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Analysis of railway accessibility in Fujian Province and the influence of economic development on its spatial differentiation

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Understanding railway accessibility supports railway regulation and development, but few studies consider different perspectives. We study the spatial distribution of accessibility indicators at the county (city) scale in Fujian Province by spatiotemporal syntax and weighted average travel time using railway timetable data. Export trade, rich commercial activities, and high-speed rail had a significant positive effect on objective accessibility. Fuzhou, Sanming, and Longyan were main transfer centers. The most accessible nodes based on weighted average travel time formed a “U”-shaped corridor along the coast. The county-wide average accessibility was 1.72 h. According to spatiotemporal syntax, local general public budget expenditure (0.758993) and export volume of goods-total retail sales of consumer goods (0.956257) had the most interactive impact, while according to weighted average accessibility, import volume of goods (0.618447) and per capita gross regional product-import volume of goods (0.878573) did. These results provide reference for transportation planning and regional development in Fujian Province.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NFSC) (Grant No. 41930104 and Grant No. 41971341).

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  1. Research Institute for Smart Cities, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Yaxing Li, Xiaoming Li, Weixi Wang & Renzhong Guo

  2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Smart Sensing and Services & MNR Technology Innovation Center of Territorial & Spatial Big Data & Guangdong–Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Smart Cities, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Xiaoming Li, Weixi Wang & Renzhong Guo

  3. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Digital Twin Technologies for Cities, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Xiaoming Li, Weixi Wang & Renzhong Guo

  4. College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117566, Singapore

    Yaxing Li

  5. School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Chuangchang Liao

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by YL, XL, WW, and CL. The first draft of the manuscript was written by RG, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors would like to thank the two reviewers and the editor for their suggestions, based on which we have revised this article.

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Li, Y., Li, X., Wang, W. et al. Analysis of railway accessibility in Fujian Province and the influence of economic development on its spatial differentiation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 11605–11621 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31713-z

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