Hangzhou railway station

Hangzhou railway station (Chinese: 杭州火车站; pinyin: Hángzhōu Huǒchē Zhàn or Chinese: 城站; pinyin: Chéng zhàn; lit. 'station in city') is located in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.[2] It is affiliated to Shanghai Railway Bureau, and is also the terminal of the Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway. The station is ranked first-class.

Hangzhou railway station
For the metro station, see Chengzhan Station.
Hangzhou

杭州
China Railway
China Railway High-speed
Hangzhou railway station in May 2015
General information
Other namesCity Station (Chinese: 城站)
LocationHuancheng Donglu, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
China
Coordinates30°14′46″N 120°10′42″E
Operated byShanghai Railway Bureau,
China Railway Corporation
Line(s)Shanghai–Kunming Railway
Xuancheng–Hangzhou Railway
Shanghai–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway
Platforms9
Construction
ArchitectCheng Taining[1]
Other information
Station code
  • TMIS code: 32252
  • Telegraph code: HZH
  • Pinyin code: HZH
Classification1st class station
History
Opened1907; rebuilt 1942, 1999
Services
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Genshanmen
towards Shanghai or Shanghai South
 Shanghai–Kunming railway
Hangzhou branch
 Yingning
towards Kunming
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Yuhang
towards Shanghai Hongqiao
 Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway
Part of the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway
 Terminus

History
Hangzhou railway station in the early 20th century

The station was first built in 1906 as a stop along the Jiang-Shu railway (江墅铁路), and at that time was called "Qing Tai Men Station" (清泰门站). It was opened on 23 August 1907 as the railway was put into use.[3] Because the station was hundreds of meters away from Hangzhou City at that time, the residents inside the city found it inconvenient. Thus, Ma Yifu (马一浮), a scholar returning from America, suggested the station move into the city. The building of the in-town station started in 1909 and was completed the following year. In 1937, the Sino-Japanese War began. The station was bombarded twice in October by the Japanese, and Hangzhou was occupied on 24 December. During the Japanese occupation in Hangzhou, the station was rebuilt from 26 March 1941 to 21 March 1942.

As the passenger load continuously grew, the station's capacity could hardly cope with the future demands. Thus the old station building was demolished in summer 1997, and a new one was erected and put into use on 28 December 1999.

View of the tracks and platforms at Hangzhou railway station

See also

References
  1. "中国工程院院士程泰宁教授". Southeast University. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. 为什么杭州火车站叫"城站" 看这个老地图展就知道 (in Chinese)
  3. 杭州火车站 车站历史 Archived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
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