Xiamen North railway station

Xiamenbei

厦门北
China Railway
China Railway High-speed
Xiamen Metro
General information
Other namesXiamen North
LocationHouxi Town (后溪镇),[1] Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian
China
Coordinates24°38′20″N 118°04′08″E / 24.6388°N 118.0690°E / 24.6388; 118.0690
Operated byNanchang Railway Bureau,
China Railway Corporation
Line(s)Fuxia Railway (福厦铁路)
Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway (under construction)
Platforms6[2]
Other information
Station code
  • TMIS code: 34178
  • Telegraph code: XKS
  • Pinyin code: XMB
History
OpenedApril 26, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-26)
Previous namesNew Xiamen

Xiamen North railway station (simplified Chinese: 厦门北站; traditional Chinese: 廈門北站; pinyin: Xiàmén-běi Zhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g-pah Chām) is a railway station located in Houxi Town, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, on the Fuzhou-Xiamen railway and Xiamen-Shenzhen railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation. It was built to allow train lines that pass through Xiamen to continue to the south west rather than ending in Xiamen at Xiamen railway station. Due to this advantage it is now bigger than Xiamen railway station.


  1. ^ 福厦高铁厦门北站 Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  2. ^ 高铁传媒广告:厦门北站 Archived July 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)