Golmud railway station

36°22′58″N 94°54′21″E

Golmud railway station

The station as seen from the platform (2006)

Golmud railway station, Geermu railway station or Ge'ermu railway station (simplified Chinese: 格尔木站; traditional Chinese: 格爾木站; pinyin: Gé'ěrmù Zhàn) is the main railway station of Golmud in Qinghai (China). The station is located at 2829 m above sea level and opened in 1979.^[1]

This is an intermediate station on the Qinghai–Tibet railway and the eastern terminus of the Golmud–Korla railway.^[2]

History

Golmud railway station was rebuilt and expanded as part of the Golmud–Korla railway project. The new station was opened on 30 June 2020.^[3]