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Golmud railway station
The station as seen from the platform

Golmud railway station, Geermu railway station or Ge'ermu railway station (simplified Chinese: 格尔木站; traditional Chinese: 格爾木站; pinyin: Gé'ěrmù Zhàn) is the main railway station of Golmud in Qinghai (China). The station is located at 2829 m above sea level and opened in 1979.[1]

This is an intermediate station on the Qinghai–Tibet railway and the eastern terminus of the Golmud–Korla railway.[2]

History

Golmud railway station was rebuilt and expanded as part of the Golmud–Korla railway project. The new station was opened on 30 June 2020.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "格尔木火车站介绍_火车票网". search.huochepiao.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  2. ↑ 2020-05-07T11:42:00. "Golmud – Korla railway forges new link through western China". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "探访格库铁路首站——格尔木火车站" [Visit Golmud Railway Station, The First Stop Of The Golmud-Korla Railway]. Haixi News (in Chinese). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Golmud East
towards Xining
 Qinghai–Tibet railway Nanshankou
towards Lhasa


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