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2.1.10
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen line after the completion of the work on double-tracking this year, its capacity will
be increased from 11 m tonnes of goods and 10 pairs of passenger trains as in 1983 to 22 m tonnes of goods and 30 pairs of passenger trains. When electrification is
carried out in due course, its capacity will further be
increased to 35 n tonnes of goods and 40 pairs of
passenger trains. In 1986, the tonnage of goods passing through Luohu to ong Kong by this line was 2 m tonnes.
The present capacity is insufficient to cope with the
requirements of the export trace of the country.
The volume of goods passing through Hong Kong in future
will grow 2 S a result of improvements to the above 2
lines and the increase in foreign trade.
the section between
) with a length of 48 km
2.1.11 The Sanshui
line koaming
=水 Guangzhou-Sarshui (
-
and the section between Sanshui and Yurfu ( 雲浮
with 2 length of 92 km have beer repaired/upgraded.
Work on the new section between Yaogu) and
茂名
Maoming ( #) will start this year and will be
completed in 1990.
2.1.12 The Guangdong-Fu ien line Preliminary works, such as
surveying and testing, are being carried out. The next stage will be
be to prepare long-term plans including a railroad linking up Meixian ( 梅縣 } with Guanzhou ( 贛州
railroad running
( 雷州半島) a!G
) a
a
) in Jiangxi
through the Leizhou Peninsula
a Western ring route on Hainan The objective of the long term plan is to build
railroad network with North-South and East-West
(YI
axes
within the Province.
Island.