Changsha West railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Changsha, China}}
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Changde–Yiyang–Changsha high-speed railway
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Changsha West railway station is a railway station in Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan, China. The station is currently undergoing expansion, and is expected to reopen in 2025.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=长沙高铁西站正式动工！|url=http://news.gaotie.cn/huochezhan/2021-08-25/586467.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=高铁网|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825153907/http://news.gaotie.cn/huochezhan/2021-08-25/586467.html |archive-date=2021-08-25 }} As of September 2022, trains on Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway and Changde–Yiyang–Changsha high-speed railway pass through this station to through service to each other, without stopping here.
History
Changsha West railway station opened as the terminus of the western extension of the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway on 26 December 2017.{{Cite web|title=长株潭城铁西线明日开通 开福寺站可与地铁"无缝换乘" - 湖南频道|url=https://hn.rednet.cn/c/2017/12/25/4512622.htm|access-date=2021-01-09|website=hn.rednet.cn}} From 8 May 2020, the station has been closed for refurbishment,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 May 2020|title=长株潭城铁 又有调整！|url=https://www.icswb.com/h/152/20200507/656527.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905003753/https://www.icswb.com/h/152/20200507/656527.html|archive-date=5 September 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|website=}} and construction officially started on 25 August 2021.
The nearby Changsha West EMU depot, a depot on the Changyichang high-speed railway, opened on 26 December 2022.{{Cite web |title=常益长高铁长沙西动车运用所投运 是我国首座"十字型"高铁站"列车4S店" |url=https://hunan.voc.com.cn/article/202212/20221227153349818189.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=hunan.voc.com.cn}}
Metro connections
A planned extension of Changsha Metro Line 2 will serve this station.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=8 January 2021|title=正式获批!长沙地铁2号线将串联两座高铁站|url=http://hunan.voc.com.cn/article/202101/202101081350383110.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 January 2021|website=}} Three additional planned lines are expected to serve the station.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-08-14|title=长沙西站拟通4条轨道交通线|url=https://k.sina.cn/article_1655444627_62ac1493020026eic.html?from=news&subch=onews|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Sina|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815195052/https://k.sina.cn/article_1655444627_62ac1493020026eic.html?from=news&subch=onews |archive-date=2021-08-15 }}