The Jinan West railway station () is a high-speed railway station in

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

, the capital of

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in His ...

province, People's Republic of China.

Overview

It is served by the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway and Shijiazhuang-Jinan High Speed Railway which mainly serve Beijing to Shanghai passengers, and was opened for high-speed rail service on 30 June 2011.Jinan welcomes high-speed rail, China Daily, July 4th, 2011
/ref> New services to Ningbo, Fuzhou, Wuhan and Changsha were added on 1 July 2013. The West Railway station is located about 20 kilometers to the west of the city centre of Jinan. CRH Trains from Beijing to

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

, Yantai and Rongcheng call at the central

Jinan railway station Jinan railway station () is a railway station in Jinan, Shandong, China. It is on both the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Qingdao-Jinan Passenger Railway. It accommodates intercity High Speed services towards destinations as Qingdao, Qingdao No ...

instead, passing through Jinan West without stopping. Some CRH trains from eastern Shandong province are diverted to terminate at this station and Jinan East railway station (Jinandong) in order to prevent the relatively small

from overloading during rush hours. The design of the station accommodates a single entrance for departing passengers at the eastern side of the station. There are exits on the western and eastern sides of Jinan West for arriving passengers. At the departures level, part of the waiting concourse is designated as a VIP waiting area for Business Class passengers, and another portion dedicated for special needs passengers. The station is on Line 1 of the

Jinan Metro Jinan Metro (), also known as Jinan Rail Transit () is a rapid transit system serving Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, China. Lines Line 1 Line 1 runs north–south in the western part of the city. The line began operating on 1 Apr ...

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Railway stations in Shandong Railway stations in China opened in 2011 Transport in Jinan Stations on the Qingdao–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway {{Shandong-railstation-stub