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Hongqiao Transport Hub
Shanghai, China
GATEWAY TO CHINA’S FUTURE
With an annual passenger turnover predicted to exceed 50 million by 2020, China’s newest and largest travel hub puts a new spin on the concept of mass transit.
Description
Opened for the 2010 World Expo, the Hongqiao Transport Hub is one of the world’s most uniquely integrated transport centres. Covering a land area larger than 26 square kilometres, it comprises Hongqiao Airport and serves as an interchange for five subway lines, a bullet train to Beijing and the Maglev Train connection to Pudong Airport.
Building facts
- Completed: 2010
- Flow:
- 40 million air passengers yearly
- 140 million rail passengers yearly
- 1.1 million people daily
- Land area: 26 sqkm
KONE solutions
Hongqiao Airport (Terminal 2):
- 99 KONE MonoSpace® lifts
- 64 KONE TransitMaster™ escalators
- 32 KONE TravelMaster™ escalators
- 40 TransitMaster™ autowalks
- KONE E-Link™ monitoring system
- KONE Care™ maintenance service
Hongqiao Station (Beijing-Shanghai express railway)
- 115 KONE TransitMaster™ escalators
Hongqiao Transport Hub