Xining railway station

Xining Railway Station 西宁站
Xining Station
Location	Qilian Lu, Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai China
Coordinates	36°37′13″N 101°48′45″E / 36.62028°N 101.81250°E / 36.62028; 101.81250Coordinates: 36°37′13″N 101°48′45″E / 36.62028°N 101.81250°E / 36.62028; 101.81250
Operated by	China Railway
Line(s)	Lanzhou–Qinghai Railway Qinghai–Tibet Railway Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway
Platforms	17 (8 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1959 (1959)

Xining railway station (simplified Chinese: 西宁站; traditional Chinese: 西寧站; pinyin: Xīníng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Xining in Qinghai, China. It is the first station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway which connects the city with Lhasa in Tibet.

History

The station opened in 1959.^[1] It underwent a major expansion in time for the opening of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway in December 2014.

Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Xining East towards Lanzhou		Lanzhou–Qinghai Railway		Terminus
Terminus		Qinghai–Tibet Railway		Xining Xiaoqiao towards Lhasa

Major railway stations in China

North China	Baotou Beijing West South Fengtai Hohhot Shijiazhuang Taiyuan South Tianjin West

Northeast China	Changchun West Dalian North Dandong Harbin West Qiqihar South Shenyang North

East China	Bengbu Fuyang Fuzhou South Hefei South Jinan West Jinhua Hangzhou East South Nanchang West Nanjing South Ningbo Qingdao North Shanghai South Hongqiao Suzhou Wenzhou South Xiamen North Xuzhou Yingtan

South Central China	Changsha South Chaoshan Guangzhou East South Hong Kong Hung Hom / Kowloon West Kowloon Huaihua Liuzhou Luoyang Longmen Nanning Shenzhen North East Futian Wuhan Wuchang Hankou Xiangyang Zhengzhou East Zhuhai

Southwest China	Chengdu East Chongqing North Guiyang Kunming Lhasa

Northwest China	Baoji South Lanzhou West Ürümqi South Xi'an North Xining Yinchuan

Stations in italics are proposed, under planning or under construction.

Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway

Lanzhou West Minhe South Ledu South Haidong West Xining Datong West Menyuan Minle Zhangye West Linze South Gaotai South Qingshui North Jiuquan South Jiayuguan South Yumen Liuyuan South Hongliuhe South Yandun East Hami Tuha Shanshan North Turpan North Ürümqi South

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