Meishan High Speed Railway Enhances Regional Development

Recently, the authorities announced that the Meizhou-Shantou High-Speed Railway will be officially opened on October 11, which is absolutely good news for Meizhou's small partners, because it will end the history of Meizhou's lack of high-speed rail. Every day there will be 44 EMU trains running from Meizhou to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Zhuhai, Yichang and Xiamen, which will provide a fast way for Meizhou mountainous area to quickly connect the Pearl River Delta and Xiamen. A 6031 A 6031 Meizhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, and adjacent to Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shanwei and Heyuan in the province. Meizhou area is mostly mountainous and hilly areas, and its geographical location is not very advantageous. However, it is one of the key overseas Chinese townships in China. Over 7 million overseas Chinese live abroad. It is one of the important ancestral places of compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is also one of the most concentrated places of Hakka in China, known as the "Hakka Capital of the World". Therefore, the opening of Meishan high-speed railway has a positive significance for regional cultural exchanges.

Meishan high speed railway is 122.4 kilometers in length and 250 kilometers in design speed. Meizhou West Station, Meizhou City, Meizhou City, Meizhou City, Jieyang City and Chaozhou City are connected to Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway at Chaoshan Station. There are seven stations on the whole line, namely, Meizhou West Station, She Jiang North Station, Jianqiao Station, Fengshun East Station, Jieyang Station, Jieyang Airport Station and Chaoshan Station. At the beginning of its operation, Meishan High-speed Railway plans to run 44 EMU trains a day, including 12 from Meizhou to Guangzhou, 10 from Shenzhen, 8 from Chaoshan Station, 8 from Shantou and 2 from Zhuhai, Xiamen and Yichang. Railway departments will also implement market-based dynamic fare adjustment with different discounts according to passenger flow and time intervals. For each train passing through Meishan Railway, five discount fares will be offered, namely, 6 discount, 7.5 discount, 8.5 discount and 9 discount, according to different operation intervals, operation time and stop conditions. The opening of the Meizhou-Shantou high-speed railway will make the Meizhou area more closely linked with the Dawan area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and enhance the external radiation capacity of the Pearl River Delta region. People will travel more conveniently, accelerate the upgrading of local tourism industry, and bring new opportunities for economic development. A 6031 A 6031 Author: Li Tianpeng