Research on the Construction of Technical Standard System for Intercity Railways in Urban Agglomerations of Jiangsu Province.

Intercity railways in urban agglomerations serve as critical transportation infrastructure, playing a key role in supporting and guiding the advancement of new urbanization in China. The functional orientation and technical standards of such railways have become focal areas of research within the industry. However, the current national railway technical standard system is insufficient to fully address the entire process of intercity railway construction and operation in urban agglomerations, particularly within the framework of "four network integration and interconnection". This study focused on the intercity railways in Jiangsu Province's urban agglomerations, with the goal of facilitating their integration into city centers and their operation as public transit systems. Based on their functional positioning and technical characteristics, and through comparisons with the national railway and urban rail transit standard systems, two major subsystems-engineering construction and transportation services-were constructed. Moreover, the system encompassed several key business areas, including foundation, surveying, design, construction, inspection, operation, management, and services. A standard framework, covering various specialized and thematic research areas, was established to guide the design, construction, equipment, inspection, and operational management of intercity railways in urban agglomerations. This framework aims to realize the vision of "unified planning, unified standards, coordinated operation, interconnection, seamless transfers, and one-ticket access." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]