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 four kilometres from the city centre.[1] It is known for a terrorist attack that happened at the station on March 1, 2014, which killed 33 people and injured 143, including many children.
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 A view of Kunming railway station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  CR Kunming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections
editKunming railway station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.[citation needed] It is also served by a station on Line 1 of the Kunming Metro.
Other railway stations in Kunming
editKunming's other main railway station is Kunming South railway station, located in Chenggong District and used for high-speed rail services. Kunming also has the Kunming North railway station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently, it only has very limited service,[2] but a Kunming Metro station of the same name has recently been built in the area and is a major interchange for the system.
2014 terrorist attack
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On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists most likely affiliated with Xinjiang independence groups carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 31 people and injuring 143.[3] The police later came and secured the scene of the attack. Four attackers were shot dead.[4] The attack caused a large increase in security personnel in transportation centers throughout China.[citation needed]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Transportation of Kunming". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） Archived 30 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
- ^ "Xinhua Insight: At least 29 dead, 130 injured in Kunming railway station violence". CNTV English. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "27 Dead in Knife Attack at SW China Train Station". ABC. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
External links
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