Kunming

昆明
China Railway
 metro 
A view of Kunming railway station
General information
LocationGuandu District, Kunming, Yunnan
China
Coordinates25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E / 25.01750; 102.72083
Operated byKunming Railway Bureau,
Ministry of Railways of the PRC
Platforms6
History
Opened1966
Services
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Qujing
towards Shanghai or Shanghai South
 Shanghai–Kunming railway Terminus
Preceding station The logo of Kungming Metro. Kunming Metro Following station
South Ring Road
towards North Coach Station
 Line 1 (through operation to Line 2) Fude
towards University Town (South) or Kunming South Railway Station

Kunming railway station (Chinese: 昆明站; pinyin: Kūnmíng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located about four kilometres from the city centre.[1] On 1 March 2014, a group of men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.

Connections

Kunming railway station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway. It is also served by a station on Line 1 of the Kunming Metro.

Other railway stations in Kunming

Kunming's other main railway station is Kunming South railway station, located in Chenggong District and used for high-speed rail services. Kunming also has the Kunming North railway station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently, it only has very limited service,[2] but a Kunming Metro station of the same name has recently been built in the area and is a major interchange for the system.

2014 terrorist attack

On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists potentially affiliated with Turkestan independence groups carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 31 people and injuring 143.[3] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Four attackers were shot dead.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Transportation of Kunming". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） Archived 30 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
  3. ↑ "Xinhua Insight: At least 29 dead, 130 injured in Kunming railway station violence". CNTV English. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

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