Nanjing railway station

This article is about the station in Nanjing, Jiangsu. For other uses, seeNanjing railway station (disambiguation).

Not to be confused withNanning railway station.

Nanjing Nam kinh
Nanjing railway station
General information
Location	Longpan Lu,Xuanwu District,Nanjing,Jiangsu China
Coordinates	32°05′14″N118°47′51″E
Operated by	Shanghai Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Line 1 Line 3 Beijing–Shanghai Railway Nanjing–Xi'an Railway Nanjing–Qidong Railway Nanjing–Tongling Railway Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway
Platforms	8
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 16805 Telegraph code: NJH Pinyin code: NJI 125,310 (Nanjing Metro)
Classification	1st class station
History
Opened	1968 3 September 2005(2005-09-03)(Line 1) 1 April 2015(2015-04-01)(Line 3)
Services
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Nanjing railway station(Chinese:Nam kinh trạm;pinyin:Nánjīng Zhàn) is a majorrailway stationofNanjing,the capital ofJiangsuprovince. It is located in the northern part of Nanjing's urban core (just a short walk from the city wall), nearXuanwu Lake.

Services

Until 2010, this was the main railway station of Nanjing, with the great majority of all trains serving Nanjing using this station. Only a small number of trains, going to the destinations to the southwest of Nanjing, pass through the (old) Nanjing South railway station, which is located south of Nanjing's walled city; service to Nanjing West railway station has been suspended.

After the opening of newNanjing South railway stationin the southern part of greater Nanjing in mid-2010, many of the high-speed trains serving Nanjing have been re-routed to that new station. However, Nanjing station has frequent high-speed service toShanghaiandShanghai Hongqiao,some services also stopping at Zhenjiang, Changzhou and Suzhou. Some overnight D trains continue on north towardsBeijing South railway station,Tianjin West railway station,orXi'an North railway station.

Nanjing railway station is served by a station of the same name onLine 1andLine 3ofNanjing Metro.It is also the terminal for many of the city bus lines.

History

The station opened in September 1968,shortly before the opening of theNanjing Yangtze River Bridge.The connection with Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro began operations on 3 September 2005as part of the line's Phase I fromMaigaoqiaotoAndemen.The interchange with Nanjing Metro Line 3 opened on 1 April 2015 with the opening of that line.

On 30 September 2016 the metro station served a peak volume of 99,800 passengers.

See also

• Zhonghuamen railway station (Nanjing)
• Nanjing South railway station
• Nanjing West railway station
• Nanjing North railway station

External links

Media related toNanjing railway stationat Wikimedia Commons

• Nanjing Railway Station(in Chinese)
• Nanjing Railway Station Timetable