Ganzhou railway station is a railway station located in
Zhanggong District
Zhanggong District () is the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou in the south of Jiangxi Province, China. The oldest part of Ganzhou's ancient sewage system named Fushou Gou (), which was built during the eleventh century ...
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Ganzhou
Ganzhou (), alternately romanized as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, and Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong District.
Hist ...
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Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It is one of two passenger railway stations in Ganzhou, the other being
Ganzhou West railway station which is served by high-speed trains. It has five platforms and an avoiding line in each direction.
History
The railway station was opened in 1996 with the
Beijing–Kowloon railway
The Beijing–Kowloon railway, also known as the Jingjiu railway () is a railway connecting Beijing West railway station in Beijing to Shenzhen railway station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It is connected with Hong Kong's East Rail across th ...
. An additional island platform was put into use in January 2013.
References
Railway stations in Jiangxi
Railway stations in China opened in 1996
Stations on the Beijing–Kowloon Railway
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