Kunming Railway Station

Kunming 昆明 Add→{{rail-interchange}}
A view of Kunming Railway Station
Location	Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China
Coordinates	25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E
Operated by	Kunming Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC
Platforms	6
History
Opened	1958

Kunming Railway Station (Chinese: 昆明站; pinyin: Kūnmíng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located about 4 kilometres from the city centre.^[1] On 1 March 2014, a group of unidentified men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.^[2][3]

Connections

Kunming Railway Station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.

Other railway stations in Kunming

Kunming also has the Kunming North Railway Station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently (2012), it has only very limited service.^[4]

2014 terrorist attack

On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130.^[2] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.^[5]

Notes and references

1. Transportation of Kunming
2. http://english.cntv.cn/20140302/101074.shtml
3. "'Dozens die' in China knife attack at Kunming train station". BBC. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
4. 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
5. "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

External links

Media related to Kunming Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Qujing towards Shanghai or Shanghai South		Shanghai–Kunming Railway Guiyang-Kunming section		Terminus