Hangzhoudong (Hangzhou East) railway station () is a

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located in

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. Originally built as a small station serving the Shanghai-Kunming railway, it has been rebuilt as a

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hub, which became operational on 1 July 2013.

History

The old station opened in 1992, located on Tiancheng Road. It was closed on 20 January 2010, and demolished. Its train services were moved to Hangzhou railway station and

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. A new station was built on the site. It officially opened on 1 July 2013, in conjunction with the opening of the Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway. The station also serves the Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway. It has 30 railway tracks, and stations for

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lines 1 and 4. A coach station and bus terminals are also part of the new transit hub.

Metro station

Lines 1 & 4

Hangzhou East railway station is served by a station of the same name on Line 1 and Line 4 of

. This station offers paired

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for passengers riding between 4 directions of the two lines.

Line 6 & 19

The metro station for Line 6 and Line 19 is a separated station called "East Railway Station (East Square)".

Around the station

* Hangzhou Mosque

References