The land for the Zhangshan high-speed railway was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources; The R1 line of the Quanxia-Zhangzhou Intercity Railway completed the feasibility study and approval, and promoted the initial establishment and forest use procedures; The pre-examination of Wenfu railway land was approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources; Fupuning Intercity Railway (F2 and F3 lines) carried out site selection and line selection.

The R1 line of the Quanxia-Zhangzhou intercity railway is speeding up the preliminary design and construction drawing design, and will strive to start construction within the year.

The project route starts from Quanzhou East Railway Station, passes through Xiamen, and ends at Jintang, Zhangzhou. It is the main skeleton line of the intercity railway in the Xiamen-Zhangquan metropolitan area, which will connect the three major urban centers of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou after completion, and is of great strategic significance for promoting the integrated development of the Xiamen-Zhangquan metropolitan area. The project construction plan has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission at the end of 2023. In December 2024, the pre-examination of the land for the construction of the project was approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Along the line, it connects the central urban area of Xiamen and Zhangquan and important urban groups, as well as important transportation hubs such as Quanzhou East, Jinjiang Airport, Xiang'an Airport (under construction), Xiamen East Railway Station (planning), Gaoqi Station (planning), Zhangzhou Station (operation), etc., and effectively connects with the existing and planned rail transit of the three cities. The total length of the main line is 175.04 kilometers (71.5 kilometers in Quanzhou, 53.4 kilometers in Xiamen and 50.2 kilometers in Zhangzhou), of which 94.29 kilometers are on the ground line, accounting for 53.8%, 50.17 kilometers are underground, accounting for 28.7%, and 30.58 kilometers are cross-ridge tunnels, undersea tunnels and EIA tunnels, accounting for 17.5%.

There are 30 stations (14 elevated stations and 16 underground stations) on the whole line, and 4 stations are reserved. The average distance between stations on the whole line is 5.28 kilometer.

The main technical standards of the railway are: intercity railway, train design speed of 160 km/h. It adopts the city D-type car and 4 cars, and does not consider the interconnection with the national railway.

The total investment of the project is estimated to be about 67.983 billion yuan, and the planned construction period is 5.5 years. (This article is from the official website of Jiandao www.seetao.com it may not be reproduced without permission, otherwise it must be investigated, please indicate Jiandao.com + original link) Jiandao.com strategic column editor / Sun Fengjuan