Jiangmen railway station (

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: 江门站) is a passenger and freight railway station in Jiangmen south road, Xinhui District,

Jiangmen Jiangmen (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, its three urban districts, plus Heshan City being conurbated, with 2,657,662 inhabitants ar ...

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. It was formerly a freight-only station called ''Jiangmen South'', but has since been renamed and expanded to allow passenger operations. The station is the southern terminus of a branch from the

Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway or Guangzhu intercity railway () is a dedicated, grade-separated regional railway linking Guangzhou South railway station in Panyu, Guangzhou, Jiangmen railway station in Xinhui, Jiangmen,and Zhuhai Jin ...

and the eastern terminus of the partially complete

Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway The Shenzhen–Zhanjiang railway is a high-speed railway across the south of Guangdong province. Currently it runs from Jiangmen to Zhanjiang West. It will link the cities of Shenzhen and Zhanjiang when complete. History Announced as part of th ...

to Zhanjiang West. When complete, the Shenzhen–Zhanjiang will also provide a link east to

Zhongshan Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 i ...

and

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History

This station opened on 29 December 2012 as ''Jiangmen South'' with the freight-only

Guangzhou–Zhuhai railway Guangzhou–Zhuhai railway () is a railway between () in Guangzhou and () in Zhuhai, via the cities of Foshan and Jiangmen, in Guangdong, China. Opened at the end of 2012, it is currently used for freight only. Role Until the 21st century, Zhu ...

. In March 2017, the name of the station was changed to ''Jiangmen'' in preparation for its reconstruction as a passenger hub. At the same time, a different station previously called ''Jiangmen'' had its name changed to Jiangmen East railway station. The

branch was extended from its former terminus at Xinhui railway station south to Jiangmen to meet the first stage of the

. Through services from Zhanjiang West to Guangzhou South began on 1 July 2018, though trains skipped the still under construction Jiangmen railway station. The station was opened to passengers on 15 November 2020. The

，Construction of Jiangmen to Shenzhen section started on 9 October 2022.

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Guangdong Railway stations in China opened in 2012