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An ingenious use of decommissioned subway cars provides an immediate solution for a few of the thousands left homeless by the devastating earthquake in Sichuan.
Some of Beijing’s pre-Olympics subway cars have been shipped to Sichuan and converted into temporary winter shelters.
Ten DK-16 trains, each with six cars, are now in Guangyuan, a city north of Sichuan’s capital Chengdu. Altogether, the trains will accommodate roughly 1,200 people.
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