Zhengzhou East railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Zhengzhoudong

| native_name = 郑州东

| native_name_lang = zh-Hans

| symbol_location = cn

| symbol = crh

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| image = 20211221 Zhengzhoudong Railway Station.jpg

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| other_name = Zhengzhou East

| address = 199 Xinyi Road{{Cite web|script-title=zh:客运营业站站点|url = http://www.12306.cn/mormhweb/kyyyz/|website = 12306.cn|access-date = 2018-09-11| language=zh}}

| borough = Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan

| country = China

| map_type = China_Henan_Zhengzhou#Henan

| map_caption = Location of the station

| coordinates = {{coord|34.7601|N|113.7730|E|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}}

| operator = {{rint|cn|rail}} CR Zhengzhou

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China Railway High-Speed:
{{rint|cn|crh}} Shijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railway
{{rint|cn|crh}} Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway
Zhengzhou–Wanzhou high-speed railway
Zhengzhou–Fuyang high-speed railway
Henan Intercity Railway:
{{rint|cn|crh}} Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity railway
{{rint|cn|crh}} Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport intercity railway

}}

| platforms = 30 (14 island platforms and 2 side platforms)

| tracks = 32

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Zhengzhou East railway station {{rint|zhengzhou|Metro}}
Bus terminus}}

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65773 (TMIS code)
ZAF (telegraph code)
ZZD (Pinyin code)

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| classification = Top Class station (特等站)

| opened = {{start date|2012|09|28}}

| closed =

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| years1 = 2012-12-26

| events1 = Beijing–Zhengzhou section of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway opened

| years2 = 2014-12-28

| events2 = Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity railway opened

| years3 = 2015-12-31

| events3 = Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport intercity railway opened

| years4 = 2016-09-10

| events4 = Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway opened

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=CRH

|line1=Shijiazhuang–Wuhan|left1=Xinxiang East|right1=Xuchang East

|line2=Xuzhou–Lanzhou|left2=Kaifeng North|right2=Zhengzhou West

|line3=Zhengzhou–Kaifeng intercity|right3=Jialuhe

|line4=Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport intercity|right4=Nancao

}}

The Zhengzhoudong (Zhengzhou East) railway station ({{zh|s=郑州东站|t=鄭州東站|p=zhèngzhōu dōngzhàn}}) is a railway station for high-speed trains in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It is located approximately 3 km southeast of the Zhengdong New Area CBD. On the junction of the North-South Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway and the East-West Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed railway, it is one of the largest passenger railway stations in China.

The calligraphic Chinese characters in the station sign were written by Wu Bangguo,{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑武高铁正式开通运行吴邦国亲笔题写“郑州东站”|url = http://hn.cnr.cn/hngbxwzx/201209/t20120928_511017774.shtml|website = hn.cnr.cn|access-date = 2018-04-13|language=zh}} the former chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

History

File:Zhengzhou East Railway Station Under Construction 03.jpg

The station began construction on 29 June 2009{{Cite web|script-title=zh:亚洲最大火车站郑州东站开工|url = http://www.hnta.cn/Gov/News/s/2009-06/3008481.shtml|website = www.hnta.cn|access-date = 2018-04-13|language = zh-cn| title=www.hnta.cn }} and was opened on 28 September 2012, together with the opening of the Beijing–Guangzhou HSR (Shijiazhuang–Wuhan section).{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑武高铁、郑州东站今日启用|url = http://newpaper.dahe.cn/hnrb/html/2012-09/28/content_791061.htm?div=-1|website = newpaper.dehe.cn|access-date = 2018-04-13|language = zh-cn}}

On 26 December 2012, the high-speed train services to Beijing was started with the completion of the Shijiazhuang–Wuhan section of the Beijing–Guangzhou HSR.{{Cite web|script-title=zh:京广高铁京郑段具五特点设计时速350公里|url = http://news.163.com/12/1225/17/8JJAO4DQ00014JB6.html|date = 2012-12-25|access-date = 2018-09-27|language = zh-cn}}{{Cite web|date=27 December 2012|title=京广高铁正式开通运营-中国青年报|trans-title=Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway officially opened|url=http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2012-12/27/nw.D110000zgqnb_20121227_3-01.htm|access-date=2021-03-12|website=zqb.cyol.com|language=zh}} It takes about only 2.5 hours from the station to Beijing West by high-speed trains.

On 28 December 2013, Zhengzhou Metro Line 1 commenced operation and started to serve the station.{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑州地铁1号线正式开通|url = http://hn.cnr.cn/hngd/201312/t20131228_514517999.shtml|website = hn.cnr.cn|access-date = 2018-04-13|language = zh-cn}}

The intercity train services in Zhengzhou East started on 28 December 2014, with the opening of the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng Intercity Railway.{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑州开封城铁开通：省委书记玩自拍 “包拯”捧场|url = http://new.qq.com/cmsn/20141229/20141229001413|website = new.qq.com|access-date = 2018-04-13|language = zh-cn}} Currently, the intercity trains from the station to Songchenglu (Kaifeng), Jiaozuo and Xinzheng Airport are in operation.

The Zhengzhou-Xuzhou section of the Xuzhou–Lanzhou HSR was opened on 10 September 2016,{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑徐高铁开通运营网友盛赞河南“朋友圈”越来越大|url = http://news.163.com/16/0913/07/C0R15R2O00014AEE.html|website = news.163.com| date=13 September 2016 |access-date = 2018-04-13|language = zh-cn}} providing high-speed train services to major cities in eastern China, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou

With the opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Hong Kong HSR, a daily high-speed train service (G79/80) connecting this station and Hong Kong West Kowloon became available. It takes about 6 hour and 20 minutes from the station to West Kowloon.{{Cite web|title = Long-haul train schedule|url = https://www.highspeed.mtr.com.hk/res/pdf/long-haul-train-timetable-en.pdf|publisher = MTR|access-date=2018-09-26}}

Infrastructure

The station covers an area of 219.07 hectares and has a floor area of 350,000 square meters. Costing RMB 4 billion, it consists of 30 platforms (2 side platforms and 14 island platforms) and 32 tracks. Platforms 1-16 are designated for the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway and platforms 21-30 designated for the Xuzhou–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway. Platforms 17-20 are for intercity trains.

The station has a total of 7 levels of which 3 are below ground level. The departure hall (waiting area) is on the 3rd level while catering services are provided on the 4th level. Platforms are on the 2nd level. The arrival areas, exits and parking areas are on the ground level. The basement levels are for Zhengzhou Metro.

Self-service flight check-in devices are provided in the intercity waiting area of the departure hall for passengers taking the intercity trains to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport.

Destinations

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!Carriers

!Destinations

CR Beijing

|Baoji South, Beijing West, Changsha South, Chengdu East, Chongqing West, Futian, Guangzhou South, Guiyang North, Kunming South, Lanzhou West, Nanchang West, Nanning East, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shenzhen North, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Tianjin West, Wuhan, Xi'an North, Yingtan North, Zhanjiang West, Zhuhai

CR Chengdu

|Beijing West, Chengdu East, Chongqing North, Guiyang North, Xuzhou East

CR Guangzhou

|Beijing West, Changsha South, Guangzhou South, Hong Kong West Kowloon, Jinan West, Shenzhen North, Taiyuan South, Xi'an North, Zhuhai

CR Harbin

|Harbin West, Wuhan

CR Jinan

|Changsha South, Chongqing North, Chongqing West, Guangzhou South, Jinan West, Kunming South, Lanzhou West, Qingdao, Qingdao North, Rongcheng, Shenzhen North, Yantai

CR Kunming

|Beijing West, Kunming South, Yuxi

CR Lanzhou

|Changsha South, Guangzhou South, Hangzhou East, Lanzhou West, Xuzhou

CR Nanchang

|Beijing West, Fuzhou, Lanzhou West, Nanchang West, Xi'an North

CR Nanning

|Beijing West, Jinan West, Nanning East

CR Shanghai

|Chengdu East, Chongqing West, Hangzhou East, Hefei South, Jinhua South, Lanzhou West, Nanjing South, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shanghai Hongqiao, Taiyuan South, Xi'an North

CR Shenyang

|Changchun, Changsha South, Chengdu East, Dalian North, Shenyang North

CR Taiyuan

|Changsha South, Shanghai Hongqiao, Taiyuan South

CR Wuhan

|Beijing West, Guangzhou South, Hankou, Jinan West, Qingdao, Taiyuan South, Tianjin West, Wuhan, Yichang East

CR Xi'an

|Baoji South, Beijing West, Guangzhou South, Guiyang North, Shanghai Hongqiao, Wenzhou South, Xi'an North, Xuzhou East, Yiwu

CR Zhengzhou

|Anyang East, Beijing West, Chengdu East, Chongqing West, Fuzhou, Guangzhou South, Guilin, Guiyang North, Hangzhou East, Hankou, Jiaozuo, Lanzhou West, Luoyang Longmen, Ningbo, Qingdao North, Shenyang North, Shenzhen North, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shangqiu, Songchenglu, Taiyuan South, Wenzhou South, Xi'an North, Xiamen North, Xinzheng Airport, Xuchang East, Zhengzhou

Gallery

Aerial view of Zhengzhou East Railway Station.jpg|Aerial view of the station

West Exit of Zhengzhoudong.jpg|West exit and the business district outside the station

Arrival area of zhengzhoudong.jpg|Arrival area

Zhengzhou East Railway Station Concourse.jpg|The Concourse of Zhengzhou East railway station

The Concourse of Zhengzhou East Railway Station.jpg|The Concourse of Zhengzhou East railway station

Zhengzhoudong platform view.jpg|Platform of the station

CR400AF at Zhengzhou East .jpg|A CR400AF trainset on G80 service at the station

4 CRH380A EMU at Zhengzhou East Railway Station.jpg|CRH380A EMUs at the station

CRH6A-0423 at ZZD, 20180228 155003.jpg|An intercity train (CRH6A EMU) at the station

Metro station

{{Infobox station

| name = Zhengzhou East railway station

| native_name = 郑州东站

| native_name_lang = zh-Hans

| symbol_location = zhengzhou

| symbol = metro

| type = Zhengzhou Metro rapid transit station

| image = Platform of Line 1 at Zhengzhou East Railway Station (Metro) 20190529 02.jpg

| alt =

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| address = Zhengdong New Area, Zhengzhou

| country = China

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| operator = {{rint|zhengzhou|Metro}} Zhengzhou Metro

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{{rail color box|system=ZZM|line=1|inline=yes}}
{{rail color box|system=ZZM|line=5|inline=yes}}
{{rail color box|system=ZZM|line=8|inline=yes}} (planning)

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| platforms = 6 (2 reserved)

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Zhengzhou East railway station {{rint|cn|crh}}
Bus terminus

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| structure = Underground

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| code = 138 (Line 1)
513 (Line 5)

| opened = 28 December 2013{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑州地铁28日中午12点正式迎客 20个站点全开门|url = http://henan.qq.com/a/20131227/002512.htm|website = henan.qq.com|access-date = 2018-04-13| language=zh}}

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=ZZM

|line1=1|left1=Dongfengnanlu|right1=Boxuelu

|line2=5|left2=Kangningjie|right2=Jinshuidonglu

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Zhengzhou East railway station ({{zh|s=郑州东站}}) is a metro station of Zhengzhou Metro. It is located just beneath the high-speed railway station.

Currently, the station has Line 1 and Line 5 in operation. Reserved platforms for Line 8 had been constructed. In the future, cross-platform interchange between Line 5 and Line 8 will be realized.{{Cite web|script-title=zh:郑州东站成“亚洲最大地铁站”|url = http://news.dichan.sina.com.cn/2013/12/17/986018.html|website = news.dichan.sina.com.cn|access-date = 2018-04-14| language=zh}}

=Station layout=

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The station has 3 levels underground with 3 island platforms (6 platforms in total). The B1 level is for the station concourse, which houses the customer service center and ticket vending machines. The single island platform for Line 1 is on the B2 level. The dual island platforms for Line 5 and Line 8 are on the B3 level, of which the platforms for Line 8 are not open to public since Line 8 is not operational yet.