A key tunnel for the uplink section between the Dayuan and Taihe stations on the east ring of the Guangzhou-Foshan Loop Intercity Railway – currently being constructed in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province – was recently completed, marking significant progress in the engineering project.

The section is 6,144 meters long, with the outer diameter of the tunnel reaching 8.8 meters and the inner diameter spanning 8 meters.

The tunnel linking Dayuan and Taihe stations on the east ring of the Guangzhou-Foshan Loop Intercity Railway is made ready. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

The east ring of the Guangzhou-Foshan Loop Intercity Railway is regarded as being an important transportation infrastructure project to promote and realize the regional economic integration of the Pearl River Delta.

In all, it spans a length of nearly 46.7 kilometers – passing through Panyu, Haizhu, Huangpu, Tianhe and Baiyun districts of Guangzhou – and will have eight stations.

On completion, the travel time from Guangzhou South Railway Station to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport will be cut to half an hour – while that from the Tianhe Central Business District to Guangzhou South Railway Station and the airport will be reduced to 10 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively.