Nanning railway station (Chinese: 南宁站 / 南宁火车站; pinyin: Nánníng Zhàn / Nánníng Huǒchē Zhàn)[3] is the main railway station serving the city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the city centre, at 82 Zhonghua Road, in the district of Xixiangtang.
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| Location | Xixiangtang District, Nanning, Guangxi China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°49′45.5″N 108°18′40.5″E / 22.829306°N 108.311250°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | China Railway Nanning Group,[1] Ministry of Railways of the PRC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Nanning–Kunming railway Hunan–Guangxi railway Nanning–Fangchenggang railway Nanning–Guangzhou railway Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway Yunnan–Guangxi railway Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 7 (14 tracks)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview edit
The station opened in February 1951 and the upgrade of building and platforms, to allow high-speed train services also, was completed in December 2013. It is the junction point of the Nanning–Kunming railway, the Hunan–Guangxi railway, the Nanning–Fangchenggang railway, the Nanning–Guangzhou railway, the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity railway, the Yunnan–Guangxi railway, and the Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway
Services edit
- Rapid transit: Nanning Metro lines 1 and 2 are both connected to the station.
- Regional services:[4] the station is connected to Liuzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, Guigang, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, Beihai and others.
- National services:[4] the station is connected to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xiamen, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi'an, Qingdao, Changsha and other major cities. One of this services is the "Beijing-Nanning Through Train".
- International services:[4] the station is served by the "Beijing-Nanning-Hanoi Through Train", that connects the Chinese and the Vietnamese national capitals. In long-term plan, the Nanning–Singapore economic corridor[5][6] and of the Kunming–Singapore Rail Network, would connect Nanning Station to Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore.[7]
Notable events edit
In February 2019, Nanning railway station was the scene of a viral video of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un smoking a cigarette during a break on his way to the Hanoi Summit with then American president Donald J. Trump.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (in Chinese) Nanning Railway Bureau official website
- ^ Note: "Track 14" is a headshunt. See also the platform layout
- ^ "Nanning Train" on chinatouronline.com
- ^ a b c Nanning rail timetable on cnvol.com
- ^ "Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor" (Beijing Review)
- ^ "China-Singapore HS" on Railways Africa magazine
- ^ (in French) "An HST line will connect China to Singapore" (Business Travel.fr)
- ^ North Korea's Kim Jong Un Stops For A Smoke Break On Way To Hanoi Summit | NBC News, retrieved 2021-06-30
External links edit
Media related to Nanning Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons
