Pukou railway station

Pukou railway station is located on the North Bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, also known as Nanjing North railway station. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It was built in 1914. It is the final starting point of Jinpu railway at that time. It has always been a traffic hub between the north and the South and a place for military strategists. In the modern history of China, Pukou railway station is a place name that often appears. The scenes of Sun Yat Sen's coffin arriving in Nanjing, the people's Liberation Army launching the campaign of crossing the Yangtze River, and Zhu Ziqing's back all take place here. It has unique characteristics of the Republic of China and contains profound historical deposits of the Republic of China. In recent years, it has gradually become an important location base for films and TV plays with the background of the Republic of China. A large number of scenes have been shot here, such as "deep rain" and "National Anthem".

Former site of Pukou railway station

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Pukou railway station generally refers to the former site of Pukou railway station

The former site of Pukou railway station is located in Pukou District, Nanjing city. It was built in 1908 and covers an area of 20 hectares. It is the only railway station in China that preserves the characteristics of the Republic of China. It is listed as the nine most artistic railway stations in China and is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Pukou railway station was officially put into operation. It is an important transportation hub connecting 11 provinces, such as Pingjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. In October 1968, with the opening of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Pukou railway station suspended passenger transport. In 1985, part of the passenger transport was resumed and renamed "Nanjing North Station". The freight business of the station continued to expand and the scale of the station continued to expand. In October 2004, the passenger transport was suspended Good luck.

On May 3, 2013, the site was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council of the people's Republic of China.

Historical evolution

On May 18, 1899, the Qing government borrowed 9.8 million pounds from the British and German syndicates respectively. In 1908, the construction of Jinpu railway was started. In 1911, it was completed. In 1912, the Yellow River railway bridge was completed, and the whole line of Jinpu railway was opened to traffic.

In 1914, Pukou railway station and its ancillary buildings were completed and put into use. Pukou railway station became a transportation hub connecting Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other 11 provinces.

In 1968, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic, and passenger transport at Pukou railway station was temporarily suspended.

In May 1985, Pukou railway station resumed passenger transport, opened trains to Qiqihar, Chengdu, Lanzhou, Xuzhou, Xinyi and Lianyungang, and changed its name to "Nanjing North Station".

In October 2004, Pukou railway station officially stopped operation.

Architectural features

Pukou railway station is an old British building with three stories of brick and wood structure, beige exterior wall and red roof.

A three story Beige main building is connected by a single column umbrella shaped corridor extending directly to the platform and an arched rain corridor connecting the ferry terminal. The red roof is marked with "Nanjing North Station". On the square opposite the main building, there is a "Zhongshan mourning platform" specially built to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat Sen's coffin.

The characteristic of Pukou railway station is that the waiting building, platform, rain corridor, ticket room, VIP Building, senior staff dormitory and other main and supporting buildings have been systematically preserved, which can be called the most complete "Centennial station". The roof of the house is blue gray machine tile, and the facade is painted with yellowish cement mortar, which is similar to the shape of "villa on the second floor". The platform, rain corridor and other ancillary buildings of Pukou railway station adopt reinforced concrete structure.

Cultural relics

After the Japanese invasion of China and the great fire in the "Cultural Revolution", the main building of Pukou railway station has been basically preserved. Among them, two thirds of the stair floors of the wooden structure in the station building have been replaced, and one third of the existing buildings have retained their former appearance. The main building's waiting hall door was closed and the windows were sealed with dark green boards.

The remains of Pukou railway station mainly include the main building, Zhongshan stilling platform, VIP Building, telegraph room and other facilities, including power plant, senior staff residential building, train ferry bridge, locomotive warehouse and so on.

History and culture

In the winter of 1918, Zhu Ziqing went to school in Beijing. He said goodbye to his father at Pukou railway station and wrote back.

In 1919, Sun Yat Sen published an article "industrial plan" in the Journal of construction. He thought that transportation must be put in the first place in modern industry, and Pukou railway station should be included in the construction focus.

In the spring of 1919, Mao Zedong sent Hunan students studying in France to Shanghai. He lost a pair of cloth shoes at Pukou railway station and got into trouble. Fortunately, he met a fellow countryman and solved his urgent need (a journey to the west by snow).

In 1927, Guo Moruo crossed the river at Pukou railway station and went to Nanchang to find revolutionary comrades.

On May 28, 1929, the train carrying Dr. Sun Yat Sen's coffin arrived at Pukou railway station from Peiping by Jinpu railway. After stopping here for a while, it crossed the river by Pukou wharf and was finally buried in Zhongshan Mausoleum.

In 1949, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi arrived at Pukou railway station from Hefei, crossed the river that night, drove into the presidential palace, and ushered in the dawn of Nanjing's liberation.

Film and television shooting

Pukou railway station is well preserved, and the style of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China has attracted a large number of film and television troupes to shoot location. It has become an important location base for films and TV dramas with the background of the Republic of China. Films and TV series with the theme of the Republic of China, such as the deep rain, Sun Yat Sen, the national anthem, the golden family, Miss Peking, are shooting.

protective measures

In 2004, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics renovated the environment of the former site of Pukou railway station.

In 2006, the former site of Pukou railway station was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. The objects of protection are: main building, Zhongshan Memorial platform, VIP Building, telegraph room, etc. Other facilities include: power plant, senior staff residential building, train ferry bridge, locomotive warehouse, etc.

On August 18, 2010, Nanjing Municipal Planning Bureau announced the protection plan of Pukou railway station's historic area, including 10 provincial cultural relics protection units and historical buildings to be repaired and protected.

On May 3, 2013, the former site of Pukou railway station was listed in the list of the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In October 2013, the Nanjing municipal government introduced this important modern architectural area in Nanjing.

In July 2015, according to the report of modern express, the main building and ticket office of Pukou railway station will be built into a train culture exhibition hall for tourists to visit, and the facade will be changed to blue brick.

On March 19, 2017, the reconstruction of Pukou railway station began.

Tourism information

The former site of Pukou railway station is located at No. 30, Jinpu Road, Pukou District, Nanjing (near YIHEZHUANG Village).

Address: No.30, Jinpu Road, Pukou District, Nanjing

Longitude: 118.72148074603

Latitude: 32.096108817087

Tel: 025-58852607

Traffic information: take ningpu line to Zhongshan wharf, then go to Pukou wharf.