The city’s planning and natural resources bureau unveiled the top three designs for the planned Xili Comprehensive Transport Hub in Nanshan District recently after seven months of selecting proposals from among global participants.
The design by Aedas, one of the world’s leading architecture and design practices, in partnership with the Shenzhen Urban Transportation Planning and Design Research Institute and Shendu Design Group, won the first prize.
In the design by Aedas — who is also known for designing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Port Passenger Clearance Building and Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Station — the Xili Comprehensive Transport Hub will serve as a gathering place for international talents and a science and innovation exchange hub to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The core area of the hub is 3.6 million square meters. It will be a major hub on Shenzhen’s railway network backboned by four main stations and four auxiliary stations integrating high-speed railway, intercity rail and urban Metro services. Its four high-speed railways will include the Shenzhen-Ganzhou, Shenzhen-Maoming, Shenzhen-Shanwei, and Shenzhen-Zhuhai intercity railways as well as two intercity railways between Shenzhen, Huizhou and Dongguan. Four Metro lines (13, 15, 27 and 29) will meet at the transport hub.
In terms of size, the Xili hub will surpass Shenzhen North Railway Station. It is strategically positioned as a node on Guangzhou-Shenzhen Innovation Corridor linking the Xili Lake International Science and Education City, Liuxiandong Headquarters Base, Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park and Houhai Headquarters Base.
The construction of the Xili Comprehensive Transport Hub has been listed among Guangdong’s key projects that will start construction this year.
The budgetary investment for the project, including railway stations, a Tanglangshan depot and 12 kilometers of new lines, will cost 15.7 billion yuan (US$2.2 billion), according to the plans released by the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission on March 5.
The project is expected to be completed in 2024.