Kunming Railway Station
Kunming 昆明  | |
|---|---|
 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
- ↑ Transportation of Kunming
- 1 2 http://english.cntv.cn/20140302/101074.shtml
- ↑ "'Dozens die' in China knife attack at Kunming train station". BBC. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
- ↑ "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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai–Kunming Railway | Terminus |