Kunming South railway station is the main high-speed rail station of the Kunming metropolitan area. The station, put into operation in December 2016 after five years of construction, is the western terminus of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway. The same year, the station was connected to the Kunming Metro network via a branch of Line 1.
The station is located in the Chenggong District of the City of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. It was put into operation simultaneously with the two high-speed mainlines it serves, after five years of construction. It is also the terminal for the high-speed (D series) trains on the Kunming–Yuxi Railway.
Although Chenggong is being developed as Kunming's new city center, it is about 20 km from Kunming's current city center. Its remote location causes some complaints from city's residents.[1] Plans exist, however, to link Kunming South Station with Kunming railway station (which is located just south of the city center) by the end of 2017, enabling high-speed trains to serve Kunming railway station as well.[1]
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^ abQiao Changhong (乔长红), 昆明南窑火车站年底有望通高铁. 昆明铁路枢纽扩能改造工程年底完工，滇池环线铁路将闭合Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (Kunming's Nanyao Station is expected to get high-speed service by the end of the year. Kunming Railway Hub Expansion and Reorganization Project to be completed by the end of the year, the railway ring around Dian Lake to be completed). 2017-02-28
Kunming Metro
Honghe Tram
