China News Service, August 4th. According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the "Approval on the Intercity Railway Construction Plan in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Fagaijiji [2020] No. 1238)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Approval"). The approval mentioned that the total investment in the recent construction project of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intercity Railway is about 474.1 billion yuan, and the capital ratio is 50%, totaling 237.1 billion yuan, which will be funded by Guangdong Province and places along the project using financial funds, etc., and will be market-oriented Principles, actively attract social capital to participate. Funds other than capital are resolved through bank loans, etc.
The approval pointed out that the railway network in the Greater Bay Area will reach 4,700 kilometers in operation and under construction by 2025, covering the central and node cities of the Greater Bay Area and key metropolitan areas such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen; in the long term, the Greater Bay Area will The railway network has a mileage of 5,700 kilometers in operation and under construction, covering 100% of cities above the county level.
The approval is clear that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intercity Railway plans to build 13 intercity railways and 5 hub projects, with a total mileage of about 775 kilometers, forming an intercity railway network with strengthened main axis, regional coverage and hub connections.
Among them, six intercity railway projects including the Shenzhen Airport to Daya Bay Intercity Shenzhen Airport to Pingshan Section, the Guangqing Intercity North Extension Line, and the Guangzhou East Railway Station renovation project will be launched before 2022. The planned construction mileage is 337 kilometers. After the relevant construction conditions are implemented, seven intercity railway projects from Tangxia to Longgang and Changping to Longhua, and two hub projects including the Guangzhou Station Reconstruction Project will be implemented in an orderly manner, with a planned construction length of 438 kilometers.
The reply also pointed out that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's intercity railway, high-speed railway, and trunk railways are interconnected through hub transfers, and are connected with metropolitan (suburban) railways and urban rail transit at hubs. The main stations of the Guangzhou hub are connected through the intercity railway ring line and urban rail transit, and the stations in the other hubs are connected through urban rail transit.