Kunming railway station
Kunming 昆明 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 A view of Kunming railway station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  CR Kunming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 four kilometres from the city centre.[1] It is known for a terrorist attack that happened at the station on March 1, 2014, which killed 33 people and injured 143, including many children.
Connections
Kunming railway station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.[citation needed] It is also served by a station on Line 1 of the Kunming Metro.
Other railway stations in Kunming
Kunming's other main railway station is Kunming South railway station, located in Chenggong District and used for high-speed rail services. Kunming also has the Kunming North railway station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently, it only has very limited service,[2] but a Kunming Metro station of the same name has recently been built in the area and is a major interchange for the system.
2014 terrorist attack
On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists most likely affiliated with Xinjiang independence groups carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 31 people and injuring 143.[3] The police later came and secured the scene of the attack. Four attackers were shot dead.[4] The attack caused a large increase in security personnel in transportation centers throughout China.[citation needed]
Notes and references
- ^ "Transportation of Kunming". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） Archived 30 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
- ^ "Xinhua Insight: At least 29 dead, 130 injured in Kunming railway station violence". CNTV English. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
External links
Media related to Kunming Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons
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