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A $US 371 million elevated light rail project for the former Portuguese territory of Macau, China, has been proposed in a feasibility study conducted by Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC). The line would connect with the Pearl River Delta Intercity Express Rail project and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.

The study forecasts a construction time of 30 months with completion in 2006, in time for the opening of two massive casino resorts on reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands.

About one-third of the cost would come from leasing land near the proposed line, another third from the Macau government as public infrastructure works, and the remainder from capital markets.

Tourism chiefs yesterday called for the co-operation of cities in the Pearl River Delta to promote the region as a "multi-polar" destination for holiday makers.

Macau Government Tourist Office director Joao Manuel Costa Antunes called for all cities in the delta to band together to develop the region as a tourism brand and encourage competitiveness.

Grouping two or three cities within a few hours' drive of each other - such as Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou - into a package tour would benefit everyone, he said. "If you accept this region is one of the most dynamic in the world, then a multi-polar concept must be used."

Ocean Park Corporation chief executive Tom Mehrmann supported the idea, saying "tri-polar" tours had proved successful in the United States and Europe.

Train from Zhuhai to Guangzhou - the length of whole line is 140.8km with 18 stations. It takes 44 mins to travel non-stop from Zhuhai to Guangzhou or Guangzhou to Zhuhai, 56 mins if stop in every station. The ticket price is $55 yuan one way (non-stop to Guangzhou or non-stop to Zhuhai) and $40 yuan (stop at any of the stations). The line operates from 6am in the morning until 12am at night. Cost of construction is around 19.5 billions yuan and it estimates completed in 2008. The line also includes a 3.2 kilometeres tunnel.

廣珠城際快速軌道設計方案獲最後確定。該方案北段沿廣珠西線高速行走，南段經南蓢進入珠海，全線一百四十點八公里，設十八個車站，最大站距為十六點二公里的珠海金鼎至明珠站，該兩站間將通過三點二公里長的隧道穿越鳳凰山區。

直通車票五十五元

廣珠城際軌道設計方案近日獲得最後敲定，方案全線一百四十點八公里，設計等級為軌道客運專線，工程耗資一百九十五點五億元，最快可望下月動工，預計二○○ 八年建成。竣工後爭取每兩分鐘開行一趟列車，日運行時間十八個小時，全線直達時間四十四分鐘，票價五十五元；站站停全程需八十六分鐘，票價約四十元。

珠海市交通局消息稱，廣珠城際快速軌道在廣珠東線京珠高速公路東側從珠海金鼎收費站進入珠海後，沿港灣大道、金鳳路、鳳凰山隧道、明珠路、港昌路、昌盛路最後直到拱北口岸，境內設金鼎、明珠和終點珠海三個車站。該方案有利珠海南北間的城內客運對流，也有利於疏導城際客流及澳門與珠三角其他城市間的過境客流。

全線共設十八車站

廣珠城際快速軌道最後確定的方案，主線一百一十四點五公里，支線廿六點三公里，總長度較原方案增加了十點六公里。

全線共設十八個車站，其中主線設十四個站，分別為廣州新客站、碧桂園、順德、順德大學、容奇、南頭、小欖、東升、石岐、中山、翠亨、金鼎、明珠和珠海，支線則設古鎭、外海、江門、江門西等四個站。全線平均站間距八點三二公里，最大站間距為珠海金鼎站至明珠站的十六點二公里。

廣珠城際快速軌道全線需經過三十座特大橋樑和三個穿山隧道，橋隧長度逾一百一十公里，其中包括陳村大橋、容桂水道大橋、桂洲水道大橋、小欖水道大橋、石岐河大橋以及西江大橋等六座重點特大橋樑，以及南宮村隧道、南陽山隧道和鳳凰山隧道三個穿山隧道。最長橋樑為長達八公里的容桂水道大橋，最長隧道是三點二公里的珠海鳳凰山隧道。

每天營運十八小時

據設計，廣珠城際軌道建成後，將分別採用二百公里時速和一百四十公里時速的機車運行。全部列車採用國產車，車輛購置費預算約為十一億元。開通運行後，列車之間的間隔約為兩分鐘，全線每天營業時間從早上六點至深夜十二點。

珠海市交通局表示，廣珠城際快速軌道的建設，加強了與珠三角中心城市聯繫，使珠海完全納入珠三角一小時生活圈範圍內。

此外，據廣東省《珠江三角洲城鎭群協調發展規劃》，珠海在金鼎一帶將預留將來連接深圳的城際軌道走廊，同時珠海還有把廣珠城際軌道延伸至該市西部金灣區的設想。

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