Taishan railway station (Guangdong)

Taishan Railway Station 台山站
General information
Location	Nankeng Village, Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Coordinates	22°18′08″N 112°48′37″E / 22.302197°N 112.810171°E / 22.302197; 112.810171
Other information
Station code	23816 (TMIS)
Location
Taishan Railway Station Location within Guangdong

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]

History

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.^{[citation needed]}

Design

Station building

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]

Transportation links

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

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