祖国大陆第一条横跨海峡的琼州海峡轮渡，于1998年8月30日在海口市长流新海乡的沙滩上破土动工。粤海铁路通道是由广东省的湛海线、海南省的西环线和琼州海峡轮渡，所谓“两线一渡”组成的。该通道北起广东省的湛江市，经雷州、徐闻，在海安上轮渡跨越琼州海峡至海南省海口市， The first Qiongzhou Strait ferry across the Strait of the motherland started its groundbreaking on August 30, 1998, on the beach of Xinhai, a long stream flowing from Haikou. The Yuehai Railway is made up of the Zhanhai Line in Guangdong Province, the Western Ring Line in Hainan Province and the Qiongzhou Strait Ferry, the so-called “two lines and one crossing”. The channel north of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, the Leizhou, Xuwen, Hoi An ferry across the Qiongzhou Strait to Haikou City, Hainan Province,