Guangzhou Railway Station

For other uses, see Guangzhou Railway Station (metro).

Guangzhou 广州
Location	159 Huanshi Xilu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Coordinates
Line(s)	Jingguang Railway、Guangshen Railway、Guangmao Railway
Platforms	4
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1974
Previous names	Liuhua

Guangzhou Railway Station
Simplified Chinese	广州站
Traditional Chinese	廣州站
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngzhōu Zhàn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong2 zau1 zaam6
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	广州火车站
Traditional Chinese	廣州火車站
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngzhōu Huǒchēzhàn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Huǒchēzhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong2 zau1 fo2 ce1 zaam6

Guangzhou Railway Station (Chinese: 广州火车站; Pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Huǒchēzhàn) serves the city of Guangzhou, China. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East. As one of the busiest railway stations in southern China, Guangzhou station is known for its notorious safety record. CRH trains from Guangzhou serves Shenzhen six times daily.

Services from this station include trains to Beijing (Jingguang railway) and Lhasa. It is served by the Guangzhou Metro on Line 2 and Line 5.

History

As early as the 1950s, the provincial government saw the need for a central train station in Guangzhou but the plans were shelved until 1974 due to the Cultural Revolution. On the 4 April, 1979 with the normalisation of relations with Hong Kong, the through-train service that was suspended for over twenty-five years was resumed. Through-train services were moved to Guangzhou East in 1996 due to increasing security problems.

External links

• Guangzhou Train Schedule and Rail Journey Guide

Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Terminus		Guangshen Railway		Yunlu towards Shenzhen
Dalang towards Beijing or Beijing West		Beijing–Guangzhou Railway		Terminus