Songjiang North railway station

Songjiang North
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	松江北站
Traditional Chinese	松江北站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sōngjiāng Běi Zhàn
General information
Location	South Renming Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai China
Coordinates	31°00′07.4″N 121°13′24.4″E / 31.002056°N 121.223444°E / 31.002056; 121.223444
Operated by	China Railway Shanghai Group China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway[note 1]
Platforms	3 (1 island platform, 1 side platform)
Connections	Zuibaichi Park Bus terminal
History
Opened	1909 (1909)
Closed	10 December 2024 (2024-12-10)
Rebuilt	1945 2000
Previous names	Songjiang railway station
Location

Songjiang North railway station was a third-class passenger-and-freight railway station on the former route of Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway^{[note 1]} located in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China.^[1]

Formerly Songjiang railway Station, the station renamed to its current name on May 22, 2024.^[2] The station closed on December 10 in the same year.^[3]

The station handled an average of 1,200-1,500 passengers per day.^[4]

The station opened in 1909 with the completion of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway.^[1] It is also called "Songjiang West railway station" at that time.

Japanese warplanes bombed the station on 8 September 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. At the time, a train carrying refugees to Hangzhou was stopping at the station. The bombing reportedly killed over 300 people and seriously injured a further 400.^[5]

In 1941, Central China Railway rebuilt the station. The rebuilt station was pointed, resembling a church.^[6]

In 1997, the station began its second rebuild. This includs the reconstruction and expansion of the station building and yard. Platform 2 and 3 was completed and put into use on January 17, 1997, and platform 1 was put into use on June 19.^[7] The old station building was demolished on October 26, 1999, a new on was rebuilt on the original site and put into use on September 20, 2000.^[6][8]

On April 14, 2024, the station stopped handling freights; On May 22, it was renamed to Songjiang North railway station; On Decemember 10, the station stopped handling passengers. The station was closed.^[3]

Starting from 13 Decemember 2024, the passenger trains are redirected to the newly expaned Shanghai Songjiang railway station, and freights trains to the rebuilt Shihudang Station ^[9]

The current station building was built in 2000. It is 141 m (463 ft) long, 18 m (59 ft) wide, 12.4 m (41 ft) high, and covers an area of 2,512 m² (27,040 sq ft). The building was yellow out side, later painted blue.^[6]

From east to west, the station building includes a ticket office, waiting room, baggage room and other facilities, with an area of 157 m² (1,690 sq ft), 530 m² (5,700 sq ft) and 238 m² (2,560 sq ft) respectively.^[7]

The station has two platforms and six tracks, including one island platform and one side one. Both of which are low platforms.^[6]

The freight yard is located on the southeast side of the station, covering an area of ​​200 sq in. The equipment includes 4 loading and unloading lines, 2 warehouses, 2 cranes, 1 wheel loader and 2 forklifts, which are responsible for handling the freights of the station.^[7]