Kunming Railway Station

Kunming 昆明
A view of Kunming Railway Station
Location	Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China
Coordinates	25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E / 25.01750; 102.72083
Operated by	Kunming Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC
Platforms	6
History
Opened	1958

Kunming Railway Station (Chinese: 昆明站; pinyin: Kūnmíng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located about 4 kilometres from the city centre. On March 1, 2014, a group of men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143. They were later identified as members of violent Uyghur separatist group.

Kunming Railway Station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.

Kunming also has the Kunming North Railway Station (), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently (2012), it has only very limited service. Kunming also has a railway station called Kunming South Railway Station located in Chenggong District and is used for high-speed rail services.

On March 1, 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130. Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.