Chaoshan railway station () is a railway station located in Shaxi Town () in the

Chao'an District Chao'an () is a district of Chaozhou City in eastern Guangdong Province. It was Chao'an County until June 2013, when it became a district of Chaozhou. The former county was known as 'Haiyang' until 1914. It has an area of and a population of 1 ...

Chaozhou City Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the Sout ...

, Guangdong Province,

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, on the Xiashen Railway operated by the Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp.,

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Structure

The station serves Shantou,

Jieyang Jieyang () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose people speak Chaoshan Min distinct from neighbouring Yue speakers. It is historically important as th ...

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

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and

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. It is expected that there will be connections to

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and Meizhou. Services to

Meizhou Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 million as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City ...

are also available after the opening of Meizhou-Chaoshan railway on 11 October 2019.

History

The station began operations on 28 December 2013.

Gallery

File:D7425.jpg, Information board of the former D7425 operating on weekends (incl. Friday) and peak periods File:G6313&6316.jpg, Train G6313/6316, a CRH380B staffed by CR Guangzhou. File:G6327 & D3112 at Chaoshan Railway Station.jpg, G6327/6326 (left) and D3112 (right) meeting at Chaoshan railway station (Platforms 1 & 2) File:D7405 at Chaoshan Railway Station.jpg, Former D7405 which originated at Chaoshan railway station File:CRH1A-A-1174 at Chaoshan Railway Station.jpg, Former D7404 terminating at Chaoshan railway station File:D7405's Exterior Display.jpg, Info board of CRH1A-A-1174 about to operate as (the former) D7405

References

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