202308 Shanghai Songjiang Station under Construction

Shanghai Songjiang railway station (, formerly Songjiang South railway station) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

on the

Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway The Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway (), also known as the Huhang high-speed railway or Huhang passenger railway is a high-speed rail line in China between Shanghai and Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The line is in length and designed for commerci ...

and Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway located in

Songjiang District Songjiang is a suburban district (formerly a county) of Shanghai. It has a land area of and a population of 1,909,713 (2020). Owing to a long history, Songjiang is known as the cultural root of Shanghai. Songjiang Town, the urban center of the ...

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, China. It is the terminus of many conventional-speed trains on the

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Hangzhou portion of the Shanghai–Kunming railway. With the construction of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway in Songjiang District, Shanghai, the scale of the high-speed rail is expanded from 2 platforms and 4 tracks to 9 platforms and 23 tracks, second only to Shanghai Hongqiao railway station (30 platforms and 16 tracks) and the under construction Shanghai East railway station (14 platforms and 30 tracks), the third largest high-speed railway station in Shanghai. The scale of the Shanghai Songjiang railway station building will be approximately 60,000 square meters on the line, and it is predicted that the passenger flow in the future will be about 20 million or more per year. The station will serve: * China Railway ** Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway ** Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway ** Shanghai-Kunming railway *

Shanghai Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway The Shanghai Suburban Railway (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Zy6yoq8 Thiq7lu6'') is a regional commuter rail network in Shanghai, China, with lines radiating from and surrounding the city's central districts. The system is planned to gradually im ...

** East-West connection line (planned) ** Jiaqingsongjin line (planned) *

Shanghai metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 List of township-level divisions of Shanghai, municipal districts and to the neighb ...

: ** Line 9 ** Line 23 extension (planned)

History

The station opened on 26 October 2010. The station renamed from Songjiang South railway station to Shanghai Songjiang railway station on 22 May 2024. The Shanghai-Kunming railway Songjiang section was connected to the new line passing through this station on December 13, 2024, with the northern section of the station's ordinary railway yard becoming operational. On December 26, 2024, the northern part of the station was commence passenger services with the opening of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway, while the ordinary railway yard was temporarily not handle passenger services. After the train operation schedule adjustment in the first quarter of 2025, the station will handle 113 high-speed train services and 77 ordinary train services daily for passengers.

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Railway stations in Shanghai opened in 2010 {{Shanghai-railstation-stub

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