Recently, the Office of the People's Government of Nan'an City in Quanzhou issued a reply letter on the proposal No. 2021316 of the Fifth Session of the 12th CPPCC Quanzhou CPPCC. According to the reply letter, the Xiamen Metro Line 3 will be extended to Nan'an Shuitou. The Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Rail Transit Line R1 project (Nan'an Section) will be introduced from Jinjiang Kengwei into the South Wing New City, and 3 stations in Shuitou, South Wing New City and Shijing are initially planned. According to the reply letter:

The Shijing Avenue cross-sea bridge project, with a total investment of about 4 billion yuan, starts at Xiang’an International Airport and crosses the sea with a bridge to Shijing Binhai Avenue. The total length of the route is about 6 kilometers. It is constructed according to urban expressway standards and the design speed is 80 kilometers/ Hours, it shares the corridor with the R1 line of the intercity rail.

The extension project of Xiamen Urban Rail Transit Line 3, with a total investment of about 10 billion yuan, starts from Xiamen University, the terminus of Rail Transit Line 3, and ends at Shuitou Nanqiao Village. The total length of the line is 29.9km and 28 stations are set up along the line. Shijing Chenggong Avenue-Shiqian Road-Jing 1 Road-Provincial Road 201-South Wing Xincheng Station-Jingsan Road-the original 324 National Road laying.

The Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Rail Transit R1 Line Project (Nan'an Section), with a total investment of about 10.8 billion yuan, has a total length of 167.249km, of which Nan'an Section is 22km. The R1 line is introduced from Jinjiang Kengwei to the South Wing New City. The initial plan is to set up three stations in Shuitou, South Wing New City and Shijing. Transfer to Nan'an Rail Line 1 at Shijing Station, and then follow Keyuan Road (Nanshi Expressway Extension) Take a bridge viaduct across Weitou Bay to Xiamen Xiang’an Airport, and set up a station under the main terminal building after crossing the sea.

Xiamen Metro Line 3

Metro Line 3 starts at Xiamen Railway Station and ends at Xiang’an Airport Station, with a total length of 36.7 kilometers and 26 stations. Construction started on the entire line in August 2016. In April 2021, Xiamen Metro Line 3 officially started the trial operation of "Running Map"!

Xia Zhangquan Intercity R1 Line

The Quanzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou intercity rail (R1 line) is an intercity railway that runs through the three cities of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. It is the main skeleton line of the intercity railway in the Xia-Zhangquan metropolitan area. After completion, it will connect Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The three major urban centers of Quanzhou have important strategic significance for the formation of urban agglomeration development clusters and the realization of regional coordinated development.

In June 2020, Quanzhou Rail Transit Group Co., Ltd. was established to better connect and construct the Quanzhou section of the Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Rail R1 line.

In November 2020, Xiamen Public Resources Exchange announced the construction report of the R1 line. The total investment of the R1 line project is 80.8 billion, and the line is about 206km in length. It connects the three cities of Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou, and will become the Xia Zhangquan metropolitan area. The main skeleton line of the intercity railway.

On January 6, 2021, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission announced that Quanzhou was included in the list of major projects in the "14th Five-Year Plan" of the Southwestern Fujian Cooperative Development Zone. It mentioned that the Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Railway R1 (Quanzhou section) will complete some bridges and tunnels. Construction, and strive to be completed and opened to traffic in 2026.

According to the official release in 2021, the Quanzhou section of the Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Railway R1 line is listed as a key project in Quanzhou in 2021 (construction time is 2022-2027), and the Xia-Zhangquan Intercity Railway R1 line is listed as a provincial reserve Key projects.

In March 2021, the provincial government issued a document stating that the Xia-Zhangquan metropolitan area and the Xia-Zhangquan intercity railway R1 line were mentioned again, speeding up the construction of inter-city railways in the metropolitan area, and comprehensively improving the level of public transportation of rail transit. Create a traffic circle with two-hour access between districts and cities, one-hour commute to metropolitan areas, and one-hour basic coverage from district cities to counties under its jurisdiction, and promote the integrated development of multi-level rail transit networks. Editor/He Yuting