Nanjing West Railway Station

Now there is no passenger function, will be converted into a railway museum.

Nanjing West Railway Station

Nanjing West Railway Station, formerly known as Xiaguan railway station, is located in Xiaguan, Gulou District, Nanjing. It is the terminal of Shanghai Nanjing railway and the starting point of Nanjing copper railway. As an important gateway to Nanjing and China during the period of the Republic of China, it played a huge role at that time.

Nanjing West Railway Station was built in 1905, which was called Nanjing station of Shanghai Nanjing railway. In 1927, the station was renamed Nanjing Xiaguan station. In 1930, 1947 and 1950, the station was rebuilt, expanded and restored. In 1968, the station was renamed Nanjing west station.

On April 29, 2018, the relocation project of Nanjing West Railway Station was officially launched.

Historical evolution

In 1905, the railway station was built and invested by the British.

In July 1908, the first year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty, the station was officially built, which was called Nanjing station of Shanghai Nanjing railway. On December 15 of the same year, the station was officially opened.

In 1927, the former national government established the capital of Nanjing, and the station was renamed Xiaguan station.

In March 1930, because the station was too old to adapt to the transportation environment at that time, the Ministry of Railways of the former national government rebuilt Nanjing Xiaguan station. After reconstruction, Xiaguan station has three floors in the middle and two floors on both sides. The central part of the station house is an oval station hall.

In 1947, the former national government expanded Xiaguan station. The new station building covers an area of 18700 square meters and can accommodate 4000 passengers. The new station was designed by the famous architect Yang Tingbao and completed in that year. The station was renamed "Nanjing station" and its name was inscribed by right Ren.

In 1949, when the former national government withdrew from Nanjing, the station buildings and other facilities were destroyed, and the central hall of the station was destroyed.

In 1950, the Chinese government allocated a large sum of money to repair the station, which was destroyed by the explosion, and named it Nanjing station.

The waiting hall, VIP room and luggage room will be reconstructed. The waiting hall covers an area of more than 18000 square meters. The main building is composed of a three storey building in the front and two wings in the north and south.

In 1968, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic, and the new Nanjing station, located on the north side of Xuanwu, was completed. Because the former Nanjing station was relatively located in the west of Nanjing City, it was renamed Nanjing west station, which has been used up to now.

At 22:17 on March 24, 2012, Nanjing West Railway Station officially stopped handling passenger transport business.

On April 29, 2018, "relocation project of railway rolling stock facilities in Nanjing West Railway Station area" was fully publicized. According to the announcement, Nanjing West Passenger car servicing depot and Nanjing East locomotive depot (Nanjing West operation base) were relocated to the original Guojiashan freight yard north of Shanghai Nanjing intercity EMU Depot, and new locomotive depot and passenger car servicing depot were built. The total investment of the project is 938.9634 million yuan, and the construction period is 18 months.

Architectural design

Nanjing West Railway Station is in the shape of "U" overlooking, with two floors on the north and South wings. The main entrance to the west is designed as a large arch with five holes and 13 meters high, which serves as the entrance to the hall. On the south side of the hall, there are private rooms, ticket offices, check-in gates and auxiliary entrances and exits; on the north side, there are VIP rooms, mail rooms and entrances and exits. All kinds of streamline arrangements are reasonable and do not interfere with each other, and there are six harbor platforms inside.

Cultural characteristics

On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat Sen went from Shanghai to Nanjing to become the former provisional president of the Republic of China. It was through this station that he entered the city of Nanjing.

In 1948, the former president of the Republic of Korea Lee Cheng Wan visited China, and the former leader of the national government welcomed him at this station.

development planning

At the end of 2015, the relocation plan of Nanjing West Railway Station was issued. According to the negotiation between Nanjing city and Shanghai Railway Bureau, the former Nanjing West Railway Station area, including station building, station yard, dalongchi train storage yard, songjiageng shunting yard and Nanjing West operation workshop of Nanjing East locomotive depot, will be transferred to Nanjing City in the near future, and will be transformed into urban tram by using bulb line. The station building and platform rail of Nanjing West Railway Station will be retained and repaired to build Nanjing railway Expo The museum.

The existing railway storage track and locomotive depot of Nanjing West Railway Station will be relocated to Guojiashan plot at the north end of Nanjing section of Beijing Shanghai railway, reducing the scale by half. Six vehicle storage lines are reserved, the main servicing workshop is reserved in the locomotive depot, and the rest are relocated to the headquarters of Nanjing East locomotive depot in yaohuamen. In June 2016, yaohuamen freight yard began construction, covering an area of 984.6 mu, with a construction period of about 18 months.

According to the report "relocation project of railway locomotive and vehicle facilities in Nanjing West Railway Station area" issued on April 29, 2018, Nanjing West Railway Station area is not relocated as a whole, but partial facilities. That is to say, the Nanjing West Bus servicing station and the West operation area of Nanjing East locomotive depot will be relocated to the Guojiashan freight yard on the north side of Shanghai Nanjing intercity EMU storage yard, while the passenger station and other buildings will remain

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Value significance

Nanjing West Railway Station is located in Gulou District of Nanjing City, at the end of Shanghai Nanjing line. It is a century old comprehensive station for passenger and freight transportation, mainly for freight transportation. In the early years, Nanjing West Railway Station played a positive role in promoting personnel exchanges and material exchanges between Nanjing and other regions. < I (people's online review)

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Address: No.8 Longjiang Road, Xiaguan District (near Huimin Road)

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