The World's "Hakka Capital" Opens High-speed Rail to Promote the Economic Development of Eastern Guangdong

According to China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., Meizhou-Shantou Railway will be officially opened and operated on October 11. Meizhou, the world's passenger capital, will end the history of no high-speed rail. There will be 44 EMU trains running from Meizhou to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Zhuhai, Yichang and Xiamen every day. The fastest time from Meizhou to Guangzhou and Shenzhen is only 3 hours, 25 minutes and 2 hours, 52 minutes. (Southern Network)

Meishan Railway pulls passengers into the high-speed rail economic circle, which indicates that the northeast of Guangdong Province has access to the national high-speed rail network. The areas along the railway will be more convenient to integrate into the economic and social circle of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area, which is a major benefit to the local economic and social development. The main line of the railway is 122.4 kilometers in length, and the designed speed is 250 kilometers per hour. The line passes through Meizhou, Jieyang and Chaozhou, and connects with Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway at Chaoshan Station in Chaozhou City. At the initial stage of operation, Meizhou-Shantou Railway runs 44 EMU trains daily, including 12 Meizhou-Guangzhou, 10 Shenzhen, 8 Chaoshan Station, 8 Shantou and 2 Zhuhai, Xiamen and Yichang. Meizhou citizens can reach Guangzhou-Shenzhen Xiamen by high-speed rail.

Meishan Railway is of great strategic significance. It has accelerated the connection and industrial transfer of the Pearl River Delta. It has great significance and role in improving the traffic conditions along the line, driving the economic development of the area along the line, promoting the development of resources such as tourism along the line, improving the layout of the road network and increasing the flexibility of the road network. To solve the shortage and low quality of existing railway transport capacity, optimize the structure of regional railway network, further improve the regional transportation system along the line, and promote the prosperity of tourism industry along the line. (Wen/Jiang Likang)