Shanghainan (Shanghai South) railway station ( Chinese : 上海南站 ; pinyin : Shànghǎi Nánzhàn ; Shanghainese : Zånhae Nuezae ) is a railway station in the city of Shanghai , China. In the Xuhui District , its importance is second only to the Shanghai railway station . After extensive renovation that was finished in 2006, the station features a modern circular design, the first of its kind in the world. The station was expected to handle 15 million passengers annually.
24-615: Shanghai South serves most trains to cities of Zhejiang (including Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Jinhua and Wenzhou) and the Southern provinces of China, excluding the Shanghai-Hong Kong Route. Without a Customs/Immigration checkpoint it is not capable of clearing passengers straight to Hong Kong; until such a checkpoint is constructed the Shanghai–Kowloon through train will continue to depart from Shanghai station . It
48-502: Is 6000 T, for 56,000 square metres (600,000 sq ft), and a 150 m (490 ft) maximum span. The steel structure was built by Shanghai Jiangnan shipyard and erected by SMCC. The trains arrive below the waiting areas, which are not interrupted by the structure itself, which is roughly divided into three levels. The mid-level contains the station platforms, at the same rough height as ground level, and contains thirteen tracks and six passenger platforms. The VIP waiting section and
72-808: Is also possible to catch high-speed services to West Kowloon station in Hong Kong via Shanghai Hongqiao railway station : - customs and immigration clearance is done in Hong Kong. Shanghai South railway station also serves as the starting point for the Jinshan railway , running via Xinzhuang in Minhang District to Jinshanwei in Jinshan District, crossing the Huangpu River on a dedicated railway bridge. Shanghai Metro lines 1 , 3 , and 15 also serve this station with entrances inside
96-617: Is closed officially on 5 July 2024. Shanghai–Kowloon through train used 25T class train carriages . The train had 18 carriages in total. But only 11 carriages went to Hong Kong because the other 7 carriages served Z99A/Z100A, they were decoupled (for Z99B to go to Hong Kong) at the Guangzhou East railway station. Line 1 (Shanghai Metro) Line 1 is a north–south line of the Shanghai Metro . It runs from Fujin Road in
120-740: The Guangshen railway , Jingguang railway and the Hukun railway to Shanghai. The train ran every other day. The journey time was approximately 20 hours. The stops on the route were Guangzhou East , and Jinhua stations. Only passengers taking Z99A/Z100A (Shanghai-Guangzhou East) could disembark at these stops. After 1 October 2003, passengers taking Z99B could not disembark at the stops listed above, as all travellers to Hong Kong from Shanghai clear Chinese immigration and customs at Shanghai station, and once they had done so they were considered to have left Mainland China and were no longer permitted to leave
144-588: The MTR Corporation Limited of Hong Kong and China's national rail service ( Shanghai Railway Bureau ). The numbers of this train service were Z99B (away from Shanghai ) and Z100B (towards Shanghai). Services operated along the East Rail line in Hong Kong , crossing the boundary between Hong Kong and Mainland China at Lo Wu / Luohu and then continuing along China's railway network via
168-572: The Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway opens. The Station is located in the southwestern part of Xuhui District, occupying sixty hectares of land. The new look of South Station has a very clean, airport -like look and feel. The station itself is elevated 47 meters above ground and has a diameter of some 270 metres (885 ft 10 in). It is made out of polycarbonate and aluminium sunblades, and supported by 18 branch-shaped beams resting on 3 columns each. The steel structure weight
192-526: The interchange station named after the train station , which is within walking distance of the train station. Transfer corridors in the station building allow indoor transfer between the train station and the metro station. Shanghai%E2%80%93Kowloon through train The Shanghai–Kowloon through train was a train that ran between Hong Kong and Shanghai railway station in China, jointly operated by
216-513: The National Development and Reform Commission has approved the 2018-2023 construction planning of the city's Metro network. Work is expected to begin before 2023 and will take 4 years at acost of US$ 518. The extension will connect to the under construction Jiamin line . As the first line in the system, Shanghai Metro was conceived and designed during 1980s, when fixed block signalling and track circuit based train control (TBTC)
240-509: The Public Security Office is also on this level. In addition the mid-level has direct access to the northern and southern squares. The upper level is the departure level. With a circumference of over 800 metres (2,624 ft 8 in), the waiting area can fit over 10,000 passengers at any given time. Passenger tickets are also validated in this area. The lower level is the arrivals level, which contains various tunnels to exit
264-590: The State Planning Commission. With the start of construction of the project, the cost has also increased. In August 1993, the budgetary estimate was adjusted to 3.974 billion yuan, of which domestic supporting funds increased by 1.086 billion yuan. In January 1995, the total budget was adjusted for the second time to 5.39 billion yuan, of which 3.961 billion yuan was domestic supporting funds. A 1.2 km (0.75 mi) extension to Humin road (North Xinzhuang Station) has been approved as part of
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#1732797788180288-600: The air conditioners of the trains were improved and modernized, making ice waste containers a thing of the past. The line was initially operated by trains built by the German Shanghai Metro Group which included Adtranz (now Bombardier) and Siemens together with AEG Westinghouse and Düwag. All are Class A trains 8 cars in length. CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. (expansion cars and replacement cars) CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. (expansion cars and replacement cars) The trains are undergoing
312-401: The area is generally more comfortable, and it is an enclosed area, with security personnel on shift at the entrances. The regular waiting area is in the middle of the station, and can house thousands of passengers. The VIP waiting area is only accessible with special identification, such as diplomatic documents. Shanghai South is serviced by Shanghai Metro Line 1 , Line 3 , and Line 15 via
336-441: The carriages had long been a problem, 96 ice cubes have been put into a one-meter-high waste container to alleviate the high temperature of the 16 DC trains on Line 1. In order to make up for the defects in the refrigeration power and design of the 16 DC trains, emergency measures must be taken whenever the temperature reaches 33 °C (91 °F) or more. With the transformation between 2006 and 2008 from 6 carriages to 8 carriages
360-452: The end of the pandemic. After the resumption of train services was suspended due to COVID-19, this series of train services only retain the itinerary within mainland China (Shanghai-Guangzhou) and no longer operate the itinerary to Hong Kong. On 4 June 2024, China Railway announced that the train services from Shanghai and Beijing to Hung Hom would be replaced by high-speed sleeper trains to West Kowloon station . Shanghai railway station port
384-672: The main train station. Shanghai South station was originally constructed in 1908 as the terminus of the Shanghai- Hangzhou railway line. In 1937, during the Battle of Shanghai , part of the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Japanese advanced towards the station in an action known as Bloody Saturday. The fighting destroyed the building and killed many civilians; a photograph depicting a crying Chinese baby among
408-497: The new station. A station fire occurred on April 24, 2010, at 4 pm that was extinguished in 30 minutes. In 2024, it was announced that Shanghai South Railway Station will be converted into a high-speed rail station and the Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway will be moved to South station and the conventional railways will be moved to Shanghai Songjiang station by 2025. This will relieve congestion at Hongqiao station when
432-550: The north, via Shanghai Railway Station to Xinzhuang in the south. The first line to open in the Shanghai Metro system, line 1 serves many important points in Shanghai, including People's Square and Xujiahui . Due to the large number of important locations served, this line is extremely busy, with a daily ridership of over 1,000,000 passengers. Generally, the line runs at grade beside the Shanghai–Hangzhou railway in
456-640: The ruins became Time ' s image of the year. An extensive redesign has been carried out until 2006 by AREP (Paris), ECADI (Shanghai) and MaP3 (structural engineer - Paris), making the new station the world's first circular railway station. With the reopening, two minor Shanghai railway stations have been closed: Shanghai West in Putuo District and Meilong station near Jinjiang Park. All railway connections of these stations have been moved to Shanghai South station, and according to estimates, up to 40% of passengers of Shanghai station will be diverted to
480-655: The south, underground in the city center and elevated on the second deck of the North–South Elevated Road in the North. The line is colored red on system maps. The required investment for the project was US$ 620 million (including domestic supporting RMB investment). In August 1988 and May 1989, the program of loans to the Federal Republic of Germany, France and the United States was approved by
504-478: The station and the waiting area of the Line 1 and Line 3 in the Shanghai Metro system. In the future it will also contain a transfer tunnel to the newly opened L1 Line as well as access to long-distance and tourist buses. The underground level of the North and South Squares has various commercial establishments and a parking lot. The soft-seat waiting area requires a soft-class train ticket to access. The seating in
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#1732797788180528-399: The system was completely renewed, with obsolete components such as relay interlockings replaced by modern microprocessor-based ones, but the general operation of the signaling system remained unchanged. As of 2020, the original design is expected to serve two additional decades. In the summer of 2006 after poor cooling affected 16 DC01 trains on Line 1 in the summer, high temperatures inside
552-530: The train until their arrival at Hung Hom station. The same rule also applied to northbound travellers (Z100B) who would clear Chinese immigration once they had arrived at Shanghai station. 144-hour visa-free transit for passengers who were of selected nationalities were available since 30 January 2016. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , services to Hong Kong have been suspended indefinitely since 30 January 2020. There has been no plan to resume its service, even after
576-769: Was still considered a state-of-art approach to automatic train operation . The signalling system was designed by CASCO, a signalling manufacturer owned jointly by China Railway Signal & Communication Group Corporation (CRSC) and General Railway Signal (GRS), and was largely based on the system designed by GRS for the Washington Metro . Coded audio-frequency (AF) track circuits are used for both train detection and transmission of speed commands, as well as limited train-to-wayside communication (TWC) for automatic train supervision (ATS). Train operation between stations and station stop can be automatic, while doors are controlled manually by train operators. From 2013 to 2019,
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