Ürümqi South railway station explained

Ürümqinan
Native Name:乌鲁木齐南
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:cn
Symbol:rail
Other Name:Ürümqi South
Address:Nanzhan Lu, Saybagh District, Ürümqi, Xinjiang
Country:China
Coordinates:43.7792°N 87.5833°W
Operator:China Railway Ürümqi Group,
China Railway Corporation
Line:Lanxin railway,
Northern Xinjiang railway
Platforms:3
Opened:1962
Former:Ürümqi

Ürümqi South railway station (;, USY: Үрүмчи Җәнувий Векити) is a railway station of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi–Jinghe railways. The station is located in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The name of the station was Ürümqi railway station from 1962 until September 1, 2014. This name is now assigned to the newly built high-speed railway station of the Lanzhou–Ürümqi High-Speed Railway.

History

The station was constructed in 1962.[1] On May 18, 2002, that station was demolished[2] to make way for construction of the current station which was opened on April 25, 2004.[3]

On 30 April 2014, a terrorist attack occurred at the station, which left three people dead and 79 injured.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2010-09/02/content_5205296.htm 乌鲁木齐火车站暑运人数285.5万
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20021022172551/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2002-05/18/content_398884.htm 历时40年的乌鲁木齐火车站站房成功整体爆破
  3. http://www.zgtlky.com/neirg.asp?id=1653 乌鲁木齐站(中国铁路客运服务网)