Suzhou railway station

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Suzhou 苏州
Suzhou railway station
Location	27 Suzhan Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu China
Coordinates	31°19′50″N 120°36′23″E / 31.33056°N 120.60639°E / 31.33056; 120.60639
Operated by	Shanghai Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Jinghu railway, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Platforms	7
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 30530 Telegraph code: SZH Pinyin code: SZH
Classification	1st class station
History
Opened	1906
Previous names	Wuxian Railway
Passengers
100,000 daily[1]

Suzhou railway station (simplified Chinese: 苏州站; traditional Chinese: 蘇州站; pinyin: Sūzhōu zhàn) is a railway station of Jinghu railway and Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway. The station is located in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

History[]

Suzhou railway station in 1908

Platform in 1915

The station opened on July 16, 1906. The station's area was only 205 square metres.^[2]

In May 1936, the station's name changed to "Wuxian railway station" because Suzhou's name changed to Wuxian (吴县). In December 1937, the station changed back to "Suzhou Station" due to the Japanese invasion.

Old platform

Since July 1, 2010, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway has been in operation; some trains from Suzhou to Shanghai take only 24 minutes.^[3] The upgrade of the station was completed with the opening of the south plaza on 5 February 2013. The upgrade included the opening of a public bus hub. The metro station was opened with Suzhou Rail Transit line 2 was opened on 28 December 2013; metro line 4 was opened on 15 April 2017.

Rail services[]

Suzhou station has 12 platform faces on five island platforms and two side platforms; one island platform has only one face. The original railway uses seven platform faces and three passing tracks. The intercity railway uses five platform faces and two passing tracks.

Suzhou station is served by eight groups of services to Shanghai and Ganzhou:

Z85/86 (later changed to D385/386) was a direct train from Suzhou to Beijing South. The line ended in 2011 due to the operation of the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.^[4] At weekends temporary services use this station.

See also[]

• Suzhou North railway station—on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, 10.5 km away from the Suzhou railway station
• Statue of Fan Zhongyan

References[]

External links[]

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Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Suzhou Industrial Park towards Shanghai or Shanghai Hongqiao		Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity Railway Part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway		Suzhou New District towards Nanjing
Wuxi towards Beijing		Beijing–Shanghai Railway		Kunshan towards Shanghai