Kunming railway station
Kunming 昆明  | |
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 A view of Kunming Railway Station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China |
| Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E |
| Operated by | Kunming Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC |
| Platforms | 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1958 |
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 4 kilometres from the city centre.[1] On 1 March 2014, a group of unidentified men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.[2][3]
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]
Other railway stations in Kunming
Kunming also has the Kunming North Railway Station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently (2012), it has only very limited service.[4]
2014 terrorist attack
On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130.[2] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.[5]
Notes and references
- ^ Transportation of Kunming
- ^ a b http://english.cntv.cn/20140302/101074.shtml
- ^ "'Dozens die' in China knife attack at Kunming train station". BBC. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
- ^ "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
External links
Media related to Kunming Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons
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