Xining railway station

Xining Railway Station 西宁站
File:New Xining Railway Station.jpg Xining Station
Location	Qilian Lu, Chengdong District, Xining, Qinghai China
Coordinates
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. It underwent a major expansion in time for the opening of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway in December 2014.

Gallery

• Old xining sta.,xining-city,qinghai province,china.JPG

  Old Xining station Exterior

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  Interior waiting area

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  Railway platform

• Xining-NewRailwayStation-1.2015.JPG

  Interior of the rebuilt Xining Railway Station in May 2015

• Xining-NewRailwayStation-2.2015.JPG

  Platforms 2 and 3

See also

• List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway

References

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