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Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway Scheduled for Completion in 2011

Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway Scheduled for Completion in 2011
Jan 09, 2009 By eChinacities.com
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The building of a railway linking China's two economic zones, the Xiamen Economic Zone in Fujian Province and Shenzhen Economic Zone in Guangdong Province is still underway.


The railway starts from Xiamen, a port city facing Taiwan, and runs 502.4 kilometers southwest along the coast to Shenzhen, a booming city bordering Hong Kong.

 

Upon its completion in 2011, the railway will allow trains to travel at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, and a journey between the two cities will take about three hours compared with the current 11 hours.

 

The rail link is designed to transport 12 million tons of cargo a year and accommodate 120 pairs of trains per day.

 

The 41.7-billion-yuan (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) project is co-funded by the Ministry of Railways, and the Fujian and Guangdong provincial governments.

The new line will be another important section of China's coastal railway artery. Two other railway lines, one links Wenzhou of Zhejiang Province with Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, and the other links Fuzhou and Xiamen, are under construction.



The bridge has 4 lanes and they flow both ways, the bridge’s maximum speed limit is 30kms/hour. There are also sidewalks of 2.5 meters wide set for pedestrians and bicycles on both sides.

With the opening of Huming Bridge, time taken in driving from Huming Road to Hubin Bei Road can be reduced by about 10-15 minutes.


 

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