Jing Guosheng, Huang Rongxin, Xie Zhiming
(Guangzhou Transport Planning Research Institute, Guangzhou Guangdong 510030, China)

Abstract： To meet the demand for development from the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao in the new era, the rail transit network must adapt to the situation characterized by high travel demand and high speed travel need between cities, and shift the focuses from the maximizing service coverage to high service efficiency in order to optimize the public land use development planning. By examining the three development stages described as the space extension, urban-rural integration and hub-type network layout, this paper summarizes the achievements and inadequacies of Guangzhou urban express rail service. The paper then suggests the future key improvement of accelerating the development of the Bay Area railway and urban express rail service (above 60 kilometers) as well as the line A (above 400 kilometers). These developments can promote the innovative service connection design among and between the national railway lines, inter- city rail lines and urban rail transit lines, and successfully integrates the three networks, which helps to meet the Guangzhou travel demand around the Greater Bay Area and inside the metropolitan area.

Keywords： transportation planning; urban express rail transit; the Bay Area railways; public land use planning; integration of the three networks; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Guangzhou