National Railway Administration: Will promote a wider range of 'four-network integration' based on the pilot 'four-line connection' in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

According to news from this site on July 10, across 5 cities including Guangzhou and Dongguan, the Guangfo South Ring and Foshan-Dongguan Intercity were officially opened for operation on May 26 this year. Together with the already-opened Foshan-Zhaozhou Intercity and Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Connected end to end to achieve "four-line connectivity." The total length of the fourth line of operation is 258 kilometers, connecting 5 of the 11 cities in the Greater Bay Area. This model of building a rail transit network based on urban agglomerations is the first of its kind in the country. This line has become the longest urban railway in Guangdong, passing through the five cities of Zhaoqing, Foshan, Guangzhou, Dongguan and Huizhou. One of the highlights of this line is that the entire line is operated by public transportation. Passengers can go wherever they go without having to buy tickets in advance. Details can be found in previous reports on this site.

The total GDP of the five cities along the route, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Dongguan and Huizhou, exceeds 6 trillion, and the regional resident population reaches 50 million.
Currently, the Greater Bay Area is vigorously promoting the integrated development model of rail transportation, maximizing the efficiency of the railway network, and creating urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas on the rails.
Fei Dongbin, director of the National Railway Administration, said today that he will coordinate and promote a larger-scale "four-network integration" pilot promotion work based on the pilot project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Since this year, we have supported and guided the opening of Guangzhou-Foshan South Ring Road and Foshan-Dongguan Intercity, and achieved "four-line connectivity" and public transportation operation with Foshan-Zhaozhou and Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity. At the same time, we organized and established a special working class with the relevant departments of Guangdong Province, relevant enterprises and institutions, and industry associations, and jointly formulated an implementation plan with Guangdong Province to promote the "four-network integration" of rail transit in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. We are currently working on it. Accelerate the implementation and form industry standards with Chinese characteristics on this basis to guide the "Four Networks Integration" work across the country.
In the next step, we will coordinate and promote a wider range of "four-network integration" pilot promotion work based on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area pilot, vigorously promote regional integrated development, and better serve the implementation of major national strategies. We will focus on facilities interconnection, ticket system interoperability, security inspection mutual trust, information sharing and management collaboration.

As of the end of 2023, the operating mileage of railways in Guangdong Province reached 5,736 kilometers, of which the operating mileage of railways in the Greater Bay Area exceeded 2,700 kilometers.

According to the plan:

1. It is expected that in 2025, the mileage of railways in operation and under construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will exceed 4,200 kilometers.
2. To reach 5700 kilometers in 2035.

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