| Laizhou | |
| Native Name: | 来舟 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Address: | Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian |
| Country: | China |
| Coordinates: | 26.6291°N 117.9812°W |
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| Opened: | 1956 |
| Closed: | January 2016 (passengers) |
Laizhou railway station is a railway station in Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian, China.[1] It is currently used exclusively by freight trains, but previously it handled passengers.
On 13 December 2004, the name of the station was changed from Laizhou to Nanping North.[2] However, on 1 July 2006, the name was reverted to Laizhou reportedly due to passenger confusion.[3]
The station was built with the Yingtan–Xiamen railway and opened in 1956.[4]
In the 1970s, the station was upgraded and expanded. A turning wye was replaced with a turntable.[5]
Laizhou was regularly used as a reversal point for services arriving from the east on the Nanping–Fuzhou railway and continuing south on the Yingtan–Xiamen railway, or vice-versa. A chord between the two lines was opened in December 2012 which most services began using, eliminating a reversal and shortening the journey by 8km (05miles).[6]
Passenger services were withdrawn in January 2016 however the station still contains a large yard for freight trains.[7] [8]