Taishan railway station

Taishan railway station (Chinese: 台山站; pinyin: Táishān Zhàn) is a railway station located in Nankeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China.[1]

Taishan Railway Station

台山站
LocationNanpeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Coordinates22.302197°N 112.810171°E / 22.302197; 112.810171
Location
Taishan Railway Station
Location within Guangdong

History
Xinning Railway Station

In 1906, under the oversight of Chin Gee Hee, the Sun Ning Railway Company began building a railway to connect Xinning County to its northern and southern neighbors.[1] On March 1, 1909, the Xinning Railway Station (Chinese: 新宁铁路总站) was opened in what is now the subdistrict.[1] The rail line, which was completed in 1920, drew attention both domestically and internationally for being the first Chinese-funded and Chinese-constructed railroad in the world.[1]

In 1938, the railway was ordered by the Nationalist Government to be destroyed to prevent the advance of invading Japanese troops.[1] The station would subsequently serve as a bus station.[1]

The new Taishan Railway Station was constructed in 2018 within the village of Nankeng, Taicheng Subdistrict.[1] The station lies upon the Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway.

Design

Station building
Ticket Vending Machines
Concourse

The building is approximately 8,000 square meters in size, and the station's platform area is approximately 12,000 square meters.[1]

The railway station was designed to replicate the original design of the Xinning Railway Station, with Western-style brickwork and Chinese-styled roofing.[1]

Platforms

Taishan Station has 2 platforms with 5 lines in total.[2]

The station is close to a number of expressways, such as the Zhongshan-Kaiping Expressway, the Xinhui-Taishan Expressway, and National Highway 240.[2]

References
  1. 台山站：忆往昔峥嵘岁月，百年铁路梦再圆. 台山广播电视台 (in Chinese). 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. 区位得天独厚 站场商圈渐成 (in Chinese). Southern Metropolis Daily. 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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