Anqing railway station

Anqing

安庆站
China Railway High-speed
General information
LocationYixiu District, Anqing, Anhui
China
Coordinates30°33′7.66″N 117°3′35.14″E / 30.5521278°N 117.0597611°E / 30.5521278; 117.0597611
Line(s)
History
Opened1995 (1995)

Anqing railway station is a railway station in Yixiu District, Anqing, Anhui, China.

The station is the eastern terminus of the Anqing railway, a branch line from the Hefei–Jiujiang railway. It is the western terminus of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway. It is also the eastern terminus of a branch from the Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway.

History

The station in 2009

The station opened in 1995.[1] In 2004, a line heading east from this station to a nearby power plant was opened.[2] This line is no longer in use, but the route east was reused by the Nanjing–Anqing intercity.

A project to upgrade the station in preparation for the opening of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway began in May 2014.[1] The refurbished station opened on 3 December 2015.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "安庆火车站开始升级改造之路" [Anqing Railway Station began to upgrade and transform the track]. csjcs.com (in Chinese). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ^ "安庆电厂铁路专用线通过验收" [The railway line of Anqing power plant passed the acceptance]. Sina (in Chinese). 1 November 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "安庆火车站新站房昨揭"盖头"". 安庆网 (in Chinese). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Chizhou
towards Nanjing South
 Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway Terminus

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