Xuzhou East railway station explained

Xuzhoudong
Native Name:徐州东
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:cn
Symbol:crh
Other Name:Xuzhou East
Address:Dongjiao Economic Development Zone, Jiawang District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu
Country:China
Coordinates:34.2676°N 117.2966°W
Operator:Shanghai Railway Bureau
China Railway Corporation
Line:
Connections:Xuzhou bus
Xuzhou Metro (from 2019)
Code:66827 (TMIS code)
Opened:June 30, 2011
Passengers:13.27 million/year
Pass Year:2011

Xuzhou East railway station (; or Xuzhoudong railway station) is a station dedicated for high-speed railways in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. It is served by the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway and Xuzhou-Lanzhou high-speed railway (Eurasia Continental Bridge passageway).

The new station for high-speed rail services was officially put into use on June 30, 2011. It is located at the approximate halfway point between Beijing and Shanghai on the Beijing-Shanghai railway.

History

On April 18, 2008, Xuzhou East Station officially began construction. After CRH380A rolling stock tests in December 2010, it opened for high-speed rail traffic on June 30, 2011.

Expansion

An expansion project for the station was announced by the Xuzhou High-Speed Railway Investment Company in August 2017 to change the east square of the station into an "integrated passenger transportation hub". Groundbreaking on the project is expected to begin by the end of 2018.[1]

The expanded station will include 13 island platforms and 28 tracks, serving roughly 80,000 passengers per day. Total investment in the project is around 1.5 billion renminbi. It was completed on December 16, 2019 with the opening of the Xuzhou-Yancheng high-speed railway.[2]

Metro station

The station has been served by Line 1 of the Xuzhou Metro since its opening on 28 September 2019.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Shígé 11 gè yuè, Xúzhōu dōngzhàn kuòjiàn yòu yǒu xīnjìn zhǎn: xiàngmù jíjiāng "pò" tǔ dònggōng!. 2018-07-20. Sohu. 无线徐州. zh. zh:时隔11个月,徐州东站扩建又有新进展:项目即将“破”土动工!. After 11 months, the expansion of Xuzhou East Station has made new progress: the project is about to break ground!. 2018-09-14.
  2. News: 公司施工的徐州东站正式开通运营. 中铁十二局集团建筑安装工程有限公司. 2019-12-17.
  3. Web site: 徐州地铁1号线一期9月28日10:00正式开通. 2019-09-26.

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