Zhongshan railway station
railway station in Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, People's Republic of China
Zhongshan railway station (Chinese: 中山站) is an elevated station of Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway.
The station is located at Simen Village (泗门村), Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. It started operations on 7 January 2011.
“Zhongshan railway station” enters the record as railway station in Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zhongshan, railway and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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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 Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8070961. Authority coordinates are 22.547, 113.428. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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