Changsha South railway station
Changsha South railway station (simplified Chinese: 长沙南站; traditional Chinese: 長沙南站; pinyin: Chángshānán zhàn) is a metro station and a railway station of Wuguang Passenger Railway and Hukun Passenger Railway. The station is located in Lituo Subdistrict, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is a hub and the connecting point of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the proposed Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The station was opened on 26 December 2009.
Changshanan 长沙南 | |
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Changsha South railway station | |
| General information | |
| Other names | Changsha South |
| Location | Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China |
| Operated by | CR Guangzhou Changsha Metro Changsha Maglev Express |
| Other information | |
| Station code | TMIS code: 65818 Telegraph code: CWQ Pinyin code: CSN |
| Classification | Top Class station |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 December 2009 29 April 2014 6 May 2016 |
It is a transportation center of high-speed railways, metro lines 2 & 4, maglev, buses and coaches, which seamlessly connect downtown, Changsha Huanghua Airport and nearby cities.
Design edit
The designer of the station building is from the 3rd department of Central South Architectural Design Institute, INC. The roof features the waves and ripples of water. It has a total construction area of 273,000 square meters and the depot area is 137,000 square meters.
History edit
The station opened on 26 December 2009.[1]
When the station was first open, the surrounded area—which is away from Changsha's city center—was mostly industrial. Since then, however, high-rise residential and office development has taken place around the station. The passenger volume has also increased greatly.[2]
Gallery edit
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Inside the waiting hall of Changsha South railway station
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Platform view of a CRH2 train
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CRH3 trainsets going northwards
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A south-bound CRH3 locomotive
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A CRH380D at Changsha Station
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viewing the platform from Departure Hall
Rail services edit
China Railway edit
| General information | |
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| Other names | Changsha South |
| Location | Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China |
| Operated by | CR Guangzhou |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 13 (CRH) |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 65818 (TMIS code) CWQ (telegram code) CSN (pinyin code) |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 December 2009 |
The station is served by the Wuhan–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railways.
| Preceding station | China Railway High-speed | Following station | ||
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| Miluo East towards Wuhan | Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway | Zhuzhou West towards Guangzhou South | ||
| Liling East towards Shanghai Hongqiao | Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway | Xiangtan North towards Kunming South | ||
Changsha Metro edit
| Changsha South railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Changsha South | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Changsha Metro | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 222 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 April 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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Line 2 and Line 4 of Changsha Metro connects Changsha South Railway Station with the city. For Line 2, Changsha South Railway Station is the second station from the east (after Guangda). All other stops are in the west and the terminal is Wangchengpo to which the ride takes about 40 minutes.
Layout edit
| G | Exits | ||
| LG1 | Concourse | Faregates, Station Agent | |
| LG2 | ← | Line 2 towards West Meixi Lake (Duhua Road) | |
| Island platform, doors open on the left | |||
| Line 2 towards Guangda (Guangda) | → | ||
Changsha Maglev edit
Changshanan 磁浮高铁站 | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 磁浮高铁站 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 磁浮高鐵站 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Maglev high-speed rail station | ||||||
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| General information | |||||||
| Other names | Changsha South | ||||||
| Location | Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China | ||||||
| Operated by | Hunan Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| Line(s) | Changsha Maglev Express | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 6 May 2016[3] | ||||||
The medium-low speed Changsha Maglev Express between Changsha South Railway Station and Changsha Huanghua International Airport started services on 6 May 2016.[3] The Maglev line is 18.5 km long and trains run at a speed of 120 km/h to finish the journey in just over ten minutes.[4]
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Departure Platform of Maglev Station
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Concourse of Maglev Station
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Guidance in Maglev Station
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The exterior of Maglev Station
Local transport edit
City Bus edit
Many buses serve Changsha South Railway Station:
- 16, 124, 135, 159, 160, 348, 503, 63 (express), 66
The tickets for all buses cost about ¥2. Check the timetables and routes at the bus terminal.
Taxi edit
The distance to city center is approximately 10 kilometers and the charging standards are as following.
- 05:00-21:00 Initial price: ¥6 for first 2 km, then ¥1.8/km and finally ¥2.7/km after 10 km
- 21:00-05:00 Initial price: ¥7 for first 2 km, then ¥2.2/km and finally ¥2.7/km after 10 km
Airport Coach edit
The service is to Changsha Huanghua International Airport. It takes about half an hour.
- Line 3: South Bus Station via Changsha South Railway Station (Price: 21.5CNY single)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 抢占先机 武广高速铁路通车长沙商圈又添新丁 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
- ^ Bradsher, Keith (24 September 2013). "Speedy Trains Transform China". New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ a b "中低速磁悬浮列车正式开通 专家揭秘技术优势". 8 May 2016.
2016年5月6日上午10点08分，我国第一列载客运营的中低速磁浮列车开出长沙南站
- ^ Changsha to Construct Maglev Train 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, 2014-01-09
External links edit
- Changsha Metro Group website