Guangzhou North railway station explained
| Guangzhoubei |
| Native Name: | 广州北 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Symbol Location: | cn |
| Symbol: | crh |
| Address: | Zhanqian Road (Chinese: 站前路) |
| Borough: | Xinhua Subdistrict, Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Country: | China |
| Operator: | China Railway Guangzhou Group
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| Line: | |
| Classification: | 2nd class station |
| Opened: | 1908 (conventional speed railway)
2009 (high-speed railway) |
Guangzhou North railway station is a railway station in Huadu District in northern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, opened in 1908.[1]
The station is served both by the high-speed trains of the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway and by regular passenger trains on the original Beijing–Guangzhou railway running along the same route.[2]
Metro station
See main article: Guangzhou North Railway Station (Metro). It is served by Line 9 of Guangzhou Metro.
See also
- Huadu railway station
- Guangzhou South railway station, 17 km from central Guangzhou, now receives most high speed trains to and from the city, and its opening diminished the importance of the somewhat remote Guangzhou North railway station.[3] Most services that stop at Guangzhou North also stop at Guangzhou South.
Notes and References
- Web site: Guangzhou North Railway Station. TravelChinaGuide.com. 25 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100125164659/http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guangdong/guangzhou/north-railway-station.htm. 25 January 2010. dead.
- A search on www.tielu.org with a parameter such as "Chinese: 广州北至长沙" (Guangzhou North to Changsha) shows both the high-speed G-class train from Guangzhou South railway station and regular K-class trains coming from Guangzhou railway station.
- Web site: Trains & Stations in Guangzhou.
