It is part of the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway network.
[1] This is not to be confused with the Shenzhen–Dayawan intercity railway which is a parallel line that is also under planning but will connect Shenzhen to Huiyang District in southern Huizhou.
[5] The line will connect to the Dongguan–Huizhou intercity railway at Lilin North Station, with provisions to extend to Huidong County.
[7] In 2020, bidding for survey and initial design for the section from Qianbao to Lilin North between Shenzhen and Huizhou Intercity is announced.
[8] On October 30, the Huizhou Municipal Government announced that because the project has a great impact on Huizhou’s construction of a modern comprehensive transportation hub, it needs to conduct in-depth analysis on the lines impacts to the city.