Anqing railway station

Anqing 安庆站
General information
Location	Yixiu District, Anqing, Anhui China
Coordinates	30°33′7.66″N 117°3′35.14″E
Line(s)	Anqing railway Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway (via branch)
History
Opened	1995 (1995)

Anqing railway station is a railway station in Yixiu District, Anqing, Anhui, China.

The station is the eastern terminus of the Anqing railway, a branch line from the Hefei–Jiujiang railway. It is the western terminus of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway. It is also the eastern terminus of a branch from the Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway.

History

The station in 2009

The station opened in 1995.^[1] In 2004, a line heading east from this station to a nearby power plant was opened.^[2] This line is no longer in use, but the route east was reused by the Nanjing–Anqing intercity.

A project to upgrade the station in preparation for the opening of the Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway began in May 2014.^[1] The refurbished station opened on 3 December 2015.^[3]

References

1. "安庆火车站开始升级改造之路" [Anqing Railway Station began to upgrade and transform the track]. csjcs.com (in Chinese). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
2. "安庆电厂铁路专用线通过验收" [The railway line of Anqing power plant passed the acceptance]. Sina (in Chinese). 1 November 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. "安庆火车站新站房昨揭"盖头"". 安庆网 (in Chinese). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

Preceding station	China Railway High-speed			Following station
Chizhou towards Nanjing South		Nanjing–Anqing intercity railway		Terminus

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