Text and picture Yangcheng Evening News reporter Li Zhiwen correspondent Xu Yuan, Chen Guangzhuo, Zhao Yue.
On the morning of December 28, the construction of the Meijiang Bridge in the Wuping-Meizhou section of the Longlong high-speed railway (a high-speed railway connecting Longyan City, Fujian Province and Longchuan County, Guangdong Province) began. The starting point is located in the Wumei section of the Longlong high-speed railway and the co-linear section of the Ruimei railway under construction, marking the opening of the construction of the Wuping-Meizhou section of the Longlong high-speed railway.
The Wumei section is an intermediate component of the Longlong high-speed railway, located in Fujian Province and Guangdong Province, roughly in a north-south direction, with a total length of about 102 kilometers and a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour. The line leads from Wuping Station of Longlong High-speed Railway, passes through Wuping County of Longyan City, Jiaoling County, Meixian District and Meijiang District of Meizhou City, introduces Meizhou West Station of Meishan High-speed Railway, and connects with the Meizhou-Longchuan section of Longlong High-speed Railway.
The Wumei section of the Longlong high-speed railway has 4 stations, Jiaoling, Yanyangxi, Meizhou and Meizhou West, and the construction of the whole line will start in the first half of 2024. At present, the Longyan-Wuping section of the Longlong high-speed railway has been put into operation on December 26, 2023, and the Meizhou-Longchuan section is planned to be completed and opened to traffic in the second half of 2024.
The Wumei section of the Longlong high-speed railway is an integral part of the rapid passenger transport corridor between the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and Fujian and Guangdong. After the completion of the project, it will play an important role in improving the layout of the road network in Jiangxi and Guangdong, strengthening the transportation links between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta region, promoting the revitalization and development along the line and the high-quality economic development of the old revolutionary areas.