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Simplified Chinese | 上海火车站 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 上海火車站 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 100 Moling Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°15′06″N121°27′02″E / 31.251552°N 121.450446°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | CR Shanghai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Beijing–Shanghai Railway Shanghai–Kunming railway Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 13 (6 island platforms, 1 side platform) Side platform for Z99/100 with Customs and Immigration Inspection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Top Class station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shanghai railway station (simplified Chinese :上海火车站; traditional Chinese :上海火車站; pinyin :Shànghǎi Huǒchēzhàn; Shanghainese: Zånhae Hutsuzae) is one of the four major railway stations in Shanghai, China, the others being Shanghai South, Shanghai Hongqiao, and Shanghai West (Shanghaixi).
The station is located on Moling Road, Jing'an District, to the North of the city centre. It is governed by Shanghai Railway Bureau and is one of the most important hubs of the railway network in China.
Shanghai station is called "the new railway station" by locals since it replaced Shanghai North railway station (also known as "Old North railway station", or "Old North Station" - 老北站 by locals) as the city's main train station in 1987. In the late '80s, the old North railway station was inadequate to handle the increasing railway traffic in Shanghai. The government then decided to pull down the Shanghai East (freight) railway station and build a new railway station at the same place. On 28 December 1987, the North railway station was closed. At the same time, the new Shanghai railway station was built and started its operation. [1]
In 2006, some railway lines of the station were moved to the reopened Shanghai South railway station, which lessened the increasing pressure of passenger traffic. In August 2006, a decision was made to renovate the aging station and its surrounding area. Many new ticket machines were installed to increase efficiency.
In June 2008, in order to co-operate with the opening of World Expo Shanghai 2010, Shanghai Government and Zhabei District carried out a new renovation called the "Shanghai Railway Station North Plaza Comprehensive Transportation Hub Project" with a total investment over 4.1 billion RMB.
On May 29, 2010, the renovation was completed. It expanded the north building from 1,000 square meters (10,764 sq ft) to 15,560 square meters (167,486 sq ft), refurbished the south building and added a new designed wave-shaped roof over the platform. [2]
In late 2015, rumours of the demolition of the Shanghai railway station arose. Many locals had believed this because of the many residential developments and needlessness of the station as there are already the Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai South, and Shanghai West stations. However, this rumour has been rejected by the Shanghai Municipal Government [ citation needed ].
Most long-haul, non high-speed trains bound for Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province and the North (i.e. destinations north of the Yangtze River) depart from Shanghai railway station. It also offers regional high-speed CRH trains to Nanjing and Hefei as well as overnight high-speed trains to Beijing and Xi’an.
It offers [1]
In addition, a lot of pass-by trains from the north to the south of China also use Shanghai station as an intermediate stop.
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