Humen railway station

Humen

虎门
General information
LocationDongguan, Guangdong
China
Operated byDongguan Rail Transit Corporation, Limited
CR Guangzhou
Line(s)
Other information
Station code
  • Telegraph code: IUQ
  • Pinyin code: HME
Classification2nd class station
History
Opened26 December 2011; 12 years ago (2011-12-26) (Guangshen'gang XRL)
27 May 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-27) (Dongguan Rail Transit)
The Dongguan Rail Transit station at Humen railway station

Humen railway station (Chinese: 虎门站) is a station in Baisha Village (Chinese: 白沙村), Humen, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. It is one of the stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link between Guangzhou South railway station in the Panyu District and Futian railway station in Shenzhen City.[1]

Humen railway station is connected to Dongchong Town in the Panyu District by the 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long Shiziyang Tunnel under the Shiziyang Channel near the estuary of the Pearl River.[2] The tunnel was completed in March 2011.[3]

  1. ^ Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
  2. ^ "China starts work on first underwater railway tunnel". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  3. ^ China completes construction of world's fastest underwater railway tunnel, 2011-03-12