Harbin railway station

Harbin railway station (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨站; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱站; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Zhàn) is a railway station on the Jingha railway, Binsui Railway, Labin Railway, Binbei Railway and Binzhou Railway. The station is in Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Harbin 哈尔滨
South facade
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	哈尔滨站
Traditional Chinese	哈爾濱站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hā'ěrbīn Zhàn
General information
Location	Tielu Jie, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang China
Coordinates	45°45′28″N 126°37′28″E
Operated by	CR Harbin
Line(s)	Jingha railway, Binsui Railway, Binzhou Railway, Labin Railway, Binbei Railway, Jingha High-Speed Railway, Hada High-Speed Railway Harbin–Yichun high-speed railway (under construction)
Platforms	14
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	UIC: 3300200 TMIS code: 55661 Telegraph code: HBB Pinyin code: HEB
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	1899
Previous names	Songhuajiang

History

Harbin Station c. 1940 with the Russian letters ХАРБИН seen above the entrance (see Russian Harbin).

Songhuajiang station (Chinese: 松花江站; pinyin: Sōnghuājiāng Zhàn; lit. 'Songhua River railway station') was opened in October 1899 by the Chinese Eastern Railway.^[1] It was renamed Harbin Station in July 1903.^[2] It was renovated in 1960, 1972, 1989, and 2002. In 2015, construction of new Harbin railway station began, using the design of the original Art Nouveau style in the 1903-built old station. The north and south terminals both completed renovations in 2017, with the terminals of the newly built Harbin railway station opened for public service.^[3]

On 26 October 1909, Korean nationalist An Jung-geun assassinated Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文), the first Prime Minister of Japan, on the platform at Harbin Station. Itō had been Japan's Resident-General in Korea until a few months before his assassination. A memorial hall honoring An Jung-geun was opened on Sunday, 19 January 2014 in Harbin. The hall, a 200-square-metre (2,200 sq ft) room, features photos and memorabilia.^[4] However, it was closed and demolished in 2017.

Metro station

Line 2 of Harbin Metro opened on September 19, 2021.

See also

• Harbin Russians
• South Manchuria Railway
• Harbin Subway