Humen Railway Station

Humen Railway Station
虎门火车站
China Railway High-speed
Dongguan Rail Transit
Location Dongguan, Guangdong
China
Operated by Dongguan Rail Transit Corporation, Limited
Line(s) Guangshen'gang XRL
Line 2, Dongguan Rail Transit
The Dongguan Rail Transit station at Humen Railway Station.

Humen Railway Station (Chinese: 虎门站), formerly Dongguan South Railway Station (Chinese: 东莞南站), is a station in Baisha Village (Chinese: 白沙村), Humen, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. It is one of the stations on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link between Guangzhou South Railway Station in the Panyu District and Futian Railway Station in Shenzhen City.[1]

Humen Railway Station is connected to Dongchong Town in the Panyu District by the 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long Shiziyang Tunnel under the Shiziyang Channel near the estuary of the Pearl River.[2] The tunnel was completed in March 2011.[3]

Preceding station   Dongguan Rail Transit   Following station
Exhibition Center   Line 2   Terminus

See also

References

  1. ↑ Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
  2. ↑ China starts work on first underwater railway tunnel
  3. ↑ China completes construction of world's fastest underwater railway tunnel, 2011-03-12

Coordinates: 22°51′37″N 113°40′23″E / 22.8603°N 113.6731°E / 22.8603; 113.6731

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