Hami railway station explained

Hami
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:cn
Symbol:crh
Address:Yizhou District, Hami, Xinjiang
Country:China
Operator:China Railway Ürümqi Group
Line:Lanzhou–Xinjiang HSR
Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway
Opened:2014

Hami railway station is a station servicing high-speed and conventional rail in Yizhou District, Hami, Xinjiang, China.

The station is along the line of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway connecting Hami to the rest of Xinjiang to the west and to Eastern Chinese cities. Conventional rail services continue to serve the station using the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway.

Near the end of construction on August 22, 2015, a fire started around 17:00 and engulfed 600 square meters of the stations before firefighters extinguished the fire after a 30-minute battle.[1] The station was reopened in 2014.[2]

References

42.8484°N 93.5045°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Fire damages Xinjiang railway station. People's Daily. August 22, 2015.
  2. Web site: 2014-09-29. 哈密南站客运业务将全部恢复至哈密站-搜狐滚动. 2021-10-19. roll.sohu.com.