Suzhou railway station

This article is about railway station. For metro station, see Suzhou Railway Station station.

Suzhou 苏州
Suzhou railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蘇州站
Simplified Chinese	苏州站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūzhōu zhàn
General information
Location	27 Suzhan Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu China
Coordinates	31°19′50″N 120°36′23″E
Operated by	Shanghai Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Jinghu railway, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Platforms	7
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 30530 Telegraph code: SZH Pinyin code: SZH
Classification	1st class station
History
Opened	1906
Previous names	Wuxian Railway
Passengers
100,000 daily

Suzhou railway station (simplified Chinese: 苏州站; traditional Chinese: 蘇州站; pinyin: Sūzhōu zhàn) is a railway station of Jinghu railway and Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway. The station is located in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

History

Suzhou railway station in 1908

The station opened on July 16, 1906. The station's area was only 205 square metres.

Platform in 1915

In May 1936, the station's name changed to "Wuxian railway station" because Suzhou's name changed to Wuxian (吴县). In December 1937, the station changed back to "Suzhou Station" due to the Japanese invasion.

Old platform

Since July 1, 2010, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway has been in operation; some trains from Suzhou to Shanghai take only 24 minutes. The upgrade of the station was completed with the opening of the south plaza on 5 February 2013. The upgrade included the opening of a public bus hub. The metro station was opened with Suzhou Rail Transit line 2 was opened on 28 December 2013; metro line 4 was opened on 15 April 2017.

Rail services

Suzhou station has 12 platform faces on five island platforms and two side platforms; one island platform has only one face. The original railway uses seven platform faces and three passing tracks. The intercity railway uses five platform faces and two passing tracks.

Suzhou station is served by eight groups of services to Shanghai and Ganzhou:

Railway bureau	Destination	Service number
Guangzhou Group	Shenzhen	K36
Nanchang Group	Nanchang	K1328
Shanghai Group	Shanghai	G7209/G7213
	Taizhou West	G7503
Taiyuan Group	Taiyuan South	D1668
	Linfen	K2666
Xi'an Group	Yulin	K1324 (not in low season)

On some holidays, temporary EMUs start from or end at this station.

See also

• Suzhou North railway station—on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, 10.5 km away from the Suzhou railway station
• Statue of Fan Zhongyan

External links

Preceding station	China Railway High-speed			Following station
Suzhou Industrial Park towards Shanghai or Shanghai Hongqiao		Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway Part of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway		Suzhou New District towards Nanjing
Preceding station	China Railway			Following station
Wuxi towards Beijing		Beijing–Shanghai railway		Kunshan towards Shanghai