General information | |
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Location | Shapingba District, Chongqing China |
Coordinates | 29°30′10″N 106°25′57″E / 29.502884°N 106.432379°E |
Operated by | Chengdu Railway Bureau China Railway Corporation |
Line(s) | Sichuan–Guizhou railway Chengdu–Chongqing railway Xiangyang–Chongqing railway Chongqing–Xi'an high-speed railway (planned) |
Other information | |
Station code | CXW |
History | |
Opened | January 25, 2018[1] |
The Chongqing West railway station is a railway station of Chengyu Passenger Railway that is located in Shapingba District of Chongqing, People's Republic of China.[2] It is the second largest railway station, after Xi'an North, in South Western China when opened on January 25, 2018. It will serve as Chongqing's connection with many destinations across south-western and north-western China.[3] Situated in Shangqiao area of Shapingba, near the intersections of the G93 Chengdu–Chongqing Ring Expressway and the G85 Chongqing–Kunming Expressways. This is the third major railway station to serve Chongqing, after Chongqing North and Chongqing Stations. It opened in conjunction with the smaller nearby Shapingba station on the same day.
It will serve as a stop on the Chongqing–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway, Xiangyang-Chongqing Railway, Chongqing–Guizhou High-Speed Railway, Chongqing-Kunming Railway and Chengdu–Chongqing Railway.[4][5]