Nanjing West Railway Station relocated!

Construction will start this month!

　　Recently, the Nanjing Public Resource Trading Platform released the announcement of the winning bidders for the relocation project of Nanjing West Railway Station.

According to the bidding announcement, the project is scheduled to start in January 2022 and the planned completion date is December 2023.

According to the plan, the buildings of the Republic of China such as station buildings and station halls and some railway tracks will be preserved and transformed into a railway museum.

Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Xu Yuanyuan

　　Nanjing West Railway Station is relocated, construction starts this month

　　The announcement shows that there are three candidates for the Nanjing West Railway Station relocation project. According to the announcement, the bidding announcement has ended on the 30th of last month, and the proposed winning bidders have also been announced: China Railway Shanghai Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.; China Railway Shanghai Engineering Bureau Group Huahai Engineering Co., Ltd. (Consortium).

　　The project owner is China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the construction funds have been secured, and the tenderee is the Nanjing Railway Hub Project Construction Headquarters of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

　　Construction scale: The total land area of ​​the project is about 220 mu, including 177 mu of existing railway land and 43 mu of newly acquired land; the specific content is to rebuild the throat at the west end of Nanjing Station, and partially relocate the existing Nanjing Station at the west end of the Beijing-Shanghai up and down lines. Two new entry and exit lines were set up; the existing Nanjing EMU application center was partially renovated; the total track lay was 15.7 kilometers.

　　In addition, the passenger aircraft turn-back section and the passenger car technical maintenance station will be constructed; the ferry route between Nanjing West Ferry and Nanjing Station will remain unchanged, and the existing shunting yard will be reserved as a condition for the construction of motor train facilities; the passenger aircraft turn-back section and the passenger car technical maintenance station will be built. , 81,500 square meters of new production and living houses such as refurbishment warehouses and apartment complexes.

　　According to the previous EIA report, the Nanjing West Railway Station area was not relocated as a whole, but some facilities were relocated, and the original railway was changed to a tram line.

The existing Beijing-Shanghai Railway will be retained, and the Nanjing EMU section of the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway will continue to be constructed for parking and maintenance of vehicles at night.

In addition, the Shangyuanmen Railway passage will be reserved between the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the Central North Road.

　　It is worth noting that the Nanjing West Railway Station area has a number of buildings of high historical value. The buildings of the Republic of China such as station buildings and station halls and some railway tracks will be preserved and converted into railway museums.

　　The century-old station may become a "check-in place"

　　Nanjing West Railway Station was built in 1908. Its predecessor was Nanjing Railway Station of Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and later changed to Xiaguan Railway Station.

In 1968, it was renamed Nanjing West Railway Station, and it is still in use today.

　　According to the plan of the living room of nine major cities in Nanjing, a nearly 1-kilometer-long two-story platform will be built on the Drum Tower Riverside, connecting cultural heritage such as Zhongshan Wharf, Dama Road, and Laojiangkou, protecting and revitalizing many historical buildings, and reproducing the Xiaguan commercial port in the early 20th century. of prosperity.

Utilize Ferry Bridge Park, Train Theme Park, and Nanjing West Railway Station to display modern railway culture; build a memorial park for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invaders, integrate Hutchison, Nanbao Park, and Yangtze River Bridge to create a theme park for Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge , comprehensively demonstrate the indomitable fighting spirit of the Chinese nation.

After the demolition of Nanjing West Railway Station is completed, citizens may have another "check-in place".