On August 9, “14 yuan, you can go from Xianju to Huangyan in half an hour. How convenient! There is another choice for future travel. ” On the morning of August 9, Taizhou held the opening ceremony of suburban railway. Ms. Yu, a Xianju citizen who took the first train, took a lot of photos with her friends with the “Hehe” train. The train body is painted with two main colors of “Mountain Blue” and “Golden Autumn Yellow”, which shows the urban charm of Taizhou “Mountain Water City” and expresses the beautiful meaning of “Golden Autumn Fruits”, which is very characteristic of Taizhou. This is the first urban rail transit line in Taizhou, which will be officially opened for operation on August 11th.
The Jintai Railway, which was opened in June this year, is a new passage to the sea in central Zhejiang, connecting Jinwen and coastal railways, and is an important link between Shanghai-Kunming Railway and coastal railways. The suburban train project in Taizhou uses the surplus transportation capacity of Jintai Railway to operate suburban trains in Taizhou section, with a total investment of about 3..200 million yuan, mainly to undertake the functions of commuting and learning passenger flow between Linhai City and Xianju County, Jiaojiang District and Toumen Port in Taizhou, to meet the diversified and hierarchical passenger flow demand between east and west areas in Taizhou, and to reduce the pressure of highway passenger transport.
The reporter learned that two lines will be opened in the initial stage of the project, with a daily operation of 11..5 pairs, of which Taizhou West Railway Station-Linhai South Railway Station-Xianju South Railway Station, the line length is about 62 kilometers, the operation time is about 33 minutes, the maximum operating speed is 160 kilometers per hour, and it runs 6 times a day..5 pairs; Linhai South Station-Du Qiao Station-Toumen Port Station (passing through Linhai East, no passengers), the line length is about 55 kilometers, the operation time is about 37 minutes, and the maximum speed of operation is slightly different, with Toumen Port Station-Linhai East being 120 kilometers per hour and Linhai East-Linhai South Station being 160 kilometers per hour.
After the train is opened, passengers can enter the station by swiping the bus card (at present, only the bus cards in Jiaojiang, Huangyan and Luqiao districts with the card number beginning with 31048804 are supported, and the balance in the card must exceed that in 14 yuan), or the “Taizhou Suburban Railway Ride Code” applet in Alipay and WeChat can be scanned to enter the station, and one-way tickets can be purchased by manual ticket outlets or automatic ticket vending machines.
After opening, it will realize convenient transfer with the S1 line, the planned S2 line and the S3 line of the rail transit network under construction in Taizhou, which will effectively strengthen the communication between Taizhou’s eastern, central and western districts and Taizhou’s central city, promote the integration of Taizhou’s regional economic development and improve the efficiency of residents’ travel.
As early as the beginning of the construction of Jintai Railway Project, Jintai Railway Company, a provincial transportation group, and Taizhou Municipal Government had planned to cooperate in using Jintai Railway to run suburban trains, which was officially launched in May 2020 and started construction in March 2021.
The relevant person in charge of Jintai Railway Company said: “Compared with the estimated investment of 228..1.8 billion yuan Taizhou city railway S1 line first phase project, the reconstruction of Jintai Railway suburban train project and Jintai Railway simultaneous construction, the total construction investment is more than 300 million yuan, while sharing railway resources, it can save investment for local governments about 20 billion yuan. “
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)