2.1.8
tonnes
in
totalled 4.87 m tonnes in 1985 but they are expected to
reach 7.5
1990, with 211 average annual
increase of 9%; and 18 m tonnes in the year 2000, with
an average arrual increase of 9%.
in
"Under the oper door policy individual province of China
will trade directly with other countries. A large
volume of goods will use Hong Kong as an entrepot. In
future, re-export trade in Hong Kong will increase
rather than decrease", Premier Zhao once said. The
statement truly reflects the real situation
Guangdong. But how the development of the transport system of Guangzhou and Hong Kong would be co-ordinated,
especially how the freight capacity of the
Shenzhen- swloon railway could
matched will need
further consideration.
he
RAILWAYS
2.1.9
The
Beijing-Guangzhou line
The section between
ilengyang ( 衡陽 > and Guargzhou with a total
length of 540 km will be double-tracked.
a tunnel of 14.295
The
There will be
in length at Dayaoshan
section betwer Liuzhou
( 大瑤山 ).
( 柳州 ) and Shaoguan ( 韶關 ) will be
electrified. Wher the electrification is completed, the
capacity of the line will be increased from 11 m tonres
of goods and 15 pairs of passenger trains as in 1981 to
30 m
tonnes of goods and 25 pairs of trains. The next stage of the electrification will be the section between Hengyang and Guangzhou and upon completion, the capacity
of the line will further be increased to 50 m tonnes of
goods and 40 pairs of passenger trains.