Kunming railway station (Chinese: 昆明站; pinyin: Kūnmíng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located about four kilometres from the city centre.[1] On 1 March 2014, a group of men and women carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killed 33 people and injured 143.
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Location | Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan China | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections
Kunming railway station is located on the Shanghai–Kunming Railway, the Chengdu–Kunming Railway, the Neijiang–Kunming Railway and the Nanning–Kunming Railway.[citation needed] It is also served by a station on Line 1 of the Kunming Metro.
Other railway stations in Kunming
Kunming's other main railway station is Kunming South railway station, located in Chenggong District and used for high-speed rail services. Kunming also has the Kunming North railway station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently, it only has very limited service,[2] but a Kunming Metro station of the same name has recently been built in the area and is a major interchange for the system.
2014 terrorist attack
On 1 March 2014, a group of terrorists potentially affiliated with Turkestan independence groups carrying long knives rushed into Kunming Station, killing 31 people and injuring 143.[3] Later, the police came and secured the scene of the attack. Four attackers were shot dead.[4]
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