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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.