Iconic railway station tracks development of the city
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SHANGHAI Railway Station is currently handling its busiest time of the year — a 40-day peak travel period that includes the mid-February Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival in March.
The station, along with stations in south Xuhui and Hongqiao, will together handle an estimated 13 million passengers during the period, up 10 percent from last year. Shanghai Railway Station is the oldest.
The original four-story, Western-style station was built in 1909 but was destroyed during wartime in the late 1930s. In 1945, the station was rebuilt, and in 1961, it was expanded.
But the station lacked the capacity to accommodate an increasing number of travelers, so it was eventually razed and replaced with the station that stands there today.
Local residents prefer to call it the Shanghai New Passenger Train Station to distinguish it from its predecessor.
Opened in 1987, the new station was designed ahead of its time. It is equipped with 18 elevators, 16 air-conditioned waiting rooms and seven platforms.
Compared to new, more technologically advanced stations, such as the one in Hongqiao, Shanghai Railway Station does look a bit dated. But that’s part of the charm that has created so many memories for local residents.
Railway staff, like Liu Zhihui, are working hard to carry on that tradition and spirit.
Shanghai Railway Station
Also known as:
Shanghai New Passenger Train Station
Built: 1987
Address: 303 Moling Rd
Why famous:
The first modern train station on the Chinese mainland
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