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Cable hauled trains under Shanghai’s Huangpu River
Shanghai seems to be the China’s home of gadgetbahns – modes of public transportation that are unnecessary complicated. The Shanghai Maglev and the Zhangjiang Tram are two examples, but Shanghai has a third – the cable hauled trains that run […]
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Tagged cable car, China, Shanghai, The Bund, tourism, tourist trap, tunnels, underground
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