Chengdu South or Chengdunan railway station () is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Wuhou District Wuhou District () is one of 12 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It contains the historic site, Wuhou Temple and Jinli Street. The district is bordered by Jinjiang Distric ...

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, the capital of

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

province, China. Services from this station include

Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway () is a higher-speed intercity railway in Sichuan Province that connects Mianyang, Chengdu, Deyang, Meishan, Emei and Leshan. The line is in length and can accommodate trains traveling at the speed o ...

. It is served by the South Railway Station on

Chengdu Metro The Chengdu Metro is the rapid transit system of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, China. With the opening of Line 1 on 27 September 2010, the system consists of 12 subway lines and 1 light rail line. It has subsequently undergone rapid expansion. ...

Line 1, Line 7 and Line 18.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1970 along with the construction of the

Chengdu–Kunming railway The Chengdu–Kunming railway or Chengkun railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in southwestern China between Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The line is long and traverses rugged ...

, and was constructed as a single-level station with a floor area of approximately , serving both passenger and freight traffic. The daily passenger traffic was around , with the station able to accommodate 600 persons at a time. On 8 May 2011, with the opening of the high-speed

Chengdu East railway station Chengdu East or Chengdudong railway station () is a railway station in Chenghua District, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, serving the Chengdu–Chongqing intercity railway, the Chengdu–Guiyang high-speed railway, the Dazhou–Chen ...

, Chengdu South closed for renovations. However, during the 2012 ''

chunyun Chunyun (; literally translated as “Spring transportation”), also referred to as the Spring Festival travel rush or the Chunyun period, is a period of travel in China with extremely high traffic load around the time of the Chinese New Year. ...

'', to relieve passenger burden on the other stations in the city, trains temporarily served Chengdu South. On 20 December 2014, with the opening of the

, the station reopened.

Chengdu Metro

South Railway Station () is a transfer station on Line 1, Line 7 and Line 18 of the

. It serves the Chengdu South railway station.

Station layout

Gallery

File:Entrance_B_of_South_Railway_Station.JPG, Entrance B File:Concourse_of_South_Railway_Station01.jpg, Concourse File:Platform_of_Line_1_in_South_Railway_Station.jpg, Line 1 platform File:Platform_of_Line_7_in_South_Railway_Station01.jpg, Line 7 platform

References

External links

* {{Chengdu–Chongqing Intercity Railway Chengdu Metro stations Railway stations in Sichuan Transport in Chengdu Railway stations in China opened in 1970 Stations on the Chengdu–Kunming Railway Stations on the Chengdu–Chongqing Intercity Railway Stations on the Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway