A HIGH-SPEED rail will be planned and built from Shenzhen to Zhaoqing City to connect with the Guizhou-Guangzhou and Nanning-Guangzhou rails, according to an agreement signed by the Shenzhen Municipal Government and Guangzhou Railway Group Corp.

    Another railway will be planned to connect with Huicheng South Railway Station in neighboring Huizhou to join the Guangzhou-Shantou railway. This railway will link Shenzhen with the Shenzhen-Shanwei Cooperation Zone.

    Within the city, a west-east railway is also considered to connect Airport East, Xili and Pingshan stations.

    According to the agreement, Guangzhou Railway Group Corp. will support Shenzhen’s effort to become a national railway transportation hub.

    The high-speed train depot at Shenzhen North Railway Station will be expanded by 930,000 square meters to accommodate more trains for the opening of the Ganzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Rail and new depots will be built in Xili, Airport East and Pingshan stations.

    Shenzhen will support Guangzhou Railway Group in building its high-speed rail headquarters in Shenzhen as more high-speed rails, such as the Ganzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Rail and Shenzhen-Maoming High-speed Rail, will be put into operation in the near future.

    The two sides agreed to renovate the Pinghu-Nanshan railway, starting with a 900,000-square-meter railway cargo yard that will be built at Pinghu Station. (Han Ximin)