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Zhenyuan railway station

railway station in People's Republic of China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ16739157 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zhenyuan railway station (simplified Chinese: 镇远站; traditional Chinese: 鎮遠站; pinyin: Zhènyuǎn Zhàn) is a railway station located in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou, China, on the Shanghai–Kunming railway line, which are operated by China Railway Chengdu Group.

History

The railway station opened in 1974.

Editorial summary

“Zhenyuan railway station” enters the record as railway station in People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zhenyuan, railway and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Zhenyuan, railway and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Zhenyuan railway station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zhenyuan, railway and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16739157. Authority coordinates are 27.037, 108.407. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Zhenyuan railway station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zhenyuan railway station primary sources, Zhenyuan railway station archive and Zhenyuan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Zhenyuan railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.