It serves as a faster parallel corridor to the existing mixed passenger freight Xiamen–Shenzhen railway.
[1] It has a design speed of 350 kilometres per hour (220 mph)[2] and the section between Shanwei and Shantou South railway station was completed on 26 December 2023.
[1] On December 26, 2018 the groundbreaking ceremony of the railway line was held in Jieyang.
[5] Construction on the undersea tunnel crossing the Shantou Bay (汕头湾) started in March 2020.
[2][6] This People's Republic of China rail-related article is a stub.