Chongqing Railway Station
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Chongqing
重庆  |
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Chongqing Railway Station
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| Other names | Caiyuanba Railway Station |
| Location | Caiyuan Lu, Yuzhong District, Chongqing China |
| Coordinates | 29°33′9.5″N 106°32′38.5″E / 29.552639°N 106.544028°E |
| Operated by |
Chengdu Railway Bureau China Railway Corporation |
| Line(s) |
Chuanqian Railway Chengyu Railway Xiangyu Railway |
| Platforms | 4 |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1952 |
The Chongqing Railway Station(simplified Chinese: 重庆站; traditional Chinese: 重慶站; pinyin: Chóngqìng zhàn) is a railway station of Chengyu Railway, Xiangyu Railway, Chuanqian Railway, Chengyu Passenger Railway, that located in People's Republic of China.
Once the most important railway station in Chongqing, this station handled virtually all long distance services to the rest of China. Located between central city area and the Yangtze River, the extremely steep terrain of Chongqing requires the longest escalator in Asia between the station to the commercial districts and Chongqing Metro Line 1 and Line 3.
Currently the station has been closed for major renovations, in line with construction of the Chengdu–Chongqing Intercity Railway. Until 2015, only the ticket hall will remain open. However it is still also the site of a major bus terminal.
Chongqing Railway Station is a transportation hub of Chongqing City, a municipality of China.
Chongqing station is a first-class terminus station of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, Xiangfan and Sichuan-Guizhou Railway. Due to its unique size and location, the throughput of the station is less than it was 20 years ago (the site is too small, requiring frequent shunting). With the limitations of Chongqing city's unique mountain environment, the station space is very narrow and not be able to further expand the station's capacity. Chongqing station will continue to maintain the same capacity of the 60-year first-class station. Other stations in Chongqing (such as Chongqing North) have been built, upgraded or being planned to handle the increased passenger needs of the city.
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