When will Dongguan Light Rail be opened to traffic? How long does it take from Changping to Guancheng?

A 37-kilometer-long "Tielong" will be born in Dongguan, and many Dongguan people have been waiting for the long-awaited light rail to start. According to preliminary calculation, after the completion of the first phase of the light rail R2 line, it takes only 20 minutes from Shilong to Humen by light rail. The change brought by this speed will not only save time, but also greatly change people's activity space, living habits and lifestyle-"working in the town street and living in the urban area" may become a fashion.

More importantly, the half-hour life circle in Guangzhou and Dongguan will become a reality. Once the R2 line of rail transit is completed, citizens in the central area of Dongguan get on the bus at the Convention and Exhibition Center Station, and it takes more than 0/0 minutes to arrive at Shilong New Station, where they change to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen line train, 20 minutes to arrive in Guangzhou and 30 minutes to go directly to Shenzhen. After the completion of the new railway station, there will be a port in the station, and passengers can take a bus directly from Shilong to Hong Kong.

Activation time

20 1 1 The new railway station is put into use.

Yesterday, after a sudden thunderstorm, the sun became particularly bright. On a construction site near the West Lake in Shilong, guangzhou-shenzhen railway, 10 excavators began to dig mud, and the first light rail in Dongguan was officially started.

"The traffic in Dongguan will turn a new page." Li Yuquan, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, thinks that the start of the R2 line of Dongguan rail transit and the new station of Shilong Railway Station are major events in Dongguan. Li Yuquan said that Dongguan, as an international modern manufacturing base, has a huge economic aggregate, dense people flow and logistics, and frequent foreign exchanges. Planning and building rail transit and building a new station of Shilong Railway Station is an urgent need to solve the traffic pressure.

Zhang Jun, deputy director of Guangdong Development and Reform Commission, believes that this is also an important measure for Dongguan to actively respond to the global financial crisis and actively integrate into the Pearl River Delta. Zhang Jun said that after the completion of the project, Dongguan will develop into a modern city in the Pearl River Delta.

The new railway station is located in Shilong West Lake, 2.7 1 km south of the original railway station. Here, guangzhou-shenzhen railway will seamlessly connect with the R2 line of Dongguan Railway, and the new railway station will also serve as the starting point of R2 line. According to the plan, a comprehensive transportation hub integrating national railway, urban rail transit and highway traffic will be built here.

It is reported that the new railway station covers an area of 6.5438+0.4 million square meters with a total investment of 800 million yuan. The basement of the new station is used as a railway station, and the first stop of R2 line is underground. The new station has a station building, a signal building and a light rail transfer hall. The platform canopy adopts a column-free canopy. Parking spaces such as bus parking, social parking, small cars and taxis will be provided around the station. Next, Shilong will organize personnel to conduct public bidding for these projects.

According to reports, the new railway station and the R2 line of urban rail transit are designed and constructed simultaneously, and strive to build the station at Shilong Railway Station100th anniversary, that is, 20 1 1 year. Founded in 19 1 1 year, Shilong Railway Station is about to retire after a century of vicissitudes. After 20 1 1 year, it may become a train museum.

Convenient travel

It takes up to 40 minutes from downtown to Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

It is reported that Dongguan rail transit consists of four lines, of which R2 line is tangent to the north-southwest direction, with a total length of about 60 kilometers, passing through towns and streets such as Shilong, Chashan, Dongcheng, Guancheng, Cheng Nan and Houjie, with a total length of 37.7 kilometers. * * Station 13, including underground station 1 1.

The line will adopt common steel wheel-rail system and B-type locomotive, and the maximum speed can reach 120km. Once the R2 line of rail transit is completed, citizens in the central area of Dongguan can get on the bus at the Convention and Exhibition Center Station. It takes 18 minutes to reach Shilong New Station, where they can transfer to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen line train, 20 minutes to Guangzhou and 30 minutes to Shenzhen, which is very convenient. According to the plan, after the completion of the new railway station, there will be a port in the station, and returning passengers will be able to take Shilong directly to Hong Kong.

Buildings along R2 will benefit.

Some people in the real estate industry said that the construction of rail transit will drive the appreciation of the industry and property of the whole city and the land along the line, especially the land around the hub station. Such as the exhibition center, bus terminal, Mayong, Humen, Chang 'an and other hub stations around the real estate will receive more attention.

"Dongguan Industrial Structure Adjustment Plan (2008~20 17)" also shows that in the future, commercial housing will be concentrated along the rail transit, which leaves a large space for the development of the real estate industry in the next decade. In April, the first construction line of R2 line started, which will benefit not only the buildings around West Lake District in Shilong, but also the buildings along Guanlong Road, Dongcheng Middle Road, Dongguan Avenue and Provincial Highway 256.

When the subway connects the whole Pearl River Delta, the number of people in Shenzhen and Guangzhou will increase. Coupled with the industrial upgrading in Dongguan, the middle class in Dongguan itself is also growing, which will stimulate mid-range housing.

Shilong Railway Station New Station (renderings)

After the completion of the new railway station, the annual passenger traffic will be100000 in the near future and 20 million in the long term. The new railway station will be put into operation on 20 1 1.

20 1 1 With the completion of the first phase of rail transit R2 line, the new station of Shilong Railway Station and Humen Baisha Railway Station, it takes 18 minutes to reach the new station of Shilong Railway Station in urban areas, 22 minutes to reach Humen Baisha Station, and then go to Guangzhou or Shenzhen through guangzhou-shenzhen railway and Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong passenger dedicated lines respectively, 20 minutes to reach Guangzhou, and 30 minutes.

Downtown Convention and Exhibition Center Station (renderings)

After the completion of the new station of Shilong Railway Station and Humen Baisha Railway Station in the first phase of R2 Line, take the rail transit R2 Line 18 minutes to reach the new station of Shilong Railway Station, and 22 minutes from the convention and exhibition center station in the city center to reach Humen Baisha Railway Station.

Future Dongguan Light Rail (renderings)

The highest speed of R2 line can reach 120km/h, and the average travel speed is about 55km/h, which is more than three times faster than the speed of 16 ~ 17km/h during the peak hours of urban public transport.