Nanning railway station () is the main
railway station
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serving the city of
Nanning, the capital of
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
China. It is located in the city centre, at 82 Zhonghua Road, in the district of
Xixiangtang.
Overview
The station opened in February 1951 and the upgrade of building and platforms, to allow
high-speed train services also, was completed in December 2013. It is the junction point of the
Nanning–Kunming railway
The Nanning–Kunming railway, or Nankun railway (), is a single-track electrified railway in Southwest China between Nanning and Kunming, provincial capitals, respectively, of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province. The railway was b ...
, the
Hunan–Guangxi railway, the
Nanning–Fangchenggang railway, the
Nanning–Guangzhou railway, the
Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity railway, the
Yunnan–Guangxi railway, and the
Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway
Services
*Rapid transit:
Nanning Metro
Nanning Metro or Nanning Rail Transit (NNRT) is a rapid transit system in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.
Lines in operation
History
Line 1 officially started construction on December 29, 2011. The ...
lines 1 and 2 are both connected to the station.
*Regional services:
[Nanning rail timetable on cnvol.com]
/ref> the station is connected to Liuzhou
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, Guilin
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, Wuzhou
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, Guigang
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Geography and climate
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, Qinzhou
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, Fangchenggang, Beihai and others.
*National services:[ the station is connected to ]Beijing
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, Shanghai
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, Guangzhou
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, Chengdu
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, Kunming, Xiamen
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, Nanjing
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, Shenzhen
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, Wuhan
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, Xi'an
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, Qingdao, Changsha
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and other major cities. One of this services is the " Beijing-Nanning Through Train".
*International services:[ the station is served by the " Beijing-Nanning-Hanoi Through Train", that connects the Chinese and the Vietnamese national capitals. In long-term plan, the Nanning–Singapore economic corridor and of the Kunming–Singapore Rail Network, would connect Nanning Station to ]Cambodia
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, Malaysia
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and Singapore
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.
Notable events
In February 2019, Nanning railway station was the scene of a viral video of North Korea
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's leader Kim Jong-un smoking a cigarette during a break on his way to the Hanoi Summit
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with then American president Donald J. Trump.
See also
* Nanning Rail Transit
* Nanning Locomotive Depot
References
External links
*
{{Portal bar, Trains, China
Railway stations in Guangxi
Railway stations in China opened in 1951
Stations on the Liuzhou–Nanning Intercity Railway
Buildings and structures in Nanning