West Pearl box shops get boost with new Guangzhou-Zhuhai railway

Time:2013-01-09 Browse:50 Author:RISINGSUN
A BIG boost has been given to the Western Pearl River Delta container terminals with the recent opening of a freight railway service from Guangzhou through Jiangmen and Foshan to Zhuhai, Xinhua reports.


Five Western Pearl Delta container terminals at Yantian, Da Chan Bay, Nansha, Jiangmen and Zhuhai, stand to reap great benefits from the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Railway with first class electric rolling stock and add-on passenger capacity.

 
The line is 189 kilometres long, designed for speeds of 120 kph and serve nine stations, Datian, Guanyao, Danzhao, Heshan, South Jiangmen, Gujing, Doumen, West Zhuhai and Gaolan Port.
 

This is the first freight railway - with passenger capacity - on the western side of the Pearl, bringing intermodal service to the region and easing pressure of the westbound freight movement from Guangzhou.


At present, the West Zhuhai Railway Station Logistics Centre and rail lines for cargo distribution at the Gaolan port are being built as auxiliary projects for the new railway.

 
The CNY2.5 billion (US$401 million) West Zhuhai Railway Station Logistics Centre covers 206.67 hectares, which will be built on adjacent to the waterfront logistics facility offering multi-modal, warehousing, distribution, bonded logistics, inventory management and supply chain management.