Hengyang railway station explained

Hengyang
Native Name:	衡阳
Native Name Lang:	zh-Hans
Address:	Zhuhui District, Hengyang, Hunan
Country:	China
Coordinates:	26.8928°N 112.6271°W
Line:	Beijing–Guangzhou railway Hunan–Guangxi railway Ji'an–Hengyang railway

Hengyang railway station is a railway station in Zhuhui District, Hengyang, Hunan, China.

History

The station was built with the Guangzhou–Hankou railway, now part of the Beijing–Guangzhou railway.

On 1 September 2017, a renovation project was started.^[1] It saw lifts and escalators installed and platform heights increased. The project was completed on 29 June 2018.^[2]

Future

There are proposals to close the station and surrounding lines and transfer passenger services to Hengyang East.^[3]

References

1. Web site: 2017-09-01 . 衡阳火车站启动综合改造 新增12部电梯 . 2022-10-01 . Sina.
2. Web site: 2018-07-02 . 衡阳火车站综合改造全线完工 焕然一新迎接暑运 . 2022-10-01 . 衡阳文明网 . 4 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704092311/http://hnhy.wenming.cn/wmbb/201807/t20180702_5301854.html . dead .
3. Web site: 2021-06-15 . 确定！现衡阳火车站客运功能将迁移至衡阳东站 . 2022-10-01 .