Kunming South railway station

Kunmingnan

昆明南
China Railway
China Railway High-speed
 metro 
General information
LocationWujiaying Subdistrict, Chenggong District, Kunming, Yunnan
China
Coordinates24°52′23″N 102°51′37″E / 24.873120°N 102.860235°E / 24.873120; 102.860235
Operated byChina Railway CR Kunming
Line(s)Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway
Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway
Kunming–Yuxi Railway
Platforms30
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station code
  • TMIS code: 48778
  • Telegraph code: KOM
  • Pinyin code: KMN
ClassificationTop Class station
Services
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Songming Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railway Terminus
Preceding station The logo of Kungming Metro. Kunming Metro Following station
Bailongtan Line 1 (through operation to Line 2) Terminus
Wujiaying Line 4

Kunming South railway station is the main high-speed rail station of the Kunming metropolitan area. It is the western terminus of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway.

The station is located in the Chenggong District of the City of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. It was put into operation simultaneously with the two high-speed mainlines it serves, after five years of construction. It is also the terminal for the high-speed (D series) trains on the Kunming–Yuxi Railway.

Although Chenggong is being developed as Kunming's new city center, it is about 20 km from Kunming's current city center in Wuhua. Its remote location causes some complaints from city's residents.[1] Kunming South railway station was linked with Kunming railway station (located just south of the current city center) in 2017, enabling some high-speed trains to serve Kunming railway station as well.[1]

  1. ^ a b Qiao Changhong (乔长红), 昆明南窑火车站年底有望通高铁. 昆明铁路枢纽扩能改造工程年底完工,滇池环线铁路将闭合 Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (Kunming's Nanyao Station is expected to get high-speed service by the end of the year. Kunming Railway Hub Expansion and Reorganization Project to be completed by the end of the year, the railway ring around Dian Lake to be completed). 2017-02-28