Built in 1953,[1] it is a minor station on the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway, with only one local train per day stopping in each direction.

[2] A new station building was constructed together with the construction of the Lanzhou-Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway, however the station has not opened as a stop on this route yet.

[3] Chenguanying station is also the western terminus of the Lanzhou Metro Line 1.

The metro station is located in a separate building a hundred meters east of the railway station.

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