Shenzhen railway station (, formerly Shum Chun station), also unofficially known as Luohu railway station (), is located across from Luohu Commercial City in Nanhu Subdistrict,

Luohu District Luohu District is a district of Shenzhen, China, located north of the New Territories of Hong Kong, east of Futian District, southeast of Longgang District, southwest of Pingshan District, and west of Yantian District. It is one of the oldest ...

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 provi ...

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and is the southern terminus of the Guangshen Railway. It is one of two stations with high-speed rail service in

. The other station is Luohu North railway station, which is currently under construction on

Shenzhen–Shanwei high-speed railway The Shenzhen–Shanwei high-speed railway is a high-speed railway currently under construction in Guangdong, China. It is long and has a design speed of . It is expected to open in 2025. This railway, combined with the Guangzhou–Shanwei hig ...

History

Shenzhen railway station was first opened as ''Shum Chun'', as the last stop of the Chinese section of the

Kowloon–Canton Railway The Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR; ) was a railway network in Hong Kong.Legislative Council information paper CB(1)357/07-08(0 THB(T) CR 8/986/00, CB(1)1749/07-08(0/ref> It was owned and operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCR ...

on 8 October 1911. This station situated in Dongmen, in what was then the market town of Shenzhen/Shum Chun. It was relocated near its current location on the China-Hong Kong border, opposite

Lo Wu station Lo Wu is the northern terminus of the (Kowloon-Canton Railway) of Hong Kong, located in Lo Wu within the Closed Area on Hong Kong's northern frontier. The station serves as a primary checkpoint for rail passengers between Hong Kong and ma ...

, in 1950. This station was in turn demolished in 1983 and successively rebuilt and remodelled multiple times to its current scale.

Location

The station is located just north of the boundary with

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in a north–south alignment. The Guangshen Railway joins the

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 199 ...

just south of the station, where

on the Hong Kong

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is located. The

Shenzhen Metro The Shenzhen Metro () is the rapid transit system for the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. Extensions opened on 28 November 2022 put the network at of trackage, operating on 15 lines with 345 stations. Shenzhen Metro is the 6th ...

system has Luohu station nearby on a lower level connected with Shenzhen railway station.

Layout

Train services

Shenzhen railway station will be the main hub for inter-city trains in

Province, for example, and its current long-distance trains to

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and

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute ...

will be relocated to

Shenzhen East railway station Shenzhen East station (), formerly Pu Kuut station and Buji station (), is located in Buji Subdistrict, Longgang District, Shenzhen, in Guangdong. It is a station on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway. History The station opened in 1911 as a f ...

in the future. Current high-speed trains between Shenzhen to

Guangzhou railway station Guangzhou railway station serves the city of Guangzhou. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East. CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily. Services from this station include trains to Beijing ( ...

and Guangzhou East railway station, however, will stay.Buji Station renamed Shenzhen East -szdaily多媒体数字报刊平台
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Gallery

File:Opening of Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway 02.jpg, Opening of the original Shenzhen station, 1911 File:Samzanzaamtransfer.JPG, Sign directing passengers to in-station services, local transportation, and to Hong Kong File:IMG 0221.jpg, Trains in station area CRH1A File:SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 羅湖 Luohu district map Aug-2010 a.jpg, Shenzhen railway station area map File:Shenzhen Railway Station East Exit.JPG, Shenzhen railway station Exit File:Samzanzaamtransfer.JPG, Transfer signage File:Samzanzaamdiksizaam.JPG, Taxi and bus terminal File:SZ Luohu Shangri-La n Yahoo.JPG, Shenzhen railway station and Shangri-La Hotel in background

References

External links

Shenzhen Railway Station,Luohu Station Shenzhen Metro Overview & History
Shenzhen Metro stations Railway stations in Shenzhen Luohu District Railway stations in China opened in 1911 Stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway Stations on the Beijing–Kowloon Railway {{Guangdong-railstation-stub