Ürümqi South railway station

Ürümqi South railway station (; , USY: Үрүмчи Җәнувий Векити) is a railway station of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi–Jinghe railways. The station is located in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The name of the station was Ürümqi railway station from 1962 until 1 September 2014. This name is now assigned to the newly built high-speed railway station of the Lanzhou–Ürümqi High-Speed Railway.

History The station was constructed in 1962.乌鲁木齐火车站暑运人数285.5万 On 18 May 2002, that station was demolished历时40年的乌鲁木齐火车站站房成功整体爆破 to make way for construction of the current station which was opened on 25 April 2004.乌鲁木齐站(中国铁路客运服务网)

On 30 April 2014, a terrorist attack occurred at the station, which left three people dead and 79 injured.

See also Ürümqi railway station Alashankou railway station Kashgar railway station Southern Xinjiang railway

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