Nanning railway station
Coordinates | 22°49′45.5″N 108°18′40.5″E / 22.829306°N 108.311250°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operated by | China Railway Nanning Group,[1] Ministry of Railways of the PRC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Nanning–Kunming railway Hunan–Guangxi railway Nanning–Fangchenggang railway Nanning–Guangzhou railway Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway Yunnan–Guangxi railway Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 7 (14 tracks)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nanning railway station (
Xixiangtang
.
Overview
The station opened in February 1951 and the upgrade of building and platforms, to allow high-speed train services also, was completed in December 2013. It is the junction point of the Nanning–Kunming railway, the Hunan–Guangxi railway, the Nanning–Fangchenggang railway, the Nanning–Guangzhou railway, the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity railway, the Yunnan–Guangxi railway, and the Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway
Services
- Rapid transit: Nanning Metrolines 1 and 2 are both connected to the station.
- Regional services:[4] the station is connected to Liuzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, Guigang, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, Beihai and others.
- National services:Beijing-Nanning Through Train".
- International services:
Notable events
In February 2019, Nanning railway station was the scene of a viral video of
Kim Jong-un smoking a cigarette during a break on his way to the Hanoi Summit with then American president Donald J. Trump.[8]
See also
- Nanning Rail Transit
- Nanning Locomotive Depot
References
- ^ (in Chinese) Nanning Railway Bureau official website
- ^ Note: "Track 14" is a headshunt. See also the platform layout
- ^ "Nanning Train" on chinatouronline.com
- ^ a b c Nanning rail timetable on cnvol.com
- ^ "Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor" (Beijing Review)
- ^ "China-Singapore HS" on Railways Africa magazine
- ^ (in French) "An HST line will connect China to Singapore" (Business Travel.fr)
- ^ North Korea's Kim Jong Un Stops For A Smoke Break On Way To Hanoi Summit | NBC News, retrieved 2021-06-30
External links
- Media related to Nanning Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons