Xiamen North railway station () is a railway station located in Houxi Town, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian province, China, on the Fuzhou-Xiamen railway and Xiamen-Shenzhen railway which is operated by the Nanchang Railway Group, a subsidiary of the China Railway Group. It was built to allow train lines that pass through Xiamen to continue to the southwest rather than going into downtown Xiamen at Xiamen railway station. Due to this advantage it is now bigger than Xiamen railway station.
History The construction of the new Xiamen station () started on July 10, 2007.厦门新站站房今开工 我省最大客站有4铁路交汇 New Xiamen Station was renamed Xiamen North Station on April 9, 2010.新火车站更名为厦门北站(组图) Xiamen North Station opened on April 26, 2010.厦门北站26日投用 厦门调整新辟15条公交线路
As New Xiamen Station (located on the mainland, in Jimei District) was renamed Xiamen North Station, the station previously known as Xiamen North Station (located in the northern part of Xiamen Island, in Huli District, near the airport) was renamed Gaoqi railway station (高崎站). Gaoqi railway station is still in operation, as the terminal station for several comparatively low-speed (K-, L-, and no-letter series) trains.高崎列车时刻表 (Gaoqi Train Schedule) The two stations are located on the opposite sides of the narrow strait separating Xiamen Island from the mainland, and should not be confused.
Line 1 of Xiamen Metro, finished in 2017, connects Xiamen North railway station with the island part of the city.
See also Xiamen railway station
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