Guangzhou railway station serves the city of

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, sou ...

. It sits on the high speed Guangshen railway just west of Guangzhou East.

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trains from Guangzhou serves

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern provi ...

six times daily. Services from this station include trains to

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( Jingguang railway) and

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. It is served by the

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...

on Line 2 and Line 5.

History

The first central railway station in Guangzhou, known as East Canton Railway Station or Dashatou railway station, was built in 1911 as the northern terminus of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. In the 1950s, the Guangdong provincial government saw the need for a new central train station in Guangzhou to meet the increasing demands for rail travels. Construction began in 1960, but it was not completed until 1974 due to interruptions by the

Great Leap Forward The Great Leap Forward (Second Five Year Plan) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1958 to 1962. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstr ...

and the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

. On April 4, 1979, with the normalisation of relations with Hong Kong, the through-train service that was suspended for over twenty-five years was resumed. Through-train services were moved to Guangzhou East in 1996.

Rail services

* Beijing–Guangzhou Railway * Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway *

Guangzhou–Maoming Railway The Guangzhou–Maoming railway or Guangmao railway (), is a railroad in Guangdong Province of China between Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Maoming. The line has a total length of and comprises the Guangzhou–Sanshui railway (Guangsa ...

* Guangzhou–Foshan–Zhaoqing Intercity Railway

Metro services

An interchange station of Line 2 and Line 5 of the

. It is located at the underground of the west square of Guangzhou Railway Station, located at the junction of Ring Road West ( and Renmin Road North () in

Yuexiu District Yuexiu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural c ...

. It started operations on December 29, 2002, (Line 2) and December 2009 (Line 5) respectively. Its area is about 10000 square metres and it is the second largest metro station in Guangzhou.广州地铁二号线：广州火车站站 (Chinese Version)
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References

External links

Guangzhou Train Schedule and Rail Journey Guide
{{Guangzhou Railway stations in China opened in 1974 Railway stations in Guangzhou Guangzhou Metro stations in Yuexiu District Stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway