Lüshun railway station
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Lüshun Railway Station (in Chinese: 旅顺火车站) is located in Lüshunkou District of Dalian City, China, and is the final stop of the Dalian-Lushun branch of the Dalian-Harbin railway. It sits on the east side of the Long River, within a hundred meters of the Lüshun Naval Port, its building being of the Russian-style wooden architecture.
Currently,[when?] it is served by two passenger train services a day from Dalian.
In 2006, Lushun West Railway Station opened on another branch of the Dalian-Lushun railway branch, for Bohai Train Ferry.
History
- 1898, Russia obtained the Kwantung Leased Territory and started construction of Chinese Eastern Railway
- 1900, construction of Lushun Railway Station was started
- 1903, Lushun Railway Station was completed and put into operation
- 1904, operation was halted due to the Russo-Japanese War
- 1905, after the fall of the Russian Lushun to the Japanese, the Russian broad gauge of the Dalian-Lushun branch line was changed to the Japanese narrow gauge
- 1906, was placed under the control of South Manchuria Railway
- 1907, the railway was changed to the standard gauge
- 1945, after the fall of the Japanese Lushun, operated jointly by China and the Soviet Union
- 1952, returned to China
- 1985, became a Cultural Heritage site of Dalian City
- 2005, rebuilt, retaining the original design
See also
- Dalian & Lüshunkou District
- South Manchuria Railway
- Russo-Japanese War
- Rail gauge
- Bohai Train Ferry#Lushun West Station
- Dalian Railway Station
References
External links
- Baidu Encyclopedia: Lüshun Railway Station (in Chinese)