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Meizhou West Railway Station
Meizhou West railway station is a high-speed railway station located in Kuigang Village, Nankou Town, Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong, China, near the Meizhou–Heyuan highway (part of G25/ G78), and also near County Road 969. It is the northern terminus of the Meizhou–Chaoshan railway, and a station on the future Longyan–Longchuan railway, expected to be completed in 2024. It started service on 11 October 2019. History The station began construction at 2014. The tracks of the Meizhou-Chaoshan railway were fully completed in 30 June 2019, and service commenced on 11 October. The building of the railway station was completed by April 2019. Commencement In response to the opening of the Meizhou-Shantou railway, the station held the opening ceremony on the morning of October 11, 2019, and was addressed by a number of guests including Wu Xiaohui, the Executive Deputy Mayor of the Meizhou Municipal Government. He announced the opening of the railway, during which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meixian District
Meixian (, Hakka: Moiyen), formerly Meihsien, is a district (China), district of Meizhou, Meizhou City, in northeastern Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. The county is an important Hakka settlement and is the ancestral home of many Hakka descendants living in Taiwan. History Its original name was Chengxiang county () during the southern Han Dynasty where it was first created, all the way to the Song dynasty, Song, Yuan dynasty, Yuan and Ming dynasty, Ming dynasties, and then renamed Jiaying county during the Qing dynasty. It only obtained the name Meixian in 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution. Geography Meixian almost completely surrounds Meizhou's central urban Meijiang District. This is due to the old urban core of Meixian becoming separated from the bulk of the county in the territorial reorganization following the 1949 establishment of the China, People's Republic of China, when it was given equal status. Ethno-linguistic make-up Meixian is noted for its large Hak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiamen Railway Station
Xiamen railway station () is a railway station located in Xiamen, Fujian, China, on the Yingxia Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation. Located in the south-western part of Xiamen Island, near downtown Xiamen, Xiamen railway station is a dead-end (terminal) station. Service Xiamen railway station is an exception from the typical arrangement of rail services in Fujian's cities, in that it combines both "traditional" passenger trains and high-speed (D-series) trains at a single downtown location. Since 2010, this has been the southern terminal of the Fuzhou–Xiamen railway (Fuxia), with frequent D-series trains departing to Fuzhou (via Quanzhou and other coastal cities), some of them continuing north to Wenzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shanghai Hongqiao. On June 29, 2012, the new Longyan–Xiamen railway (Longxia) opened as well, with frequent D-series trains connecting Xiamen with Longyan (with stops in Zhangzhou and Nanjing County). Numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou East Railway Station
Guangzhoudong (Guangzhou East) railway station (), formerly known as Tianhe railway station () serves the city of Guangzhou, located in the city's Tianhe District. The railway, metro, and bus terminal stations is interconnected as a single station complex. There is an immigration check point within the station for Guangzhou–Kowloon through train passengers travelling to and from Hong Kong. Station Layout Rail services Rail services serving Guangzhou East railway station include: * Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway * Guangzhou–Kowloon through train * Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway Metro services An interchange station between Lines 1 and 3 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located at the underground of China Railway station in Linhe Zhonglu (), Tianhe District Tianhe District () is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "a river in the sky/heavens", which is also a Chinese name f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaoshan Railway Station
Chaoshan railway station () is a railway station located in Shaxi Town () in the Chao'an District of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China, on the Xiashen Railway operated by the Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp., China Railway Corporation. Structure The station serves Shantou, Jieyang and Chaozhou, and is located in the geometric centre of these cities, approximately from each. The station is divided into two, with a north and south station house, which can accommodate a total of 2000 passengers, covering an area of . Service As of January 2014, Chaoshan station is a major station on the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, and is a terminus station for the G-series Guangzhou-Chaoshan route, starting at Guangzhou South railway station. The station also operates D-series trains, with destinations including Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou and Shanghai. It is expected that there will be connections to Hong Kong and Meizhou. Services to Meizhou Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantou Railway Station
Shantou Railway Station () is a railway station located in Longhu District, Shantou. It opened on 28 December 1995, situating on the eastern end of Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway, and later also branching off from Xiamen–Shenzhen railway (currently to Shenzhen North or beyond only). Basic Information Shantou Railway Station locates in Longhu District, which serves citizens in the urban area of Shantou. It currently manages 36 trains, in which 17 are departure there. It was originally a station of Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway, and later connected to Xiamen–Shenzhen railway by a connecting railway line. This line was connected to Meizhou West via the Meizhou-Chaoshan railway in October 2019 providing additional journey options. Departure Trains Please note the above only presents initial train numbers. Train numbers are subject to changes at some intermediate stations. Connected Lines * Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway * Xiamen–Shenzhen railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenzhen North Station
Shenzhenbei (Shenzhen North) Railway Station () is one of the four large intercity railway stations of Shenzhen, located in Longhua District. It has 11 platforms and 20 lines. It is an interchange station between the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link, the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway, future Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway and the Shenzhen Metro Lines 4, 5 and 6. Construction started in 2007 and was completed in June 2011. The Line 4 platforms opened on 16 June 2011, Line 5 platforms opened on 22 June 2011, CRH platforms opened on 26 December 2011 and Line 6 platforms opened on 18 August 2020. High speed trains run from Shenzhen North train station to Beijing West railway station, Xiamen and Guangzhou. History Planning and design Since 1980, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the established Shenzhen railway station has been the main railway terminal locally. But with the increasing frequency of trains, the original station has insuff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passenger Rail Transport In China
Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People's Republic of China, with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011. It is operated by the China Railway Corporation (CR). The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year. Passenger train classes and route identifiers Every train route has an identification number of two to five characters arranged by the Ministry of Railways. The first character can be alphabetic or numeric, while the second to fifth characters are all numeric. Trains are classified as either ''up'' (even-numbered) trains or ''down'' (odd-numbered) trains. Since the capital Beijing is treated as the focal point of the rail network, trains from Beijing are ''down'' services (e.g. the T109 from Beijing to Shanghai), while trains towards Beijing are ''up'' services (e.g. the T110 from Shanghai to Beijing). Trains that do not go either to or from Beijing are similarly des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-series Trains
G-series trains () are the fastest train services of China Railway. The trains usually run on dedicated high-speed railways with a designed top speed of . The prefix "G" is pronounced as ''Gao'' in the CR system, which is short for ''Gaosu Dongche'' meaning high-speed EMUs in Chinese. The numbering of G trains are defined by the prefix G followed by a train number. Compared with D-series trains, G-series trains are operated at higher speeds for either part or whole of the journey, and if compared to the D trains sharing the route, may have fewer stops and even overtake these D trains by giving the latter a longer stay at some stations. G trains are also the only type of train that do not permit standees. Rolling stocks The G-series trains often use EMUs with a designed speed of or higher, covering both Hexie (CRH series) and the Fuxing (CR series). * CRH2C – The first type of high speed train running on ballast-free track. It is developed from CRH2A, which is based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakka People
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan, Guizhou in China, as well as in Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Pingtung County, and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. The Chinese characters for ''Hakka'' () literally mean "guest families". Unlike other Han Chinese subgroups, the Hakkas are not named after a geographical region, e.g. a province, county or city, in China. The word ''Hakka'' or "guest families" is Cantonese in origin and originally refers to the Northern Chinese refugees fleeing social unrest, upheaval and invasions in northern parts of China (such as Gansu and Henan) during the Qin dynasty who then seek refuge in the Cantonese provinces such as Guangdong and Guangxi, thus the original meaning of the word implies that they are guests living in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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