Shijiazhuang railway station
railway station (for metro station, see Q60675367)
Shijiazhuang railway station (simplified Chinese: 石家庄站; traditional Chinese: 石家莊站; pinyin: Shíjiāzhuāng zhàn) is the railway station of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, China, on the main Beijing-Guangzhou rail corridor. The current station opened in 2012; it is one of the few stations that serves both the "conventional" Beijing–Guangzhou railway and the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway.
Besides trains running along the two north-south Beijing-Guangzhou lines, Shijiazhuang railway station is also served by trains going east or west, along the Qingdao-Jinan-Dezhou-Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan corridor, which includes both a conventional railway and the Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway. Some of the trains on the east-west corridor do not stop at Shijiazhuang railway station, bypassing it and stopping at the smaller Shijiazhuang North railway station.
In 2013, a typical daily schedule listed 265 trains originating, terminating, or passing through Shijiazhuang railway station.
Shijiazhuang railway station is by far the busiest train station in Hebei's capital region. From December 31, 2012 through January 3, 2013, 198,000 passengers departed from this station, out of the 279,000 from all stations of Greater Shijiazhuang.
History
The first railway station at what was to become the city of Shijiazhuang opened in 1903.
Between 1987 and 2012, the name "Shijiazhuang railway station" was applied to the facility located in downtown Shijiazhuang, at 38°2′27″N 114°29′3″E. Administratively, the site is in the city's Qiaoxi District, on the border with Qiaodong District. (The border between the two districts runs along the railway).
The public source identifies “Shijiazhuang railway station” as railway station (for metro station, see Q60675367). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shijiazhuang, railway and station.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q987999. Authority coordinates are 38.009, 114.478. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2013, 1903 and 1987.
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