Chaoshan Railway Station

Chaoshan 潮汕
Location	Chao'an District, Chaozhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Xiashen Railway
History
Opened	28 December 2013
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Chaoyang towards Shenzhen North Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway Raoping towards Xiamen North

Chaoshan Railway Station (Chinese: 潮汕站) is a railway station located in Shaxi Town (沙溪镇) in the Chao'an District of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China, on the Xiashen Railway operated by the Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., China Railway Corporation.

Structure

The station serves Shantou, Jieyang and Chaozhou, and is located in the geometric centre of these cities, approximately 20 to 30 kilometres (12 to 19 mi) from each.

The station is divided into two, with a north and south station house, which can accommodate a total of 2000 passengers, covering an area of 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft).^[1]

Service

As of January 2014, Chaoshan station is a major station on the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, and is a terminus station for the G-series Guangzhou-Chaoshan route, starting at Guangzhou South Railway Station.^[2] The station also operates D-series trains, with destinations including Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou and Shanghai.^[3] It is expected that there will be connections to Hong Kong and Meizhou.^[4][5]

The table below takes effect since 14 April 2017 (meanwhile regarding some occasional minor changes later on), and will partially fall into disuse since 1 July 2017.

History

The station began operations on 28 December 2013.

Gallary

• 
  Information board of Train D2312, the only non-overnight train that passes Chaoshan Railway Station.
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  Information board of Train D7425, operating on weekends (incl. Friday) and peak periods.
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  Train G6313/6316, a CRH380B staffed by Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., Ltd.
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  G6327/6326 (left) and D3112 (right) meeting at Chaoshan Railway Station (Platforms 1 & 2).
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  Train D7405, a CRH1A staffed by Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., Ltd. (now changed to CRH1A-A).
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  D7404 having arrived at Chaoshan, its terminus, with the trainset about to run D7405 back to Shenzhen North.
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  Info board of CRH1A-A-1174 (staffed by Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., Ltd.) which was about to run D7405.

References

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Coordinates: 23°32′35″N 116°35′08″E / 23.54306°N 116.58556°E / 23.54306; 116.58556