Shanghai–Woosung railway

The Shanghai–Woosung or Songhu railway[n 1] was a standard-gauge railway in Shanghai, China. It was opened on September 1, AD 1898, and ran between the Old North Railway Station in the modern town's Zhabei District and Woosung in the modern Baoshan District.

Songhu railway

Remains of Tiantong'an Station on the Shanghai-Woosung railway
Overview
Locale	Shanghai, China
Dates of operation	1898–
Predecessor	Woosung railway
Successor	Huning railway
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Length	16 km (10 mi)
Route map Baoshan Road Tiantongan Road Jiangwan Sanmin Road Gaojing Miao Hejiawan Wenzaobang Woosung Paotaiwan

It is sometimes conflated with the earlier Woosung Road,[1] whose route it principally shared. That railway had been purchased from its foreign owners – principally the British firm Jardine, Matheson, & Company – in 1876 and dismantled for reuse in the Taiwanese coal fields. Sheng Xuanhuai established a new railroad generally along the same path as the old one, although the station was moved over a few streets to the Old North Station. The Songhu was also extended north into Woosung proper and additional stations opened.

The line was badly damaged during World War II. The route was eventually incorporated in the Shanghai Metro's Line 3. The former North Station is now the site of the Shanghai Railway Museum and another memorial was placed at the site of the former terminus beside the line 3's Songbin Station.