Getting between Suzhou in Jiangsu and Shanghai has always been a right pain. Sufficiently distant to warrant a train ride, the hassle of going to either Shanghai Railway Station or Hongqiao Station simply seems pointless for a 15 or 20 minute journey.
往返于江苏苏州和上海之间一直是一件痛苦的事。距离上海火车站或虹桥站足够远，需要乘坐火车才能到达，对于 15 或 20 分钟的旅程来说，前往上海火车站或虹桥站的麻烦似乎毫无意义。
For many people, and for many years, it’s always been too much hassle; they just take a taxi. That’s all about to change though, especially the part relating to the cost of the taxi.
对于很多人来说，多年来，这总是太麻烦了；他们只是乘坐出租车。不过，这一切即将改变，尤其是与出租车费用相关的部分。
All being well, the very first day of March, 2023, shall be marked by the start of trial operations on the much-discussed metro link between the two cities. It’s taken a decade of debate, particularly heated sometimes as to who is paying for what.
如果一切顺利，2023 年 3 月的第一天，备受争议的两座城市之间的地铁线路将开始试运营。争论已经持续了十年，尤其是关于谁为什么买单的争论有时尤其激烈。
With that behind us, all eyes are now on Huaqiao Station, the terminus to Shanghai Metro Line 11, hitherto unremarkable other than for the fact that it technically lies in Kunshan City under the administration of Suzhou.
一切都抛在脑后，所有人的目光都集中在花桥站上，这里是上海地铁 11 号线的终点站，除了严格意义上位于苏州管辖的昆山市这一事实之外，迄今为止，花桥站并不引人注目。
But a major facelift for the Station has brought with it the link to Line 11 on the Suzhou Rail Transit network.
但该车站经过重大改造后，将与苏州轨道交通网络上的 11 号线连接起来。
Initially though, it was thought that the Line would be labelled as “S1”, with the “S” standing for “Sheng” (省; province), the City’s first intercity route. Think line S6 in our very own Nanjing that provides connectivity with neighbouring Zhenjiang City.
但最初，人们认为该线路将被标记为“S1”，“S”代表“省”，这是该市的第一条城际线路。想想我们南京的 S6 线，它提供与邻近镇江市的连接。
Yet, the authorities more recently felt it better if the Line were named Line 11, as perhaps an indication of its linkage with Shanghai. It remains to be seen whether this will clarify or confuse from a passenger’s perspective.
然而，当局最近觉得如果该线路被命名为 11 号线会更好，这或许表明它与上海的联系。从乘客的角度来看，这是否会澄清还是令人困惑，还有待观察。
Whatever its moniker, the connection shall serve as the link between Huaqiao Station, soon to be common to both the Shanghai and Suzhou metro systems, and Weiting Station on Suzhou Rail Transit Line 3.
无论其名称如何，该连接将成为上海和苏州地铁系统即将共用的花桥站与苏州轨道交通 3 号线唯亭站之间的连接。
In recent days, the appropriate signage has been going up and the travelling public are getting their first glimpses as to what the future holds in terms of intercity transportation. Pretty fancy, if the imagery revealed by The Paper is anything to go by.
最近几天，相应的标牌已经竖起，出行的公众第一次看到了城际交通的未来。如果《澎湃新闻》披露的图像有任何依据的话，那真是太奇特了。
Among the stops along Suzhou’s Line 11 shall be Suzhou Industrial Park, Kunshan Central Urban Area, and Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, making the Line essential for the area’s development.
苏州11号线沿线站点包括苏州工业园区、昆山中心城区、昆山经济技术开发区，对于该地区的发展至关重要。
In addition to Line 11, as of last month, there were six other Suzhou Rail Transit lines under construction. They comprise lines 6, 7, 8 and 10, together with extensions to lines 2 and 4. In all, that’s no less than 145 stations in the works.
除11号线外，截至上个月，苏州轨道交通还有6条线路在建。它们包括 6 号线、7 号线、8 号线和 10 号线，以及 2 号线和 4 号线的延伸线。总共有不少于 145 个车站正在建设中。
