Guangzhou Railway Station


Guangzhou Station
广州站
Location
Province Guangdong
(See other stations in Guangdong)
City Guangzhou
District Yuexiu
159 Huanshi Xilu
Coordinates23°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.

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Preceding station   China Railways   Following station
TerminusGuangshen Railway
towards Shenzhen
Dalang
towards Beijing or Beijing West
Beijing–Guangzhou Railway Terminus