Shenzhenxi 深圳西  | |
|---|---|
 Shenzhen West Railway Station (June 2019) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong China |
| Coordinates | 22°31′53″N 113°54′10″E / 22.531389°N 113.902778°E |
| Operated by | Shenzhen Pingnan Railway Company, Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China |
| Line(s) | Pingnan Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Connections | Liyumen Station (200 metres) |
Shenzhen West railway station (Chinese: 深圳西站; pinyin: Shēnzhèn Xī Zhàn; Jyutping: sam1 zan3 sai1 zaam6) is a railway station on the Pingnan railway in Shenzhen, in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Constructed as a freight station in 1989, Passenger station was built during 1993, opening in 1994 for passenger use. In late 2003 it was renovated and enlarged from a few hundred square metres in area to about 3,800 m2 (41,000 sq ft). Shenzhen West railway station, originally known as Nantou railway station, is located on Xuefu Lu, Nanshan District. It is about 10 kilometers from Shekou Port.
Intended to only ever be a freight-handling station for the nearby Shekou Port. Shenzhen West is now handling 45% of passenger traveling by rail to and from Shenzhen. It is a station that has evolved by necessity rather than design. Due to cramped platform space at the busy Shenzhen railway station, many long-distance services were introduced to Shenzhen West through the late 1990s and early 2000s, to cope with Shenzhen's rapidly growing migrant population. Shenzhen West railway station was expected to no longer operate as a passenger station once the new Shenzhen North railway station is finished, but it has remained open. This has been due to continued increasing public demand for cheap conventional rail services not supplied at the newer stations, built for newer, more expensive high speed trains.