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Pukou Railway Station 浦口火车站Pǔkǒu Huǒchēzhàn
National heritage site · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Pukou Railway Station
The British-designed southern terminus of the Tianjin–Pukou Railway on the north bank of the Yangtze, opened in 1914, where passengers from the north crossed by ferry to Nanjing until the Yangtze River Bridge opened in 1968. The protected group includes the station building, its covered walkways and the old booking hall, and the surrounding streets were restored as a historic quarter, completed in 2024, while the tracks still serve freight. The quarter draws on Zhu Ziqing's essay 'Back', set at this station, and has a statue of the writer.
How to get to Pukou Railway Station
On the north bank of the Yangtze in Pukou, about 10 km north-west of Xinjiekou across the river, a taxi ride.
Nearby
- Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 10 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 10 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate - Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 10 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb
Also within 20 km: Yuejiang Tower 阅江楼 (under 10 km), Yangtze River Crossing Victory Memorial Hall 渡江胜利纪念馆 (under 10 km), Former British Embassy, Nanjing 英国驻华使馆旧址 (under 10 km), Longjiang Treasure Shipyard Site 龙江宝船厂遗址 (under 10 km), Pearl Spring Scenic Area 珍珠泉 (under 10 km), Ginling College Campus 金陵女子大学旧址 (under 10 km).
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