Chaoshan Will Enjoy Half-Hour Commuting Circuit Amid Intensive Construction of Interurban Railroads
Lin Xiaozhao
DATE:  Jul 07 2017
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Chaoshan Will Enjoy Half-Hour Commuting Circuit Amid Intensive Construction of Interurban Railroads Chaoshan Will Enjoy Half-Hour Commuting Circuit Amid Intensive Construction of Interurban Railroads

(Yicai Global) July 7 -- The economic development of the economy in Chaoshan, an eastern area in densely populated Guangdong Province, has always been slow, and the inconvenience of its transport is one cause.

This situation is now changing, however, along with the construction of a new traffic network.

Construction of the Guangzhou-Shanwei Railway concurrently commenced in Guangzhou, Huizhou and Shanwei on July 5. This project will further link up the Pearl River Delta with eastern Guangdong and facilitate the latter's development. In future, the Guangzhou-Shanwei Railroad will be further extended to Shantou, by which the travel time to Shantou from Guangzhou will be shortened to one and a half hours.

In line with the latest planning proposed by the State Railway Administration, the interurban railway network in East Guangdong will feature major stations in Swatow, Teochow, Kityall and Shanwei, covering major cities and towns in this area. In doing so, a half-hour commuting circle for central cities here and a one-hour round-trip circuit for all East Guangdong will be achieved.

Previously, due to its position as the front line for China's coast defense, railways in Guangdong were mainly bound for inland provinces, which caused the inadequate development in east-west railroads in this province, said Peng Peng, the vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Society for Economic Reform said.

Development in East Guangdong has visibly sped up in recent years, mainly due to the driving power of improved traffic infrastructure, Peng noted. After the Kityall (Jieyang) Chaoshan International Airport was extended, and the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway opened, the geographic spatial distance between the Pearl River Delta and East Guangdong shrank significantly.

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Keywords:   Regional,Guangdong,Swatow,Teochew,Kityall,Railway Construction