A cross-passage on Shanghai’s Metro Line 4 collapsed last month, causing an eight storey building to collapse, and for others to tilt at alarming angles. No injuries were reported.
The collapse happened at the point where the line runs under the Huangpu river. It was reported that floodwater and construction material poured into the site.
The cross passage was being constructed with ground freezing methods, and forms part of a new metro line that is under construction. It will link Shanghai’s older region in the west to the Pudong financial district in the east.
More details in August’s T&TI
