Kunming railway station

Kunming
昆明
China Railway
A view of Kunming railway station
Location Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan
China
Coordinates 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E / 25.01750; 102.72083
Operated by Kunming Railway Bureau,
Ministry of Railways of the PRC
Platforms 6
History
Opened 1958

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 March 1, 2014, a group of men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143. They were later identified as members of violent Uyghur separatist group. [2][3]

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.[4] Kunming also has a railway station called Kunming South railway station located in Chenggong District and is used for high-speed rail services.

2014 terrorist attack

On March 1, 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130.[2] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Transportation of Kunming
  2. 1 2 http://english.cntv.cn/20140302/101074.shtml
  3. ↑ "'Dozens die' in China knife attack at Kunming train station". BBC. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. ↑ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
  5. ↑ "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

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