History
Shanghai South Railway Station was originally constructed in 1908 as the terminus of the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway line.
An extensive redesign has been carried out until 2006 by AREP (Paris), ECADI (Shanghai) and MaP3 (structural engineer - Paris), making the new station the world's first circular railway station. With the reopening, two minor Shanghai railway stations have been closed: Shanghai West Railway Station in Putuo District and Meilong Station near Jinjiang Park. All railway connections of these stations have been moved to Shanghai South Railway Station, and according to estimates, up to 40% of passengers of Shanghai Railway Station will be diverted to the new station.
A station fire occurred on April 24, 2010 at 4 pm that was extinguished in 30 minutes.
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