Guangzhou Railway Station
Guangzhou Station 广州站 | |
Location | |
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Province | Guangdong (See other stations in Guangdong) |
City | Guangzhou |
District | Yuexiu |
159 Huanshi Xilu | |
Coordinates | 23°9′5.40″N 113°15′8.69″E / 23.1515000°N 113.2524139°ECoordinates: 23°9′5.40″N 113°15′8.69″E / 23.1515000°N 113.2524139°E |
History | |
Pinyin Code | Guangzhou |
Year opened | 1974 |
Former name | Liuhua Station |
Station statistics | |
Line(s) | Jingguang Railway、Guangshen Railway、Guangmao Railway |
No. of platforms | 4 |
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station |
Guangzhou Railway Station (Chinese: 广州火车站; Pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Huǒchēzhàn) serves the city of Guangzhou, China. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East. As one of the busiest railway stations in southern China, Guangzhou station is known for its notorious safety record. CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily.
Services from this station include trains to Beijing (Jingguang railway) and Lhasa. It is served by the Guangzhou Metro on Line 2 and Line 5.
History
As early as the 1950s, the provincial government saw the need for a central train station in Guangzhou but the plans were shelved until 1974 due to the Cultural Revolution. On the 4 April, 1979 with the normalisation of relations with Hong Kong, the through-train service that was suspended for over twenty-five years was resumed. Through-train services were moved to Guangzhou East in 1996 due to increasing security problems.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guangzhou Main Train Station. |
Preceding station | China Railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Guangshen Railway | towards Shenzhen |
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Dalang towards Beijing or Beijing West | Beijing–Guangzhou Railway | Terminus |
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