Ten years of hard work, across the mountains and seas.
On December 28, 2013, a "Harmony" EMU train carrying more than 1,100 passengers left Xiamen North Railway Station and galloped towards Shenzhen, marking the official opening of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway and the successful conclusion of the southeast coastal rapid railway channel in China's "four vertical" high-speed rail network.
On December 28, 2023, with the speeding bullet trains and the hurried footsteps of travelers, the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway ushered in the 10th anniversary of its opening and operation. In the past ten years, the planned passenger trains from Xiamen to Shenzhen have increased from 33 pairs in the early days of opening to 58 pairs at present, and the number of passengers sent by Xiamen Railway Station through the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway has increased year by year, and in the past ten years, the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway has opened a total of 57 passenger trains60,000 trips, a total of 1 passengers3.7 billion passengers.
Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway starts from Xiamen North Railway Station in the north and reaches Shenzhen North Railway Station in the south, which is an inter-provincial rapid railway and a national-level passenger and freight trunk railway connecting Fujian Province and Guangdong Province in the southeast coastal area of China. This high-speed railway, known as the "rainbow of the special zone", not only connects the three special economic zones of Xiamen, Shantou and Shenzhen, but also connects with the Fuxia, Wenfu and Hangzhou-Ningbo railways to open up the "main artery" of China's southeast coastal railway, and become a "first-class corridor" through the Yangtze River Delta, the west bank of the strait and the three major economic zones of the Pearl River Delta, and the southeast coast has formed a "3-hour tourism economic circle".
In the past, Xiamen, as the end of the national railway network, had inconvenient transportation, which restricted the economic development of Xiamen and even the entire southeast coast. In 2013, the opening and operation of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway realized the one-day round trip between Xiamen and Shenzhen Special Economic Zones, which not only ended the history of many counties and cities in Fujian and Guangdong provinces not being connected to the railway, but also greatly shortened the time and space distance between Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and also changed the travel mode of urban residents along the railway. "Now it takes only about 2 and a half hours to take the 'Fuxing' bullet train from Xiamen to Shenzhen, which is unthinkable as an old railway person. Although she has retired from Xiamen Railway Station for many years, Huang Canfang still pays attention to the development and changes of Xiamen Railway.
Yilin Cheng, a student traveler studying in Shenzhen, has turned to the high-speed rail as her preferred mode of transportation to and from school. "It's very easy to book tickets and the travel time is right, I decided to go home at 9 o'clock last night, and I can go home for lunch at 11 o'clock today. Zheng Yilin said with a smile, "And it is very comfortable to take the high-speed rail, sitting on the soft seat of the high-speed rail, I feel that the train is speeding like the wind, and I often arrive at the destination without waking up." ”
Drink Xiamen tea in the morning, Chaozhou cuisine in lunch, and enjoy the scenery of Shenzhen in the evening. The Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway is not only a bridge connecting cities and strengthening economic development, but also allows people to enjoy a diverse lifestyle without hindrance between different cities. With the beach style of Xiamen, the Chaoshan cuisine of Shantou and the modern cityscape of Shenzhen, travelers can easily choose to travel, shop or visit relatives and friends in another city on weekends or holidays, and enjoy the food, scenery and culture of each place, adding a more colorful life experience to the residents along the route.
During this year's National Day holiday, Lin Dan and his lover, who works for a foreign trade company in Xiamen, took their children under the age of 3 to take a bullet train to Chaozhou and Shantou at Xiamen North Railway Station for a "3-day tour". "My child is still young, and if it weren't for the high-speed rail, we wouldn't have dared to take her out of the house. Lin Dan praised the convenience of the high-speed rail, and the children were also very excited to see the long bullet train, and they talked happily along the way. "My in-laws are in Puning, and there happens to be a high-speed rail station there, so when we return, we will take the train directly to Puning to celebrate the festival with our relatives. During the Spring Festival this year, our family also plans to take a bullet train to Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom to play. Miss Lin said.
Aunt Chen, who is over 76 years old, lives in Raoping, and she and her son took a bullet train to Xiamen to play. "My mother gets severe motion sickness in the car, and we don't dare to take her out to play. After we got the train, we often took her around. Aunt Chen's son Ye Jianguo bluntly said that the journey was very easy, they went to Shenzhen first, and then came all the way to Xiamen, "After getting off the train, my mother was very happy, and said that she would take the train to other cities in the future!."”
The comfort and speed of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway not only makes travel more comfortable and comfortable, but also shortens the distance between relatives. Recalling the time before the opening of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, Mr. Xue felt a lot of emotion. After graduating from university in 2004, Mr. Xue resolutely embarked on the road of entrepreneurship in Guangdong in order to seek better development opportunities. After more than a decade of hard work, Mr. Xue founded an e-commerce company in Shantou, but his two children still go to school in Xiamen. As a result, traveling back and forth between Xiamen and Shantou has become the norm for the couple.
Since the opening of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, Mr. Xue's husband and wife and their children have gradually gotten together more frequently. "The 3-hour trip is half the time compared to driving back and forth by myself, and now my children will take the high-speed train to Shantou every other weekend to visit us, which is so convenient!Mr. Xue said that high-speed rail has become an integral part of their family life.
At that time, the opening of the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway changed people's concept of travelNowadays, the preferred travel mode of high-speed rail is being recognized and accepted by more and more travelers. Ten years of smoothness, straight to happiness. The Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway has become the economic line and development line of the cities along the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, and has also become the "happiness line" connecting the residents of Fujian and Guangdong provinces. (Wu Pengshan, Wan Yu) high-quality author list