Ürümqi railway station

Ürümqi railway station (Chinese: 乌鲁木齐站; Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچی بېكىتى‎, ULY: Ürümchi békiti ) is a station, formerly a small halt called Ergong. Now it is a major transport hub, servicing high-speed and conventional rail in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. It should not be confused with Ürümqi South Railway Station, which was known by the same name from 1962 until 2014, when the new train station was completed. The newer station, being much larger and grander than Ürümqi South, will assume the role of Ürümqi's primary railway station. However trains will continue to service both, with some express services skipping through the older station.

Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐 ئۈرۈمچی
Location	Saybagh District, Ürümqi, Xinjiang China
Coordinates	43°50′36.8″N 87°31′26.5″E
Operated by	Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
Line(s)	Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway, Lanxin railway Northern Xinjiang Railway
Other information
Station code	42801 (TMIS) WAR (telegram code) WLQ (pinyin code)
History
Opened	July 1, 2016
Previous names	Ergong

Built primarily as the western terminus of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway, for the first time high speed trains now connect the far western province to Eastern Chinese cities, allowing for express trains to reach Beijing in around 18 hours; much less than the 31 hours it previously took. Conventional rail services continue to use the Lanxin railway eastwards and the Northern Xinjiang Railway westwards across the rest of the province.

The station was opened and started trial operations on July 1, 2016 with high speed services to Hami.[1]