Xiamen North railway station

Xiamenbei

厦门北
Xiamenbei; 厦门北 ;
General information
Other names	Xiamen North
Location	Houxi Town (后溪镇), Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian; China
Coordinates	24°38′20″N 118°04′08″E / 24.6388°N 118.0690°E
Operated by	Nanchang Railway Bureau,; China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Fuxia Railway (福厦铁路); Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway (under construction)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 34178; Telegraph code: XKS; Pinyin code: XMB;
History
Opened	April 26, 2010; 14 years ago
Previous names	New Xiamen

Xiamen North railway station (simplified Chinese: 厦门北站; traditional Chinese: 廈門北站; pinyin: Xiàmén-běi Zhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-pah Chām) is a railway station located in Houxi Town, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, on the Fuzhou-Xiamen railway and Xiamen-Shenzhen railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation. It was built to allow train lines that pass through Xiamen to continue to the south west rather than ending in Xiamen at Xiamen railway station. Due to this advantage it is now bigger than Xiamen railway station.

History

The construction of the new Xiamen station (simplified Chinese: 厦门新站; traditional Chinese: 廈門新站; pinyin: Xiàmén-xīn Zhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-chhenn Chām) started on July 10, 2007.^[3] New Xiamen Station was renamed Xiamen North Station on April 9, 2010.^[4] Xiamen North Station opened on April 26, 2010.^[5]

As New Xiamen Station (located on the mainland, in Jimei District) was renamed Xiamen North Station, the station previously known as Xiamen North Station (located in the northern part of Xiamen Island, in Huli District, near the airport) was renamed Gaoqi railway station (高崎站). Gaoqi railway station is still in operation, as the terminal station for several comparatively low-speed (K-, L-, and no-letter series) trains.^[6] The two stations are located on the opposite sides of the narrow strait separating Xiamen Island from the mainland, and should not be confused.

Line 1 of Xiamen Metro, finished in 2017, connects Xiamen North railway station with the island part of the city.