Zhonghuamen railway station
Railway station in Nanjing, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhonghuamen railway station (Chinese: 中华门火车站) is a railway station in Yuhua Road near Zhonghua Gate of Nanjing. It is a station of Nanjing–Tongling railway, with two platforms.
Zhonghuamen railway station | |
General information | |
Location | 339 Yingtian Ave, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing |
Coordinates | 32°00′30″N 118°46′24″E |
Line(s) | Nanjing–Tongling railway |
Other information | |
Station code | 30743 (TMIS code) VNH (telegram code) |
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Built in 1935 as part of the Jiangnan Railway, the station served as the main passage from central Nanjing to Wuhu. It was seriously damaged during the Second Sino-Japanese War as well as during the Chinese Civil War, and only returned to service in January 1948. The station underwent a series of expansion projects in the 1980s and 1990s, and was briefly renamed as Nanjing South Railway Station in 1998. On 6 January 2011, the station was restored to its old name to avoid confusion with the newer Nanjing South railway station, which is further uptown and operates high-speed rail services. Passenger services stopped in October 2014.[1]
The station is served by the nearby Zhonghuamen Metro Station.