Zhengzhou railway station

Zhengzhou railway station (simplified Chinese: 郑州站; traditional Chinese: 鄭州站; pinyin: Zhèngzhōu zhàn) is a passenger railway station in Erqi District, Zhengzhou, Henan.

It is located in the city center, about 1 km southwest to the Erqi Memorial Tower.

Ticket offices and platform canopies were put into use in 1928 and the freight yard was constructed in 1932.

[3] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the station was severely damaged due to air strike by the Japanese army in February 1938 and the tracks between Zhengzhou and Zhongmu were destroyed in May 1938 by the flood.

[3] The station was taken over by the PLA in 1948 and the Zhengzhou Railway Administration Bureau was established in March 1949.

The Zhengzhou-Jiaozuo Intercity Railway commenced operation in 2015,[7] making the station an integrated railway hub with conventional long distance, high-speed and intercity train services.

It covers an area of 11,774 square metres (126,730 sq ft), housing ticket counters, restaurants and stores.

A wall at the station concourse is decorated as a train carriage painted in typical Chinese railway livery of olive green.

The station in 1911
The station in 1923
The station in 1954
East plaza of the station
The west station building