Suzhou railway station

Suzhou

苏州
Suzhou; 苏州 ;
	Suzhou railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蘇州站
Simplified Chinese	苏州站
Hanyu Pinyin
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 / 31.33056°N 120.60639°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

The station opened on July 16, 1906. The station's area was only 205 square metres.^[2]

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.

Since July 1, 2010, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway has been in operation; some trains from Suzhou to Shanghai take only 24 minutes.^[3] 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
Shanghai Group	Taizhou West	G7503
Taiyuan Group	Taiyuan South	D1668
Taiyuan Group	Linfen	K2666
Xi'an Group	Yulin	K1324 (not in low season)

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

References

^ 城市商报 (2012-10-01). "苏州火车站客流比春运还多". 搜狐网. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
^ "传奇古城苏州见证苏州火车站100年历史变迁". 搜房网. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
^ 中国铁路客户服务中心. "旅客列车时刻表查询". Retrieved 2012-09-21.

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

[1] 城市商报 (2012-10-01). "苏州火车站客流比春运还多". 搜狐网. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

[2] "传奇古城苏州见证苏州火车站100年历史变迁". 搜房网. Retrieved 2012-09-21.

[3] 中国铁路客户服务中心. "旅客列车时刻表查询". Retrieved 2012-09-21.

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v t e Major railway stations in China
North	Baotou Beijing West South Fengtai Hohhot East Shijiazhuang Taiyuan South Tianjin West
Northeast	Changchun West Dalian North Dandong Harbin West Qiqihar South Shenyang North
East	Bengbu Fuyang Fuzhou South Hefei South Jinan East West North Jinhua Hangzhou East South West Nanchang West Nanjing South Ningbo Qingdao North Shanghai South Hongqiao Suzhou Wenzhou South Xiamen North Xuzhou Yingtan
South Central	Changsha South Chaoshan Foshan West Guangzhou East North South Baiyun Hengyang East Hong Kong Hung Hom* West Kowloon* Huaihua Liuzhou Luoyang Longmen Nanning East Shangqiu Shenzhen North East Futian Wuhan East Wuchang Hankou Xiangyang Zhengzhou East Hangkonggang Zhuhai Zhuzhou West
Southwestern	Chengdu East Chongqing North West Shapingba Guiyang (North) Kunming South Lhasa Mohan Yuxi
Northwestern	Baoji South Lanzhou West Ürümqi South Xi'an North Xining Yinchuan
Stations in italics are proposed, under planning or under construction. Note: * in / related to the special administrative regions

v t e Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger-dedicated railway
Shanghai–Nanjing	see Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway and Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Nanjing–Hefei	Qinhuaihe signal station Nanjing South Nanjing Jiangpu Quanjiao Huang'an Chaobei Feidong (- Hefei) Hefei South
Hefei–Wuhan	Hefei South (Hefei -) Chang'anji Nanfenlu Lu'an Dushan Jinzhai Tiantangzhai Dunyitang Sanhe Macheng North Hong'an West Hengdian East Hankou
Wuhan–Yichang	Hankou Hanchuan Tianmen South Xiantao West Qianjiang Jingzhou Zhijiang North Yichang East
Yichang–Lichuan	Yichang East Yichang South Chexi Changyang Langping Yesanguan Gaoping Luoshuidong Jianshi Baiyangping Enshi Baiguo Qingkou Lichuan
Lichuan–Chongqing	Lichuan Liangwu Shizhuxian Fengdu Fuling North Changshou North Fusheng Shuangxi Chongqing North
Chongqing–Suining	Chongqing North Dongjiaxi signal station Huangjue signal station Hechuan Weituo Xiataihe Tongnan Sanxing (- Suining) Suining South
Suining–Chengdu	Suining South (Suining -) Xinqiao signal station Daying East Jijin South Huaikou South Shibantan Chengdu East

History

Rail services

See also

References

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