The departure time of Train D7132 will be moved from 8.50 am to 9.20 am and five pairs of bullet trains through Zhuhai Railway Station of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity MRT will have new numbers when a national schedule takes effect on April 10.

By then, 80 pairs of daily bullet trains will run on the line, putting it under full-load operation. Nine pairs will be trans-line trains connecting Zhuhai with Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing Municipality, Zhengzhou of Henan, Kunming of Yunnan, Guilin and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huaihua of Hunan, and Shantou-Chaozhou-Jieyang of Guangdong.

Since it began operating in January 2011, the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity MRT has become a major means of commuting between the two cities. Daily passenger volume at Zhuhai Railway Station averaged 57,500 during this year's Spring Festival travel rush, up 17.2 percent from 2018.

Zhuhai Railway Station [File photo]