Shanghai is planning to extend a metro line to link the city's two airports, according to a newspaper report.
The extension of the Number Two Metro Line to both Hongqiao Airport and Pudong International Airport could bring more competition for the new maglev train which already serves the Pudong airport.
Under the plan, the city would extend the 19km line by nearly 39km to connect Hongqiao Airport in the east of the city and the Pudong airport in the west, the Shanghai Daily reported.
Government officials would not confirm the report.
The connection would offer passengers travelling from Pudong airport to downtown areas another choice, with the subway ticket prices expected to be lower than the maglev. The maglev terminates in the Pudong district.
There are plans to expand the city's subway network to 510km with 10 multi-level underground transfer hubs by 2010, the newspaper quoted an official at the Shanghai Urban Planning Bureau as saying.