Meizhou–Chaoshan high-speed railway, a passenger-dedicated line (PDL), opened for revenue service on 11 October 2019, connecting two principal cities in

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province,

Meizhou Meizhou ( zh, t=梅州, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xing ...

and

Chaoshan Chaoshan or Teoswa ( zh, s=潮汕, p=Cháoshàn, cy=Chìusaan; peng'im: ) is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Teochew Min language. The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, consists of ...

. The long railway has a design speed of . The line starts from a new

Meizhou West railway station Meizhou West railway station is a high-speed railway station located in Kuigang Village, Nankou Town, Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong, China, near the Meizhou–Heyuan highway (part of G25/ G78), and also near County Road 969. It is the no ...

in the north, passes through Meizhou,

Jieyang Jieyang ( zh, s=揭阳, p=Jiēyáng, t=揭陽; Chaozhou dialect: gig4 iên5; Jieyang dialect: gêg4 ion5) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose peopl ...

and

Chaozhou Chaozhou ( zh, t=潮州), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, ...

connecting with Xiamen–Shenzhen railway and the Shantou line at Chaoshan. Meizhou–Chaoshan high-speed rail is a joint initiative of the

China Railway Corporation China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the China, People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight Rail transport in Chi ...

and Guangdong Provincial Government, its construction required an estimated investment of 14.5 billion yuan. Under construction since 2014, the line has intermediate stations at, Shejiang North, Jianqiao, Fengshun East, Jieyang and Jieyang Airport. In September 2019 there were 20 arrivals and departures from Meizhou West railway station, the departures were: * 4

G-series trains G-series trains () are the fastest train services of China Railway. The trains usually run on dedicated high-speed railways with a designed top speed of . The prefix "G" is pronounced as ''Gao'' in the CR system, which is short for ''Gaosu Dongc ...

: ** 3 to , and ** 1 to . * 16 D-series trains: ** 4 to , ** 4 to , ** 3 to , ** 3 to , ** 1 to , and ** 1 to . Chaoshan railway station has a wider variety of trains and destinations being both the terminus of this line and an intermediate station on the Xiamen–Shenzhen railway. The intermediate stations have a lower level of service with some of the trains stopping at some of the stations, for example Shejiang North station has only three departures per day in each direction.

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