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South Railway Station

长沙火车南站
South Railway Station; 长沙火车南站
	Changsha South railway station
General information
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan; China
Operated by	Changsha Metro
Line(s)	Line 2; Line 4;
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Other information
Station code	222
History
Opened	29 April 2014
Services

Changshanan

长沙南
Changshanan; 长沙南
General information
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan; China
Operated by	CR Guangzhou
Line(s)	Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway; Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway; Changsha–Ganzhou high-speed railway (under construction);
Platforms	13 (CRH)
Other information
Station code	65818 (TMIS code); CWQ (telegram code); CSN (pinyin code)
History
Opened	26 December 2009

Changshanan

长沙南
Changshanan; 长沙南
	Changsha South railway station
General information
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan; China
Operated by	CR Guangzhou; Changsha Metro; Changsha Maglev Express
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 65818; Telegraph code: CWQ; Pinyin code: CSN
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	26 December 2009; 29 April 2014; 6 May 2016

Changsha South railway station (simplified Chinese: 长沙南站; traditional Chinese: 長沙南站; pinyin: Chángshānán zhàn) is a metro station and a railway station of Wuguang Passenger Railway and Hukun Passenger Railway. The station is located in Lituo Subdistrict, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is a hub and the connecting point of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the proposed Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The station was opened on 26 December 2009.

It is a transportation center of high-speed railways, metro lines 2 & 4, maglev, buses and coaches, which seamlessly connect downtown, Changsha Huanghua Airport and nearby cities.

Design

The designer of the station building is from the 3rd department of Central South Architectural Design Institute, INC. The roof features the waves and ripples of water. It has a total construction area of 273,000 square meters and the depot area is 137,000 square meters.

History

The station opened on 26 December 2009.^[1]

When the station was first open, the surrounded area—which is away from Changsha's city center—was mostly industrial. Since then, however, high-rise residential and office development has taken place around the station. The passenger volume has also increased greatly.^[2]

Gallery

Inside the waiting hall of Changsha South railway station
Platform view of a CRH2 train
CRH3 trainsets going northwards
A south-bound CRH3 locomotive
A CRH380D at Changsha Station
viewing the platform from Departure Hall

Rail services

China Railway

The station is served by the Wuhan–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railways.

Preceding station	China Railway High-speed			Following station
Miluo East towards Wuhan		Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway		Zhuzhou West towards Guangzhou South
Liling East towards Shanghai Hongqiao		Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway		Xiangtan North towards Kunming South

Changsha Metro

Line 2 and Line 4 of Changsha Metro connects Changsha South Railway Station with the city. For Line 2, Changsha South Railway Station is the second station from the east (after Guangda). All other stops are in the west and the terminal is Wangchengpo to which the ride takes about 40 minutes.

Layout

G		Exits
LG1	Concourse	Faregates, Station Agent
LG2	←	Line 2 towards West Meixi Lake (Duhua Road)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
		Line 2 towards Guangda (Guangda)	→

Changsha Maglev

Changshanan

磁浮高铁站

Maglev

Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

磁浮高铁站

Traditional Chinese

磁浮高鐵站

Literal meaning

Maglev high-speed rail station

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cífú gāotiě zhàn

General information

Other names

Changsha South

Location

Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan
China

Operated by

Hunan Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd.

Line(s)

Changsha Maglev Express

History

Opened

6 May 2016^[3]

The medium-low speed Changsha Maglev Express between Changsha South Railway Station and Changsha Huanghua International Airport started services on 6 May 2016.^[3] The Maglev line is 18.5 km long and trains run at a speed of 120 km/h to finish the journey in just over ten minutes.^[4]

Departure Platform of Maglev Station
Concourse of Maglev Station
Guidance in Maglev Station
The exterior of Maglev Station

Local transport

City Bus

Many buses serve Changsha South Railway Station:

16, 124, 135, 159, 160, 348, 503, 63 (express), 66

The tickets for all buses cost about ¥2. Check the timetables and routes at the bus terminal.

Taxi

The distance to city center is approximately 10 kilometers and the charging standards are as following.

05:00-21:00 Initial price: ¥6 for first 2 km, then ¥1.8/km and finally ¥2.7/km after 10 km
21:00-05:00 Initial price: ¥7 for first 2 km, then ¥2.2/km and finally ¥2.7/km after 10 km