Taishan railway station (Guangdong)

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]

Taishan Railway Station

台山站
General information
LocationNankeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Coordinates22.302197°N 112.810171°E / 22.302197; 112.810171
Other information
Station code23816 (TMIS)
Location
Taishan Railway Station is located in Guangdong
Taishan Railway Station
Taishan Railway Station
Location within Guangdong

History
Xinning Railway Station

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.

Design

Station building
Ticket Vending Machines
Concourse

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

Taishan Station has 2 platforms with 5 lines in total.[2]

The station is close to a number of expressways, such as the Zhongshan-Kaiping Expressway, the Xinhui-Taishan Expressway, and National Highway 240.[2]

References
  1. 台山站：忆往昔峥嵘岁月，百年铁路梦再圆. 台山广播电视台 (in Chinese). 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. 区位得天独厚 站场商圈渐成 (in Chinese). Southern Metropolis Daily. 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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