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Kunming Railway Station

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Opened
  
1958

Platforms in use
  
6

Province
  
Yunnan

Kunming Railway Station

Location
  
Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China

Operated by
  
Kunming Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC

Address
  
Guandu, Kunming, China, 650200

Similar
  
Nanchang Railway Station, Kunming South Railway, Changchun Railway Station, Nanning Railway Station, Shenyang Railway Station

Kunming railway station departure arrival


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 4 kilometres from the city centre. On March 1, 2014, a group of unidentified men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.

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Connections

Kunming Railway Station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.

Other railway stations in Kunming

Kunming also has the Kunming North Railway Station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently (2012), it has only very limited service. Kunming also has a railway station called Kunming South Railway Station located in Chenggong District and is used for high-speed rail services.

On March 1, 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130. Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.

References

Kunming Railway Station Wikipedia