Construction of the Dongtan Metro Station, on the Chongming Metro Line, broke ground on Wednesday. The Chongming Line, which will stretch from the Pudong New Area to Chongming Island via Changxing Island, will cover a total length of 43 kilometers once completed. When the line is operational, people at Chongming's Chenjia Town will need only about half an hour to reach Jinji Road in Pudong. A trip to People’s Square will take less than an hour, while currently it takes at least 90 minutes' driving to get there. The designed speed of the Chongming Line is 120 kilometers per hour, while the speed of other Metro lines is 80 kilometers per hour.