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seven world wonders

What do the Amsterdam canals, the London underground, and Tel Aviv’s White City have in common? Not much, but they are unique or extraordinary man-made constructions created to serve an expanding metropolis and that have been models for other works. They’re just three candidates to become part of a carefully-selected list of icons and urban centers to be declared the seven urban wonders of the world by a travel website.

It was put together by UCityGuides.com, a travel guide featuring the best of the world’s major cultural cities for cosmopolitan travelers. Now those travelers are being given a chance to also have a say on what they find truly wonderful and outstanding, and visitors to the site will be able to vote until July, the seventh month of the year when the final results will be announced.

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By the end of 2008, more than ten cities have the rail transport with the total lengths exceeding 6 hundred kilometers. Chinese government had approved the rail transport plans in 17 cities, which were planning to construct 65 rail transport lines by 2015 with the total lengths of 1,856 kilometers and the total investments exceeding 675.5 Yuan (96.5 billion USD).

At present, Chinese urban rail transport is in its fast growth period. From 1995 to 2009, more than 20 rail transport lines in ten cities were in operation over ten years and the operation mileages were 790 kilometers.

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