Nanjing Railway Station
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Nanjing Railway Station is a major railway station of Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

, Jiangsu
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

, China
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. It is located in the northern part of Nanjing's urban core (just a short walk outside of the city wall), near Xuanwu Lake
Xuanwu Lake
Xuanwu Lake is a lake in the central-northeast part of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, near Nanjing Railway Station and Ji Ming Temple. The Ming city wall borders the park to its south and east and there is a notable pagoda and the Zifeng Tower overlooking the lake.The lake covers 444 hectares and is 15...

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Presently (2010) this is the main railway station of Nanjing, with the great majority of all trains serving Nanjing using this station. Only a comparatively small number of trains, going to the destinations to the southwest of Nanjing, pass through the (old) Nanjing South Railway Station, which is located south of Nanjing's walled city; very few trains go to Nanjing West Railway Station. However, the new Nanjing South Railway Station is under construction in the southern part of greater Nanjing; when completed, Nanjing South will be used by most of the high-speed trains presently using Nanjing Railway Station.

Nanjing Railway Station station is served by a station of the same name on Line 1
Line 1, Nanjing Metro
Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro is the first operating metro line in the Nanjing Metro system, inaugurated on September 3, 2005. After the opening of the 25.08 km-long south extension line on May 28, 2010, the total length of Line 1 is now 46.8 km....

 of Nanjing Metro
Nanjing Metro
The Nanjing Metro is a metro system serving the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It first opened in 2005, and as of 2011, there are two lines in operation, with of track in operation.-Current system:-Line 1:...

. It is also the terminal for many of the city bus lines.

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