Xining railway station

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Xining

西宁
China Railway
New Xining Railway Station.jpg
Xining Station
LocationQilian Lu, Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai
China
Coordinates36°37′13″N 101°48′45″E / 36.62028°N 101.81250°E / 36.62028; 101.81250Coordinates: 36°37′13″N 101°48′45″E / 36.62028°N 101.81250°E / 36.62028; 101.81250
Operated byChina Railway
Line(s)
Platforms17 (8 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1959 (1959)
Services
Preceding station   China Railways.svg China Railway   Following station
towards Lanzhou
Lanzhou–Qinghai RailwayTerminus
TerminusQinghai–Tibet Railway
towards Lhasa

Xining railway station (simplified Chinese: 西宁站; traditional Chinese: 西寧站; pinyin: Xīníng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Xining in Qinghai, China. It is the first station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway which connects the city with Lhasa in Tibet.

History[]

The station opened in 1959.[1] It underwent a major expansion in time for the opening of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway in December 2014.

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References[]

  1. ^ 兰州铁路局:西宁站简介 Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)


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