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Shanghai Station
上海站
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| A view of Shanghai station. | |
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| Province | Shanghai (See other stations in Shanghai) |
| City | Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°15′06″N 121°27′02″E / 31.2515522°N 121.4504457°E |
- For information on the metro station of the same name, see Shanghai Railway Station (Shanghai Metro)
Shanghai Railway Station (simplified Chinese: 上海火车站; traditional Chinese: 上海火車站; pinyin: Shànghǎi Huǒchē Zhàn) is the main railway station in Shanghai. The station is located on Moling Road,Zhabei District, to the North of the city centre. It is one of the top class railway stations in China, and is governed by Shanghai Railway Bureau. Its passenger traffic is most heaviest at all railway stations in Shanghai, since Shanghai is one of the important hubs among the railway network in China.
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Shanghai Railway Station generally serves north-south and westward locations. It is the terminus of the main Beijing-Shanghai railway line. Nowadays, there are five overnight CRH trains from Shanghai to Beijing every day, and offers up to two Z (non stop, deluxe) trains to Taiyuan and Xian each day.
All trains bound for Jiangsu Province (including the cities of Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing), Anhui Province(Hefei, Fuyang, etc) and the North (i.e. north of the Yangtse River) depart from Shanghai Station, there are over 50 highspeed CRH trains to those cities each day. A few through trains from the north to the south of China also use this station as an intermediate stop. Most trains for Zhejiang and the South depart from Shanghai South Railway Station.
Furthermore, there are the Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train, an intercity railway service between Hong Kong and Shanghai. So immigration Control Point and Customs are set in the station.
In addition to this there are T trains (special fast trains that only stop at main stations) to Dalian, Beijing, Urumqi, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Xian, Lanzhou, Jinan, Tongling, Tianjin, Taizhou and Ningbo. The Shanghai-Kowloon route is one of these. K trains (fast) serve Guiyang, Changsha, Guangzhou, Kunming, Wuhan, Yinchuan, Xining, Nanchang, Zhanjiang, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Yichang, Chongqing, Fuyang, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Baotou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Harbin, and Jilin.
The train which takes the longest time and distance to reach its destination is the T164 (which becomes T165 after Xuzhou). The train departs from Shanghai at 20:38; it takes 48 hours and 58 minutes to reach Lhasa and runs 4373km. The shortest journey is to Kunshan, D462 departing at 06:58 daily and taking only 20 minutes.
History
Shanghai Railway Station is called The New Railway Station by locals as it replaced Shanghai North Railway Station (also known as "Old North Railway Station" by locals) as the city's main train station in 1987. In the late 80's, the old North railway station was inadequate to handle the increasing traffic. The government decided to pull down the Shanghai East (freight) Railway Station and built the new Shanghai Railway Station at this place. On 28 December 1987, the new Shanghai Railway Station started to operate and the North Station closed at the same time.
With the reopening of Shanghai South Railway Station, now the second most important railway station of the city, in June 2006, the Municipal Urban Planning Bureau estimates that up to 40% of passengers will be diverted from Shanghai Railway Station.
In August 2006, it was decided to refurbish Shanghai Railway Station and surrounding areas within the following three years.
In June 2008, in order to co-operate with the opening of World Expo Shanghai 2010, Shanghai Government and Zhabei District carried out "Shanghai Railway Station North Plaza comprehensive transportation hub project" and invested over ¥4.1 billion.
In January 2009, new ticket machines was installed.
Transportation
Shanghai Railway Station can be reached by taking Shanghai Metro Line 1, Line 3 or Line 4 to the adjacent interchange station of the same name.
Due to its excellent connection with the Shanghai street network, the station can also easily be reached by taxi. Be aware that taxis are not allowed to stop in front of the station, but are directed to an underground taxi stop. At its entrance, there may be congestion during rush hour.
See also
- Shanghai South Railway Station
- Shanghai North Railway Station
- Rapid transit in the People's Republic of China
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