The station opened in 1911 as a freight and Level 3 passenger station (三等站) on the Kowloon–Canton Railway. Initial renovation works commenced in 2004. The station building was demolished in April 2008, and work began on the construction of a new passenger hub that was completed by the end of October 2012.
The renovated station began operating 21 December 2012.[2] The 127,000-square-meter hub houses the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway,[2] serving 3 separate railway lines (2 high-speed lines and 1 conventional rail line). The completed station building features 3 ticket halls and a waiting hall of 7,100m². There are 6 north-south platforms serving 11 tracks on the main platform level. Separate east-west platforms will serve trains on the Xiamen-Shenzhen High-Speed Railway (u/c).[citation needed] The station is adjacent to Buji Station on the Shenzhen Metro, served by Line 3, Line 5 and Line 14.[3]
Train services
C8004, a Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway intercity train, is passing through Shenzhen East railway station without stopping.
This station was initially designed for stopping by Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway intercity trains but the plan was abandoned after construction was nearly completed, [citation needed] and Pinghu has become the additional station for intercity trains afterwards.
Shenzhen East station is now mainly used for non-high-speed services, while starting 10 January 2024, a pair of regularly operating "D-suffix" train, namely D146/7、D148/5, heading to Zhengzhou station is added where CR200J1-C trains[4] are in use as at January 2024.
References
^布吉火车站更名深圳东站 预计10月底通车 [Buji Railway Station Renamed Shenzhen East Station; Expected to Open to Traffic by the End of October] (in Simplified Chinese). Shenzhen News. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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