Nanning railway station

Nanning railway station (Chinese: 南宁站 / 南宁火车站; pinyin: Nánníng Zhàn / Nánníng Huǒchē Zhàn)[3] is the main railway station serving the city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the city centre, at 82 Zhonghua Road, in the district of Xixiangtang.

Nanning

南宁
China Railway High-speed
Front view of the station building
General information
LocationXixiangtang District, Nanning, Guangxi
China
Coordinates22°49′45.5″N 108°18′40.5″E
Operated byChina Railway Nanning Group,[1]
Ministry of Railways of the PRC
Line(s)Nanning–Kunming railway
Hunan–Guangxi railway
Nanning–Fangchenggang railway
Nanning–Guangzhou railway
Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway
Yunnan–Guangxi railway
Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway
Platforms7 (14 tracks)[2]
History
Opened1951
Services
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Nanning East
towards Liuzhou
Liuzhou–Nanning intercity railway Terminus
Preceding station Nanning Metro Following station
Baicangling
towards Shibu
Line 1 Chaoyang Square
towards Nanning East Railway Station
Mingxiu Lu
towards Xijin
Line 2 Chaoyang Square
towards Tanze
The station building in 1951

Overview

The station opened in February 1951 and the upgrade of building and platforms, to allow high-speed train services also, was completed in December 2013. It is the junction point of the Nanning–Kunming railway, the Hunan–Guangxi railway, the Nanning–Fangchenggang railway, the Nanning–Guangzhou railway, the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity railway, the Yunnan–Guangxi railway, and the Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway

Services

Notable events

In February 2019, Nanning railway station was the scene of a viral video of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un smoking a cigarette during a break on his way to the Hanoi Summit with then American president Donald J. Trump.[8]

See also

References

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