Nanjing South Railway Station

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Nanjing South Railway Station
Nanjing South Railway Station.jpg
Entrance to the train station
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Design Riding station
Platform tracks 28
opening June 28, 2011
location
Place / district Nanjing
province Jiangsu
Country People's Republic of China
Coordinates 31 ° 58 '14 "  N , 118 ° 47' 33"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 58 '14 "  N , 118 ° 47' 33"  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in China
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Nanjing South Railway Station ( Chinese  南京 南 , Pinyin Nánjīng Nán  - "Nanjing South"), also known as Nanjing Nan Railway Station , is a train station in the city of Nanjing in the Chinese province of Jiangsu . It was opened in 2011 and is primarily used for high-speed traffic .

description

Nanjing South Railway Station has five levels, two of which are underground: The lowest level is used by the Nanjing subway , while the level above houses a shopping mall. There are ticket offices on the ground floor and the platform level above. On the top level there is a waiting room that extends over the tracks and is connected to the platforms via escalators .

The station extends over an area of ​​458,000 m², 282,000 m² of which is accounted for by the station building. Passenger traffic is handled via 28 tracks that can be reached via 15 platforms. Nanjing South Station is designed for a capacity of 44.1 million travelers per year. With construction costs of 14 billion yuan , the station is one of the most expensive station projects on the Chinese high-speed program .

traffic

The high-speed trains departing from Nanjing South provide direct connections to Beijing South Railway Station , Shanghai-Hongqiao , Tianjin , Jinan and Zhengzhou , among others . The Nanjing Lukou International Airport is located around 40 kilometers from the South Railway Station. A bus shuttle runs between the train station and the airport according to a regular schedule .

Picture gallery

  • Station building at night

  • Waiting hall

  • Track level

Web links

Commons : Nanjing South Railway Station  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Zhenhua Chen, Kingsley E. Haynes: Chinese Railways in the Era of High-Speed. Emerald Group, Bingley 2015, ISBN 978-1-78441-985-1 , p. 93.
  2. ↑ a b c d Nanjing South Railway Station, Nanjing Nan Train Station. In: www.chinahighlights.com. Retrieved February 10, 2016 .