Zhaoqing railway station

Zhaoqing

肇庆
Zhaoqing; 肇庆
	Zhaoqing railway station
General information
Location	China
Coordinates	39°53′40″N 116°18′54″E / 39.89444°N 116.31500°E / 39.89444; 116.31500
Operated by	China Railway
History
Opened	1989; 35 years ago
Services

Zhaoqing railway station (simplified Chinese: 肇庆站; traditional Chinese: 肇慶站) serves the city of Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, China. The station hosts train services to and from Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kunming, Nanning, Hainan, and other parts of China.^[1]

The station is an intermediate stop on the Guangzhou–Maoming railway and the western terminus of the higher-speed Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing intercity railway.

History

The station has an immigration checkpoint within the station for the daily Guangdong Through Train service to and from Hung Hom station in Kowloon, Hong Kong.^[2]^[3] Due to the renovation of the checkpoint, the through train service has been suspended since 16 April 2017.^[4]^[5] The service was officially shortened to Guangzhou East railway station on 10 June 2019, leaving the border crossing facilities in the station abandoned.^[6]

On 10 April 2021, service patterns were changed and through running between Zhaoqing and Shenzhen Airport was introduced.^[7]^[8]

References

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^ "穗深城际铁路沿线新增站点直通深圳肇庆" [Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway added a new station, leads directly to Shenzhen and Zhaoqing] (in Chinese). 南方网. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "广深城际将开通一站直达快车" [Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway will open direct non-stop trains]. Xinhua News (in Chinese). 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.