Video | First try Guangfo South Ring Road! Four inter city railways in Dawan District will be put into operation soon

Article/Yangcheng Evening News All media reporter Yan Yiwen Correspondent Zhang Jie, Li Zhiguang, Wu Sihui

Picture, video/Yangcheng Evening News full media reporter Liu Chang

Guangfo South Ring Road (Foshan West Station Panyu Station) and Foshan Dongguan Intercity Railway (Panyu Station Dongguan West Station), which have attracted much attention, will be put into operation soon, and will be connected with the opened Foshan Zhaoqing Intercity Railway (Foshan West Station Zhaoqing Station) and Dongguan Huizhou Intercity Railway (Dongguan West Station Xiaojinkou Station) to realize the "four line connection" operation. It is reported that after the "four lines are connected", the public transportation operation mode of "stop at each station+express train at each station" will be fully implemented, realizing 30 minute mutual access from Guangzhou to Foshan and Dongguan center, and 60 minute mutual access from other cities.

On the morning of May 14, all media reporters of Yangcheng Evening News took the South Ring Road of Guangfo to experience the traffic artery connecting important cities in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.

On the morning of May 14, 2023, the reporter got on at 9:50 from the intercity Panyu Station, arrived at Foshan West Station at 10:12, and took the "Grand Station Express" for about 20 minutes

Run through five cities and accelerate the formation of a 1-hour commuting circle in the Great Bay Area

It is reported that the South Ring Road of Guangfo starts from the intercity Foshan West Station, which is set with Zhangcha Station, Shunde North Station, Beijiao West Station and Chencun Station, and ends at the intercity Panyu Station located at Guangzhou South Station. The line is 35 kilometers long, and can transfer with Foshan Line 2, Foshan Line 3, Guangfo Line, and Guangzhou Metro Line 7, Line 2, and Line 22.

The Foshan Dongguan Intercity Railway starts from Panyu Intercity Railway Station and ends at Dongguan West Railway Station with a total length of 37 kilometers.

On the morning of May 14, 2024, the reporter is going to take Guangfo South Ring Road from Panyu Intercity Station to Foshan Station

"At present, Guangzhou Foshan South Ring Road and Foshan Dongguan Intercity will be put into operation as soon as possible after the completion of trial operation and various corresponding procedures. After the opening, it will be connected to the first and the last of the opened Foshan Zhaoming Intercity and Dongguan Huizhou Intercity, realizing the "four lines through" operation, and will form a traffic artery with a total length of 258 kilometers, spanning five cities, in an east-west direction, effectively strengthening the regional traffic links of five cities, including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Dongguan, Huizhou, and accelerating the formation of a 1-hour commuting circle in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. " Xu Kunjie, Head of Publicity Department of Guangzhou Metro Group, introduced.

The four intercity lines are constructed and operated by Guangzhou Metro Group, of which the Pearl River Delta Intercity Rail Company is responsible for construction and Guangdong Intercity Operation Company is responsible for operation management. After the opening of the "four lines", with Panyu Station as the center, Guangzhou Zhaotong Intercity to the west and Guanghui Intercity to the east, 39 stations will be set up along the whole line. Among them, there are 5 stations in Guangzhou, 9 stations in Foshan, 6 stations in Zhaoqing, 12 stations in Dongguan, and 7 stations in Huizhou. The maximum running speed of the train is 200 kilometers per hour.

Schematic diagram of "four lines through" line (provided by Guangzhou Metro)

Why is the Inter city Panyu Station not named Guangzhou South Station? The reporter learned at the test site that the intercity railway is essentially a concept of railway. According to the naming rules of railway, in order to facilitate dispatching and operation organization, the name is not repeated.

Public transportation operation, 2 new express bus stops

On the day of test ride on May 14, all media reporters of Yangcheng Evening News took the Guangfo South Ring Road from Panyu Intercity Station to Foshan West Station. The reporter arrived at the inter city Panyu Station from Guangzhou South Station of Guangzhou Metro Line 22 through the transfer channel, which took about 4 minutes. Take Line 2 and Line 7 to Guangzhou South Station, and walk to Panyu Station for about 10 minutes through the transfer channel. Get on at 9:50 from Panyu Station, arrive at Foshan West Station at 10:12, and take the "Grand Station Express" for about 20 minutes. During the trial ride, the reporter observed that the actual speed of the train can reach 180 kilometers per hour, which is fast and stable as a whole.

On the morning of May 14, 2024, the reporter is going to take Guangfo South Ring Road from Panyu Intercity Station to Foshan Station

"In order to meet the travel needs of different passengers, after the completion of the four lines, the public transportation operation mode of" stop at stations+express at large stations "will be fully implemented, and two new express stops will be added at Panyu Station and Guangzhou Changlong Station. The number of express stops on the whole line will reach 14," said Zhang Qiao, chief engineer of the station service center of Guangdong Intercity Operation Company.

The reporter observed in the test ride of Guangfo South Ring Road (Panyu Station Foshan West Station) that the actual train speed reached 177 kilometers per hour

At present, the two open intercity lines are Zhaoqing, Dinghu East, Dawang, Sanshui North, Foshan West, Dongguan West, Xiping West, Songshan Hubei, Changping South, Chen Jiangnan, Xihu East and Xiaojinkou stations. "After the operation is completed, the train operation organization will be flexibly adjusted according to the actual passenger flow of the line, and the specific operation period and section will be further clarified in combination with the transportation organization plan." Zhang Qiao said.

During the operation test of Guangzhou Foshan South Ring Road and Foshan Dongguan Intercity, Guangdong Intercity Operation Company preliminarily estimated that after the four lines are put into operation, it will take about 30 minutes to travel from Guangzhou Changlong Station to Foshan West Station, Dongguan Xiping West Station, and about 60 minutes to Zhaoqing Dinghu East Station and Huizhou Chenjiang South Station, which will give full play to the radiation and driving role of Guangzhou's core cities, It takes 30 minutes for Guangzhou to reach Foshan and Dongguan, and 60 minutes for other cities to reach each other.

Reporters try to take Guangfo South Ring Road (Panyu Station Foshan West Station), and the interior of the carriage is clean and comfortable

Dual ticketing system, multi ticket purchase on demand

In terms of ticket purchase, the double ticketing system of "12306+intercity railway transit diversified payment" between Guangqing and Guangzhou East Ring will continue to be used in the intercity of Guangzhou Zhaoming and Guangzhou Hui. Among them, the 12306 ticketing system has achieved "one time effective on the same day", and the intercity railway transit based multi payment ticketing system has achieved a variety of payment methods, such as the national traffic card, Lingnantong, Yangchengtong, Guangzhou Metro APP intercity boarding code, etc. The intercity railway will be as convenient for passengers to take as the subway, so that they can walk on their way without having to buy tickets in advance, Travel time will also be more flexible.

On May 15, the intercity railway transit based multi payment ticketing system will be launched on the Fozhao and Guanhui intercity railways. Zhang Qiao reminded that passengers who use the intercity railway bus based multi payment ticketing system need to register on the Guangzhou Metro APP in advance. After passing the real name system verification, they can use the intercity boarding code. They can also carry out the real name system verification on the station equipment with their own ID cards and other certificates. After using the physical ticket cards and checking their faces, they can enter the station and board. Please prepare for travel in advance.

On the morning of May 14, 2023, the reporter got on at 9:50 from the intercity Panyu Station, arrived at Foshan West Station at 10:12, and took the "Grand Station Express" for about 20 minutes

"Yangchengtong physical card and mobile phone NFC can be verified by real name at the self-service customer service center of the opened inter city station in Guangdong with my ID card and other certificates," Zhang Qiao said.

Passengers should note that in order to cooperate with the ongoing operation test work of Guangzhou Foshan South Ring and Foshan Dongguan Intercity Railway, the ticket booking period of Foshan Zhaotong and Dongguan Huizhou Intercity Railway has been adjusted to 3 days since May 13.

Metro staff demonstrate the use of self-service customer service center

Complete more than 700 commissioning sequences to ensure smooth operation

It is reported that during the joint commissioning and test of Guangzhou Foshan South Ring Road and Foshan Dongguan Intercity, Guangdong Intercity has successively carried out professional inspection vehicle network track detection, comprehensive inspection train step by step speed increase test, ITC integrator test, catenary short circuit test, telecontrol system test and other related tests, issued nearly 40 joint commissioning and test transportation organization notices, and completed more than 700 commissioning sequences.

During the operation test of the two new lines, Guangdong Intercity Operation Company successfully completed the running chart parameter test, fault simulation, emergency drill and full map running of the operation test, issued nearly 30 notices of operation test, organized and carried out the suspension of running due to catenary fault, fire evacuation of EMU section, transfer of viaduct passengers to adjacent lines, mutual rescue of EMUs 80 fault simulation and emergency rescue drill scenarios, including diesel locomotive rescue multiple units, comprehensively inspected the stability, reliability and interface running in of various professional equipment, strengthened the linkage and cooperation between posts, and made full preparations for the subsequent opening and operation.