Xining railway station
![]() Xining railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Qilian Lu, Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai China | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°37′13″N 101°48′45″E / 36.62028°N 101.81250°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | China Railway | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 17 (8 island platforms, 1 side platform) | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1959 | |||||||||||||||
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Xining railway station (simplified Chinese: 西宁站; traditional Chinese: 西寧站; pinyin: Xīníng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Xining in Qinghai, China. It is the first station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway which connects the city with Lhasa in Tibet.
History
[edit]The station opened in 1959.[1] It underwent a major expansion in time for the opening of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway in December 2014.[citation needed]
Gallery
[edit]- Old Xining station Exterior
- Interior waiting area
- Railway platform
- Interior of the rebuilt Xining Railway Station in May 2015
- Platforms 2 and 3
- Station Sign
- Station Building
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 兰州铁路局:西宁站简介 Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)