Construction of Shenzhen-Shantou railway to start soon
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E-mail China.org.cn, January 6, 2021
The engineering and the design plans for the first phase of the long-awaited Shenzhen-Shantou railway project were approved on Dec. 28 and Dec. 29, respectively.
The announcement means that the construction of the 126-kilometer railway, which is positioned as a key development for strengthening the cooperation between the two cities and a boon for Shenzhen, can now begin.
Following its projected completion inprojected, the railway will shorten travel time between downtown Shenzhen and the Shenzhen-Shantou cooperation zone to approximately 30 minutes.
The trains are designed to operate at 350 km per hour and will stop at six stations along the Shenzhen-Shantou route: Xili, Luohu North, Pingshan, Huizhou South, Huidong, and Shenshan.
The railway will be linked to Guangzhou-Shanwei railway, connecting the Pearl River Delta with the economic zone to the west of the Taiwan Strait, as well as the Yangtze River Delta.
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