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Pinghu railway station, formerly Ping Wu station, serves the town of Pinghu,
Pinghu railway station, formerly Ping Wu station, serves the town of Pinghu, Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
, Guangdong
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, China
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. It is a stop on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, and also the termini of Pinghu–Nanshan railway Pingnan railway or Pinghu–Nanshan railway is a railway line in Shenzhen connecting Pinghu with Nanshan. Freight and long-distance passenger train services are provided.
Route
The line is long with 8 stations, from Pinghu, where it is linked to ...
and Pinghu–Yantian railway.
History
The station was opened in 1911 as part of the Kowloon–Canton Railway Chinese Section, with trains running betweenKowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
and Canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
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.
Since the China Railway speed-up campaign, the number of passenger trains stopping at Pinghu was decreasing, and was totally closed to passenger service since 2006 where the last stopping passenger train was cancelled.
It reopened following refurbishment on 26 September 2016. It is an intermediate station exclusively for CRH intercity trains on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, conventional trains do not stop at this station.
References
Railway stations in Shenzhen Railway stations in China opened in 1911 Stations on the Pinghu–Yantian Railway Stations on the Pinghu–Nanshan Railway Stations on the Beijing–Kowloon Railway Stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway {{Guangdong-railstation-stub