Suzhou railway station


Suzhou railway station is a railway station of Jinghu railway and Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway. The station is located in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

History

The station opened in July 16, 1906. The station's area was only 205 square metres.
On May 1936, the station's name changed to "Wuxian railway station" because Suzhou's name changed to Wuxian. On December 1937, the station changed back to "Suzhou Station" due to the Japanese invasion.
Since July 1, 2010, Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway has been in operation; some trains from Suzhou to Shanghai take only 24 minutes. The upgrade of the station was completed with the opening of the south plaza on 5 February 2013. The upgrade included the opening of a public bus hub. The metro station was opened with Suzhou Rail Transit line 2 was opened on 28 December 2013; metro line 4 was opened on 15 April 2017.

Rail services

Suzhou station has 12 platform faces on five island platforms and two side platforms; one island platform has only one face. The original railway uses seven platform faces and three passing tracks. The intercity railway uses five platform faces and two passing tracks.
Suzhou station is served by eight groups of services to Shanghai and Ganzhou:
Railway bureauDestinationService number
Guangzhou Group
ShenzhenK36
Guangzhou Group
HuaihuaK807
Nanchang Group
NanchangK1328
Nanchang Group
GanzhouK469
Shanghai Group
ShanghaiG7213/G7209/G7205/G7207
Taiyuan Group
LinfenK2666
Xi'an Group
YulinK1324
Zhengzhou Group
XinxiangK1150

Z85/86 was a direct train from Suzhou to Beijing South. The line ended in 2011 due to the operation of the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. At weekends temporary services use this station.
BureauDestination
Shanghai Railway Bureau
Shanghai
Nanchang Railway Bureau
Ganzhou