From 00: 00 on April 1 1, the Guangzhou-Shantou Railway was "split in two", and the Guangzhou-Shantou train no longer stopped in Meizhou, but directly added direct trains to and from the two places. Originally, it was a line from Guangzhou to Shantou by train, and it needed to stop in Meizhou. There are two pairs of cars every morning and evening. Now it is divided into two lines and increased to four pairs, that is, there are two pairs of trains from Guangzhou to Meizhou and Shantou directly every morning and evening, all of which are through trains.

The train from Guangzhou to Shantou will end the history of stopping in Meizhou as a stopover. The train travel time from Guangzhou to Meizhou will be 5.5 hours, reduced from 8.5 hours to 7 hours and 30 minutes.

"In the past, the Guangmei Railway was herringbone, and it was necessary to bypass Meizhou to get to Shantou. Now Guangzhou and Shenzhen have opened through trains to Shantou and Meizhou respectively, which can effectively speed up. " Chen Min, spokesperson and deputy general manager of Guangzhou Railway Group, said that this map adjustment "speeds up without increasing prices" and the hard seat and sleeper fares remain unchanged.