Changsha South railway station

Changsha South railway station (simplified Chinese: 长沙南站; traditional Chinese: 長沙南站; pinyin: Chángshā'nan zhàn) is a metro station and a railway station of Wuguang Passenger Railway and Hukun Passenger Railway. The station is located in Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is a hub and the connecting point of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the proposed Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The station, located in Lituo Street, Yuhua District, was opened Dec 26, 2009. The designer of the station building is from the 3rd department of Central South Architectural Design Institute, INC. The roof features the waves and ripples of water. It has a total construction area of 273,000 square meters and the depot area is 137,000 square meters. It is a transportation center of high-speed railroads, metro lines 2&4, buses, maglev and coaches, which seamlessly connect downtown, Huanghua International Airport and nearby cities.

Changsha'nan 长沙南
Changsha South railway station
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China
Operated by	CR Guangzhou Changsha Metro Changsha Maglev Express
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 65818 Telegraph code: CWQ Pinyin code: CSN
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	26 December 2009 29 April 2014 6 May 2016

History

The station opened on December 26, 2009.[1]

When the station was first open, the surrounded area—which is away from Changsha's city center—was mostly industrial. Since then, however, high-rise residential and office development has taken place around the station. The passenger volume has also increased greatly.[2]

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  Inside the waiting hall of Changsha South railway station
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  Platform view of a CRH2 train
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  CRH3 trainsets going northwards
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  A south-bound CRH3 locomotive
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  A CRH380D at Changsha Station
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  viewing the platform from Departure Hall

Rail services

China Railway

Changsha'nan 长沙南
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China
Operated by	CR Guangzhou
Line(s)	Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway      Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway
Platforms	13 (CRH)
Other information
Station code	65818 (TMIS code) CWQ (telegram code) CSN (pinyin code)
History
Opened	26 December 2009

Preceding station	China Railway High-speed			Following station
Miluo East towards Wuhan		Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway		Zhuzhou West towards Guangzhou South
Liling East towards Shanghai Hongqiao		Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway		Xiangtan North towards Kunming South

Changsha Metro

South Railway Station 长沙火车南站
Changsha South railway station
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China
Operated by	Changsha Metro
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4
Platforms	1
History
Opened	29 April 2014
Services
Preceding station   Changsha Metro   Following station Duhua Road toward West Meixi Lake Line 2 Guangda Terminus

Line 2 and Line 4 of Channgsha Metro connects Changsha South Railway Station with the city. For Line 2, Changsha South Railway Station is the second station from the east (after Guangda). All other stops are in the west and the terminal is Wangchengpo to which the ride takes about 40 minutes. (The service is from 06:30 to 22:30 and tickets vary from ￥2 to ￥5).

Layout

G		Exits
LG1	Concourse	Faregates, Station Agent
LG2	←	Line 2 towards West Meixi Lake (Duhua Road)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
		Line 2 towards Guangda (Guangda)	→

Changsha Maglev

Changshanan 磁浮高铁站  Maglev
Maglev high-speed rail station Simplified Chinese 磁浮高铁站 Traditional Chinese 磁浮高鐵站 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cífú gāotiě zhàn
General information
Other names	Changsha South
Location	Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan China
Operated by	Hunan Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Changsha Maglev Express
History
Opened	May 6, 2016

The medium-low speed Changsha Maglev between Changsha South Railway Station and Changsha Huanghua International Airport started services from 2016 on. The Maglev line is 18.5 km long and trains run at a speed of 120 km/h to finish the journey in just over ten minutes.[3]

Local transport

City Bus

Many buses serve Changsha South Railway Station:

• 16, 124, 135, 159, 160, 348, 503, 63 (express), 66

The tickets for all buses cost about ￥2. Check the timetables and routes at the bus terminal.

Taxi

The distance to city center is approximately 10 kilometers and the charging standards are as following.

• 05:00-21:00 Initial price: ￥6 for first 2 km, then ￥1.8/km and finally ￥2.7/km after 10 km
• 21:00-05:00 Initial price: ￥7 for first 2 km, then ￥2.2/km and finally ￥2.7/km after 10 km

Airport Coach

The service is to Changsha Huanghua International Airport. It takes about half an hour.

• Line 3: South Bus Station via Changsha South Railway Station (Price: 21.5CNY single)

See also

• Changsha railway station
• Changsha Metro

References

1. 抢占先机 武广高速铁路通车长沙商圈又添新丁 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
2. Bradsher, Keith (2013-09-24). "Speedy Trains Transform China". New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
3. Changsha to Construct Maglev Train Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, 2014-01-09

• Changsha Metro Group website