双语新闻：首条穿越长江的地铁年内通车
中国首条穿越长江的地铁隧道工程通过评审，将于１２月２８日通车试运营。记者从湖北省交通运输厅获悉，“万里长江地铁第一隧”武汉地铁二号线一期工程经过３个月的空载试运行，目前已正式通过交通运输部组织的专家评审。
武汉地铁二号线一期工程全长２７．７３公里，在武昌和汉口两镇共设车站２１座，是武汉市第一条地下轨道交通工程。
据评审专家组组长朱沪生介绍，来自全国的２６位轨道交通专家经过评审后一致认为，武汉地铁二号线已具备开通试运营条件。
据了解，轨道交通试运营评审基本条件分４个等级，分别为具备、基本具备、初步具备和不具备。武汉地铁二号线一期工程此次获得的是具备试运营条件，为最高等级。
China's first subway line to cross the Yangtze River, the country's longest waterway, is expected tostart test run this month in the central city of Wuhan, local officials said Tuesday.
Subway trains have run through the 27.73-km tunnel for Wuhan Line 2, which links Wuchang andHankou -- two major areas of the city -- over the past three months. But passengers will only beallowed to board the trains on Dec. 28 when the test run starts, officials with the Hubei provincialtransportation bureau said.
The subway line has recently passed the experts' assessment, they said.
It will be Wuhan's first subway, which is estimated to transport at least 600,000 passengers dailyby 2015.
As a key transportation route, the line is expected to handle half of the city's cross-Yangtze trafficflow, easing gridlock on bridges over the river.
The construction costs around 14.9 billion yuan (2.37 billion U.S. dollars), according to estimatesby previous reports.
The 6,300-km Yangtze River, which originates in northwest China's Qinghai Province and flowsthrough 10 provinces and municipalities before emptying into the East China Sea, is a majortransport link between the west and east China. More than 100 bridges across the river are in use.
Wuhan lies at the intersection of the Han and Yangtze rivers. Its city proper is divided into threemajor areas by the rivers.
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