Changping Railway Station (Guangdong)
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Changping
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| Location | China |
| Coordinates | 22°59′10″N 114°00′05″E / 22.98611°N 114.00139°ECoordinates: 22°59′10″N 114°00′05″E / 22.98611°N 114.00139°E |
| Line(s) | Guangshen Railway, Guangmeishan Railway, Jingjiu Railway, Guangdong Through Train |
Changping Railway Station, formerly Sheung Ping Railway Station (at opening) and Dongguan Railway Station (until 2014), serves the city of Dongguan in Guangdong Province, China, located in Changping Town of the city. It is served by Guangshen Railway, Guangmeishan Railway, Jingjiu Railway as well as the Guangdong Through Train service.
It is a port of entry to mainland China for passenger trains from Kowloon, Hong Kong on the Guangdong Through Train service.
The station is configured in a northwest-southeast alignment. Trains departing to the northwest continue along the Guangshen railway towards Guangzhou. To the southeast, there is a junction where the Guangshen railway merges with the Guangmeishan railway and Jingjiu railway (coming from the east). The Guangshen railway continues south towards Shenzhen, where it is connected to the East Rail Line of Hong Kong at the border near Luohu/Lo Wu. The Jingjiu railway continues east through the Dongguan East station then onwards towards Beijing.
Sheungping Railway Station was opened in 1911 along with the Chinese section of Kowloon-Canton Railway, Sheungping being the Cantonese-based postal romanization of Changping, which is Putonghua-based.
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