Anqing railway station explained

Anqing
Native Name Lang:	zh-hans
Symbol:	crh
Symbol Location:	cn
Address:	Yixiu District, Anqing, Anhui
Country:	China
Coordinates:	30.5521°N 117.0598°W
Line:	Anqing railway Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway (via branch)

Anqing railway station is a railway station in Yixiu District, Anqing, Anhui, China.

The station is the eastern terminus of the Anqing railway, a branch line from the Hefei–Jiujiang railway. It is the western terminus of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway. It is also the eastern terminus of a branch from the Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway.

History

The station opened in 1995.^[1] In 2004, a line heading east from this station to a nearby power plant was opened.^[2] This line is no longer in use, but the route east was reused by the Nanjing–Anqing intercity.

A project to upgrade the station in preparation for the opening of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway began in May 2014. The refurbished station opened on 3 December 2015.^[3]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 May 2014. 安庆火车站开始升级改造之路. Anqing Railway Station began to upgrade and transform the track. 19 March 2021. csjcs.com. zh.
2. Web site: 1 November 2004. 安庆电厂铁路专用线通过验收. The railway line of Anqing power plant passed the acceptance. 19 March 2021. Sina. zh.
3. Web site: 4 December 2015. 安庆火车站新站房昨揭"盖头". 19 March 2021. 安庆网. zh.