Pinghu railway station
Pinghu railway station, formerly Ping Wu station, serves the town of Pinghu, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is a stop on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, and also the termini of Pinghu–Nanshan railway and Pinghu–Yantian railway.
History
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The station was opened in 1911 as part of the Kowloon–Canton Railway Chinese Section, with trains running between Kowloon and Canton. The construction of the station was proposed by Hong Kong merchant Lau Chu-pak, whose family was from this town.[1]
Since the China Railway speed-up campaign, the number of passenger trains stopping at Pinghu was decreasing, and was totally closed to passenger service since 2006 where the last stopping passenger train was cancelled.
It reopened following refurbishment on 26 September 2016.[2] It is an intermediate station exclusively for CRH intercity trains on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway, conventional trains do not stop at this station.
References
[edit ]- ^ Cai, Hui-Yao (1 December 2013). "Lau Chu-Pak as a Celebrity of Shenzhen and Hong Kong: Life, Career, and Significance". Bulletin of Historical Research (0). National Taiwan Normal University: 199–245. doi:10.6243/BHR.2013.050.199.
- ^ "平湖火车站下周一启用" [Pinghu Station will open next week]. Sina (in Chinese). 2016年09月21日. Retrieved 2021年06月21日.
| Preceding station | China Railway | Following station | ||
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| Tiantangwei towards Guangzhou
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Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway | Shenzhen East towards Shenzhen
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| Tiantangwei towards Beijing West
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Beijing–Kowloon railway | Shenzhen East towards Hung Hom
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| Terminus | Pinghu–Nanshan railway | Pinghu South towards Shenzhen West
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| Pinghu–Yantian railway | Bailihang towards Yantian
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22°41′41′′N 114°07′12′′E / 22.69472°N 114.12000°E / 22.69472; 114.12000
