Pukou railway station () formerly known as Nanjing North railway station () is a railway station in Nanjing's

Pukou District Pukou District (), is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, lying northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing. The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcar ...

which was built in 1914. Located near the northern shore of the

Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...

, it was a busy station because people had to get off the train and cross

by ferry, and to resume their journey from the Nanjing West railway station on the southern bank of the river.

History

The station opened in 1914 and was called Pukou railway station. It was a terminus, from which a ferry took passengers to Nanjing. After the completion of the

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a Bridge#Double-decked bridges, double-decked List of road-rail bridges, road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China conne ...

in October 1968, the ferry service was discontinued and the station closed. Passenger services resumed in May 1985, but were discontinued again in October 2004. At some point the station was also renamed Nanjing North. The adjacent freight yard and docks remain in operation.

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Railway stations in Nanjing Railway stations in China opened in 1914 {{Nanjing-stub

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