Qingdao railway station () is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

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 ...

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, in the

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. As a time-honoured station of Qingdao, more than 100 regular passenger trains (denoted with letter Z/T/K, or no letter), initially scheduled CRH trains (denoted with letter G/D) and some intercity CRH trains (denoted with letter C) arrive and depart daily. Limited by a relatively small number of platforms, most newly scheduled trains eventually will not stop here, instead, terminating at the larger

Qingdao North railway station Qingdaobei (Qingdao North) railway station () is a railway station in Qingdao, Shandong, China. Qingdaobei Station is one of the terminal stations of CRH trains (denoted with letter G and D) bound for Qingdao city from major cities in China. Inte ...

. There are also trains that stop at both Qingdao North and Qingdao stations.

History

The station first opened in 1901. In the years leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, the station underwent a significant renovation in order to accommodate increased passenger traffic for the Olympic period and afterwards. The new station is an example of German architectural traits incorporated into a Chinese-designed building, which is consistent with many structures in Qingdao. On 28 October 2022, the station was closed to allow for renovation of the platform canopy. Passenger services are calling at

instead. The station is expected to reopen on 16 January 2023.

Qingdao Metro

Qingdao Railway Station () is a station on Line 1 and Line 3 of the

Qingdao Metro Qingdao Metro () is a rapid transit system in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. The first line, Line 3 (north section) began operation on December 16, 2015. Lines in operation Line 1 The northern section between Qingdao North Railway Stat ...

. It opened on 18 December 2016. It is located in

Shinan District Shinan District () is an urban district of Qingdao, Shandong. It has an area of , and had approximately 588,800 inhabitants as of 2019. Shinan is located in coastal hilled terrain, and has a temperate monsoon climate. Common features include mod ...

and it serves Qingdao railway station.

Gallery

File:青岛站A.jpg, Entrance A File:青岛站E.jpg, Entrance E File:青岛站3号线站厅.jpg, Concourse File:青岛地铁青岛站1号线站台.jpg, Line 1 platform File:青岛站3号线站台20190403.jpg, Line 3 platform

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Qingdao Railway Station
{{Qingdao Metro station, line1=yes, line3=yes Railway stations in Shandong Railway stations in China opened in 1901 Transport in Qingdao Qingdao Metro stations Stations on the Qingdao–Taiyuan High-Speed Railway Stations on the Qingdao–Jinan passenger railway