Hangzhoudong (Hangzhou East) railway station (simplified Chinese: 杭州东站; traditional Chinese: 杭州東站; pinyin: Hángzhōudōng zhàn) is a railway station located in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. Originally built as a small station serving the Shanghai-Kunming railway, it has been rebuilt as a high-speed rail hub, which became operational on 1 July 2013.
History
The old station opened in 1992, located on Tiancheng Road. It was closed on 20 January 2010, and demolished. Its train services were moved to Hangzhou railway station and Hangzhou South railway station.
A new station was built on the site. It officially opened on 1 July 2013, in conjunction with the opening of the Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway. The station also serves the Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway. It has 30 railway tracks, and stations for Hangzhou Metro lines 1 and 4. A coach station and bus terminals are also part of the new transit hub.
Metro station
Lines 1 & 4
Hangzhou East railway station is served by a station of the name of East Railway Station on Line 1 and Line 4 of Hangzhou Metro.
Station layout
East Railway Station has three levels: basement 1 is in the railway arrival hall, and metro exits is at this level. Basement 2 is a concourse. Basement 3 are platforms. This station offers paired cross-platform interchange for passengers riding between 4 directions of the two lines.
Entrances/exits
The station has 7 exits. The elevator exit is at the miidle of the concourse.
- A: Railway arrivals (north No. 4-5)
- B: Railway arrivals (north No. 2-3)
- C1: Railway arrivals (north No. 1-2)
- C2: Railway arrivals (south No. 1-2)
- C3: West square
- D: Railway arrivals (south No. 2-3)
- E: East square
Line 6 & 19
The metro station for Line 6 and Line 19 is a separated station called "East Railway Station (East Square)".
Around the station
- Hangzhou Mosque
See also
- Hangzhou railway station
- Hangzhou South railway station
- Hangzhou West railway station
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