Harbin 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 prep ...

on the

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, Binsui Railway, Labin Railway, Binbei Railway and Binzhou Railway. The station is in

Nangang District, Harbin Nangang District (; ) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, forming part of the city's urban core. It is home to major offices of the provincial government and is t ...

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, China.

History

Songhuajiang station () was opened in October 1899. It was renamed Harbin Station in July 1903. It was renovated in 1960, 1972, 1989, and 2002. In 2015, construction of new Harbin railway station began, using the design of the original Art Nouveau style in the 1903-built old station. The north and south terminals both completed renovations in 2017, with the terminals of the newly built Harbin railway station opened for public service. On 26 October 1909, Korean nationalist

An Jung-geun Ahn Jung-geun, sometimes spelled Ahn Joong-keun (; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910; baptismal name: Thomas Ahn ), was a Korean-independence activist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist. He is famous for assassination of Itō Hirobumi, the first ...

assassinated

Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era. A London-educated samu ...

(), the first Prime Minister of Japan, on the platform at Harbin Station. Itō had been Japan's

Resident-General A resident minister, or resident for short, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indi ...

in Korea until a few months before his assassination. A memorial hall honoring An Jung-geun was opened on Sunday, 19 January 2014 in Harbin. The hall, a room, features photos and memorabilia.Memorial hall for Korean nationalist Ahn Jung Geun opens in China
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Metro station

Line 2 of

Harbin Metro The Harbin Metro is the rapid transit system of Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.́ The system began operation on 26 September 2013 with the opening of Line 1. The system has a total of three lines a ...

opened on September 19, 2021.

References

External links

Harbin Railway Station Official website
Railway stations in China opened in 1899 Stations on the Beijing–Harbin Railway Stations on the Harbin–Qiqihar Intercity Railway Railway stations in Harbin 1899 establishments in China {{Heilongjiang-railstation-stub

History

Metro station

See also

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