The Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Rail will be extended to Huizhou North Station, an interchange station with Ganzhou-Shenzhen High-peed Rail, according to a report released by the Huizhou Development and Reform Bureau on Monday.
The 6.9-kilometer extension section of the rail from Xiaojinkou Station to Huizhou North Station will have two stations including Xiaojinkou underground station.
Work on the 3.6-billion-yuan (US$509 million) project, designed for trains traveling at a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour, will start this year and is scheduled to be completed in 2024.
In the future, the extended Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Rail will be connected with Ganzhou-Shenzhen High-speed Rail, which is under construction, at Huizhou North Station.
The bureau also announced that in the future, Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Rail will be connected with Shenzhen-Huizhou Intercity Rail which is under planning.
The Shenzhen-Huizhou Intercity Rail will start from Qianhai and end at Huizhou airport. It will have 16 stations including Lilin North Station in Huizhou, an interchange station with Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Rail.