Taishan railway station (Guangdong)
Taishan Railway Station 台山站 | |||||
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| Location | Nankeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China | ||||
| Coordinates | 22°18′08″N 112°48′37″E / 22.302197°N 112.810171°E | ||||
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| Station code | 23816 (TMIS) | ||||
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Taishan railway station (Chinese: 台山站; pinyin: Táishān Zhàn) is a railway station located in Nankeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China.[1]
History
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In 1906, under the oversight of Chin Gee Hee, the Sun Ning Railway Company began building a railway to connect Xinning County to its northern and southern neighbors.[1] On March 1, 1909, the Xinning Railway Station (Chinese: 新宁铁路总站) was opened in what is now the subdistrict.[1] The rail line, which was completed in 1920, drew attention both domestically and internationally for being the first Chinese-funded and Chinese-constructed railroad in the world.[1]
In 1938, the railway was ordered by the Nationalist Government to be destroyed to prevent the advance of invading Japanese troops.[1] The station would subsequently serve as a bus station.[1]
The new Taishan Railway Station was constructed in 2018 within the village of Nankeng, Taicheng Subdistrict.[1] The station lies upon the Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway.[citation needed]
Design
[edit]Station building
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The building is approximately 8,000 square meters in size, and the station's platform area is approximately 12,000 square meters.[1]
The railway station was designed to replicate the original design of the Xinning Railway Station, with Western-style brickwork and Chinese-styled roofing.[1]
Platforms
[edit]Taishan Station has 2 platforms with 5 lines in total.[2]
Transportation links
[edit]The station is close to a number of expressways, such as the Zhongshan-Kaiping Expressway, the Xinhui-Taishan Expressway, and National Highway 240.[2]