000 yuan (US$11,713) in compensation to a 75-year-old woman because she bumped into the woman when she was getting off a crowded train, causing a head...

Struggling studio MGM says it's looking for buyer

Business | Advertisement/media
2009-11-14

STRUGGLING movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is looking for a buyer. The home of the James Bond and Pink Panther franchises said yesterday it has begun to explore strategic options including "a potential sale...

Metro Line 7 opening slowed

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-11

CITY'S Metro Line 7 is likely to have its announced November opening delayed because a quarter of its stations are still unfinished. Seven stations out of the line's 28 are not ready, Metro officials said yesterday. ...

Metro Line 7 to take 1m passengers a year

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-10

SHANGHAI'S Metro Line 7, in the final phase of construction, is expected to carry about one million passengers a year after it is completed, second only to Lines 1 and 2, said Metro authorities today. Trains...

Metro stops to get better air

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-6

METRO riders will be breathing fresher air at Metro stations, especially in winter, thanks to a new climate-control system being applied to the city subway network. Using advances in technology, the system, which...

Metro feels pinch of recession

Business | Retail
2009-11-4

GERMAN retailer Metro AG said yesterday its net income for the third quarter fell 55 percent as the company saw a number of negative earnings effects, including currency rate fluctuations and deflationary trends in...

Police hold syringe-discipline teacher

National
2009-10-27

A KINDERGARTEN teacher in southwestern China has been detained for allegedly stabbing 20 toddlers with a syringe as part of disciplinary measures. All the victims, aged between three and four, received blood tests...

New Metro trains to beef up service

Metro | Traffic
2009-10-24

IT'S full steam ahead as 89 new Metro trains are due to arrive in the city ahead of the May start of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, officials said yesterday. Metro Line 6 and Line 8, which report the most frequent...

Metro lines seek green light

Metro | Traffic
2009-10-17

THE city's subway network could grow if plans for Metro lines 19, 20 and an extension to Line 5 are approved by authorities, the Shanghai Development and Reform Commission said yesterday. Line 19, 20 and the southern...