Hengyang railway station

{{short description|Railway station in Hengyang, Hunan}}

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Hengyang railway station ({{zh|s=衡阳站}}) is a railway station in Zhuhui District, Hengyang, Hunan, China.

History

The station was built with the Guangzhou–Hankou railway, now part of the Beijing–Guangzhou railway.

On 1 September 2017, a renovation project was started.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-01 |title=衡阳火车站启动综合改造 新增12部电梯 |url=http://hunan.sina.com.cn/news/s/2017-09-01/detail-ifykqmrv6705908.shtml |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Sina}} It saw lifts and escalators installed and platform heights increased. The project was completed on 29 June 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-02 |title=衡阳火车站综合改造全线完工 焕然一新迎接暑运 |url=http://hnhy.wenming.cn/wmbb/201807/t20180702_5301854.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=衡阳文明网 |archive-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704092311/http://hnhy.wenming.cn/wmbb/201807/t20180702_5301854.html |url-status=dead }}

Future

There are proposals to close the station and surrounding lines and transfer passenger services to Hengyang East.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=确定!现衡阳火车站客运功能将迁移至衡阳东站 |url=https://new.qq.com/omn/20210615/20210615A0925000.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=}}

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