Kunming Railway Station
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A view of Kunming Railway Station
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| Location | Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Operated by | Kunming Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC |
| Platforms | 6 |
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| Opened | 1958 |
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 4 kilometres from the city centre.[1] On 1 March 2014, a group of unidentified men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.[2][3]
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Kunming Railway Station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.[citation needed]
Other railway stations in Kunming
Kunming also has the Kunming North Railway Station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently (2012), it has only very limited service.[4]
2014 terrorist attack
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On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 29 people and injuring 130.[2] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Several attackers were shot dead.[5]
Notes and references
- ↑ Transportation of Kunming
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://english.cntv.cn/20140302/101074.shtml
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 滇越铁路徒步第一程（昆明——宜良） (A walk along the Kunming-Vietnam Railway. Part 1: Kunming-Chenggong)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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towards Shanghai or Shanghai South
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Shanghai–Kunming Railway
Guiyang-Kunming section
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