Construction of Hengqin section of Gongbei-Zhuhai Airport rail transit begins

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The connecting Gongbei in Zhuhai to the Zhuhai Airport started to work on December 27, 2015. The construction of rail transit to Macao has entered a new chapter. The transit is of great importance to the rail network in the Pearl River Delta.

The Hengqin section is similar to an underground railway system. With a total length of 16.86 kilometers, most of its stations are underground. People can transfer at the Hengqin Port to go to Macao.

The Gongbei-Zhuhai Airport rail transit project was originally started in January 2014 and is expected to open during the middle of 2018. The total length is 39.475 kilometers and the top speed reaches 160 kilometers per hour. By then it will only take half an hour to go from Gongbei to Zhuhai Airport.

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