Lanzhou Railway Station

Lanzhou Railway Station is an important transportation terminal both in Chinese Silk Road and Eurasian Continental Bridge. The station also functions as a window for the northwest area looking into the rest areas in China. It is either a starting point or a terminal point of five main railways to Lianyungang, Baotou, Alataw Shankou (Pass) in Xinjiang, Xining and Chongqing.

Address: No. 393 of East Huochezhan Road

 
Facing to the north, the station is composed of a large square and a three-story station building. Passengers can take taxis and buses to reach the square, and there are parking lots for buses, taxis and personal cars in the square. When passengers arrive at the station from other cities, then need to note that there are two exits, eastern exit and western exit. Getting out of the eastern exit, you can have easy access to the public buses, and the western exit leads to taxi stands. It’s quite difficult to get a taxi out of the exits, so you are suggested to walk a few minutes to the front street to hail a taxi to the downtown area.
 

Platform

The station entrance is in the middle of the station building. You can find the Ticket Hall to the west of the entrance, very obvious. There are two Ticket Offices in the hall, one is in service 24 hours with 24 windows open for ticket selling, and the other is usually open during the busy season, such as in holidays, school vacations and spring festivals.
 
After purchasing the ticket, you can get to the entrance, where you can take the escalators to the second floor. You may find your waiting room according to the information presented on the LED screen. In the waiting room, there are listed facilities and services as below.

 International Waiting room: Foreign passengers can get into the room. There are books, magazines and music in multiple languages accessible.

 Soft seat/sleeper Waiting Room: The room also has books, magazines and newspaper services. The passengers in this room can board the train in advance under the station staff’s guide.

 VIP Room: There are also VIP rooms available, charging an extra fee of CNY 10 per pax. Passengers can utilize the WI-FI there for free.

 Mother & Baby Room: There will be station staff to guide and help the passengers to board in prior.
 

Soft Sleeper Cabin

 Battery Charging: On the pillars of the waiting room there are sockets that you can charge your mobile phones, laptops and other electronic gears.

 Left Luggage: Near the station entrance, there is left luggage service. It charges about CNY 5 for a small bags and CNY 10 around for a large piece of luggage in 24 hours.

 News Stands: In the waiting hall, there are newsstands, where you can do some reading to kill the time.

 Drinking Water: In the drinking center, you can get boiled water for free, just take a bottle with you.

 Wheelchairs: On the first floor of the waiting hall, there are wheelchairs available for the physically challenged passengers.

 English-speaking Service: In the central check-in counter, International and soft seat/sleeper room, English-speaking service is available.
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