Recently, the site of Gaoming Station of the high-speed rail has been decided, which is located on the west side of Sanzhou Industrial Park, Gaoming District, Foshan City.
Gaoming Station collection and distribution system completed the planning.
As early as 2021, the Gaoming District Transportation Bureau planned to build a high-speed rail Gaoming Station to build a comprehensive transportation hub. At present, the three-year "Gaoming Station Collection and Distribution System Planning" (hereinafter referred to as the "plan") has been completed, adhere to the moderate advance, the expansion and adjustment of the scale of the station has been fully demonstrated, and the scale of the first phase of the station will reach 1690,000 square meters, promote the introduction of high-speed railways, intercity railways, urban railways and highways into airports and high-speed rail stations, and form a multi-level hub airport collection and distribution system.
Renderings of Gaoming Station Station.
The plan points out that Gaoming Station will be the most important starting point for Gaoming to participate in the competition and cooperation in the Bay Area and promote industrial development, and it is a new starting point to promote Gaoming's integration into the development of the Bay Area. Gaoming Station will be the most accessible hub in Foshan, with a number of high-speed rail connections such as the Zhuhai-Zhaozhou high-speed railway, the Shennan high-speed railway, and the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed rail connection line in the near future, as well as the Zhaoshun South Intercity, Foshan Metro Line 2, Airport Express and other urban rail connections in the future.
Renderings of the Pearl River Delta hub airport station of the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed railway.
The construction of Gaoming Station will greatly improve Gaoming's accessibility to the outside world and shorten the time and space distance between Gaoming and Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai and other cities. The use of Gaoming station can realize Gaoming to the west through Shennan, Zhuhai and Zhaozhou to quickly reach the Guangzhou, Sichuan and Chongqing regions, to the north with the help of the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed rail line to use the Guangzhou hub to directly connect to the Beijing-Guangzhou line and the eastern coastal urban agglomeration, to the south to use Zhuhai and Macao, to the east to use Zhaoshun South, Zhuhai and Zhaozhao directly to connect Shenzhen and eastern Guangdong, to achieve four-way connectivity and access to the whole country, which can be described as gathering Foshan and reaching the whole country.
The Xijiang bridge section of the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed railway under construction. Photo by Hong Hai.
During the planning period, the site selection of Gaoming Station was carried out after several rounds of research, and the site was finally selected on the west side of Sanzhou Industrial Park from various aspects such as project feasibility, population and position, and development potential. In terms of road network planning, focusing on the "fast in and fast out" distribution transportation system, it is proposed to build a "two horizontal and two vertical" high-speed expressway, "two horizontal, four vertical and one inner ring" trunk road system, the organizational layout of passenger and freight separation, make full use of waterfront water resources and the existing ecological substrate, create a quality slow traffic system, and put forward a detailed planning scheme for major roads.
In terms of economy and urban development, Gaoming Station is located on the same city science and technology innovation development axis connecting Foshan Airport Group, Xiqiao Group, Chancheng Nanzhuang, Sanlongwan Science and Technology City, and the south of Panyu in Guangzhou, connecting the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, and will fully connect with the high-end development factor resources such as innovation, industry, capital and talents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Hecheng Street and Xijiang New Industrial City area, where Gaoming Station is located, are in line with Gaoming District's proposal to promote the integrated construction of Hecheng, Yanghe and Xijiang New Industrial City in recent years, which will bring new opportunities for local high-quality development.
*: Foshan release, Gaoming release Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Luo Lin.