Buziwan railway station

Buziwan railway station
General information
LocationXinrong District, Datong, Shanxi
Transit authorityHohhot Railway Bureau
Line(s)Beijing–Baotou railway
History
Opening1915
Location

Buziwan railway station (simplified Chinese: 堡子湾站; traditional Chinese: 堡子灣站; pinyin: Bǎozǐwān Zhàn) is a station on the Beijing–Baotou railway located in Xinrong District, Datong, Shanxi, with a postal code of 037035.

History

Buziwan railway station was built in 1915 and is the earliest built station on the Beijing–Baotou railway. The station name was inscribed by China's first Minister of Railways, Guan Mianjun(關冕鈞).[1]

In March 2009, the old station building of the Buziwan station was unexpectedly demolished by the Hohhot Railway Bureau. Local officials of the National Cultural Heritage Administration was completely unaware of the demolition of this historically valuable site beforehand.[2][3]

Station Information

The station is 413 kilometers from Beijing Station and 419 kilometers from Baotou Station, under the jurisdiction of the Hohhot Railway Bureau.[4] It is currently classified as a Level 4 station.[5]

Passenger Services: Handles passenger boarding and alighting; luggage and parcel shipping.

Freight Services: Handles the arrival of goods; does not handle the arrival of hazardous goods.

See also

Reference

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  2. ^ ""堡子湾车站"小站大名头的百年际遇故事". 搜狐. 北京丰镇同乡会. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  3. ^ "民国时期的堡子湾火车站旧址被毁". 世界轨道交通资讯网. 三晋都市报. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  4. ^ "堡子湾站". 金农网. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  5. ^ "堡子湾火车站简介". 高铁网. Retrieved 2025-08-06.