On August 27th, the Meizhou-Shantou High-speed Railway officially launched the joint debugging test, and the connection of whole line entered the countdown. The connection of the line will end the history of Meizhou's inexistence of high-speed railway. The travel time between the cities along the line to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and other cities will be greatly shortened, making the eastern Guangdong and northeastern Guangdong regions integrated into the "three-hour economic life circle" of Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
  
The joint debugging mainly tested and checked the performance and status of each system such as track, roadbed, bridge, tunnel, power and traction power supply, communication, signal, customer service, natural disaster monitoring, etc., ensuring that each system meets the design requirements and has the opening conditions and providing important technical support for the connection and operation of the line.

Source:Shantou Daily, August 28, 2019

梅汕铁路启动联调联试

8月27日，梅汕铁路正式启动联调联试，全线开通进入倒计时。线路开通后，将结束梅州不通高铁的历史，沿线城市至广州、深圳、厦门等城市的时间将大幅缩短，粤东、粤东北地区将融入广深“三小时经济生活圈”。

此次联动调试主要对轨道、路基、桥梁、隧道、电力及牵引供电、通信、信号、客服、自然灾害监测等各系统性能及状态进行测试和试验，确保各系统达到设计要求和具备开通条件，为线路开通运营提供重要的技术保障。

来源：汕头日报2019-8-28