Shanghai South railway station

This article is about the railway station. For its nearby metro station, see Shanghai South Railway Station metro station.
Shanghainan
China Railway
Shanghai South (Shanghainan) railway station
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese上海南站
Traditional Chinese上海南站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Nánzhàn
Wu
Shanghainese
Romanization		Zånhae Nuezae
General information
Other namesShanghai South
LocationLaohumin Lu, Xuhui District, Shanghai
China
Coordinates31°09′16″N 121°25′27″E / 31.154425°N 121.42416°E / 31.154425; 121.42416
Operated byShanghai Railway Bureau
Line(s)
Platforms11 (5 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Connections
History
Opened1908; 116 years ago (1908) (former address)
2006; 18 years ago (2006) (current address)
Closed1937; 87 years ago (1937) (bombed by the Japanese)
Services
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Terminus Shanghai–Kunming railway Xinzhuang
towards Kunming
Jinshan railway Xinzhuang
towards Jinshanwei
Location
Shanghainan is located in Shanghai
Shanghainan
Shanghainan
Location in Shanghai

Shanghainan (Shanghai South) railway station (Chinese: 上海南站; pinyin: Shànghǎi Nánzhàn; Shanghainese: Zånhae Nuezae) is a railway station in the city of Shanghai, China. In the Xuhui District, its importance is second only to the Shanghai railway station. After extensive renovation that was finished in 2006, the station features a modern circular design, the first of its kind in the world. The station was expected to handle 15 million passengers annually.[1]

Shanghai South serves most trains to cities of Zhejiang (including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Jinhua and Wenzhou) and the Southern provinces of China, excluding the Shanghai-Hong Kong Route. Without a Customs/Immigration checkpoint it is not capable of clearing passengers straight to Hong Kong; until such a checkpoint is constructed the Shanghai–Kowloon through train will continue to depart from Shanghai station. It is also possible to catch high-speed services to West Kowloon station in Hong Kong via Shanghai Hongqiao railway station: - customs and immigration clearance is done in Hong Kong.[2]

Shanghai South railway station also serves as the starting point for the Jinshan railway, running via Xinzhuang in Minhang District to Jinshanwei in Jinshan District, crossing the Huangpu River on a dedicated railway bridge.[3]

Shanghai Metro lines 1, 3, and 15 also serve this station with entrances inside the main train station.

Lobby of the Shanghai South station
  1. ^ "Landmark Shanghai South Railway Station Under Construction". Getty Images. 25 April 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.highspeed.mtr.com.hk/res/pdf/long-haul-train-timetable-tc.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Bullet train to suburbs starts by end of month". Jinshan District Government. September 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-20.