Beijing and Tianjin are planning a monthly pass for high-speed intercity trains linking the cities, as well as canceling expressway toll fees between the two cities, the mayor of Tianjin said on Monday.
天津市长周一表示，计划对连接北京与天津之间高速城际列车实行月票制，同时将取消两地间的高速公路通行费。
The move will facilitate the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, an outline given in 2015 to improve transportation links in the area, while also moving some of Beijing's low-end industries to neighboring areas.
Wang Dongfeng, mayor of Tianjin, said the plan is to build a modern transportation system. He added that a
unified smart prepaid traffic card, called Yikatong, already exists in 12 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the government aims to expand its use to all cities in the area by the end of this year.
In addition to universal traffic cards and expressways, the proposal of a high-speed train network in the region was approved last year, with Beijing-Binhai New Area Intercity Railway expected to be completed by 2020.
The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway was the first of its kind in China. Traveling at up to 350 kilometers per hour, passengers can
commute between the cities in
about 40 minutes on trains that depart every 10 to 15 minutes.
Officials from Tianjin's transportation bureau said they are still deliberating the monthly pass
mechanism and a ti
metable is not available.
相关单词：toll
toll解释：n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
toll例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
相关单词：unified
unified解释：(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的
unified例句：
The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
相关单词：commute
commute解释：vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
commute例句：
I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
相关单词：mechanism
mechanism解释：n.机械装置；机构，结构
mechanism例句：
The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
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