Yinchuan Railway Station

Yinchuan Railway Station is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from People's Square, 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) from Drum Tower, and 24.9 miles (40 kilometers) from Hedong Airport. It is one of the first-rate important stations in China and works 24/7 year round to serve high speed trains to/from Xi'an, Xianyang... and normal trains from/to Beijing, Lanzhou, Xining, Zhongwei, Xi'an, Urumqi, Hohhot, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, etc.

Address: At the junction of North Tongda Street and West Shanghai Road of Jinfeng District

 The station mainly consists of a two-storey terminal building and a square. The roof of the terminal is built in an Islamic style which is deeply admired by local people.
 1F: ticket hall; waiting hall with sightseeing platforms, smoking room, nursery room, stores, hot drinking water, and toilets; railway entrances; security check; exits; restaurant; supermarket; left luggage…
 2F: waiting hall with sightseeing platforms, nursery room, stores, restaurants, hot drinking water, toilets, smoking room…
 Square: city bus stops, parking lots for private vehicles… 

Travel by Rail to Yinchuan

 Ticket Hall: Located to the north of railway entrance on the first floor, the ticket hall altogether has eleven ticket windows. Normally, only sevenof them are open for ticket issuing. During peak seasons like Chinese New Year holiday and Chinese National Day holiday, the other four are opened.

 Waiting Halls: The waiting halls are equipped with LED screens showing real-time train information and waiting areas of each train. Passengers taking the southbound trains usually wait in the hall on the first floor while those taking the northbound ones wait in the hall on the second floor. Both the halls have toilets, hot drinking water, restaurants, and storeson north and south two sides for passengers’convenience.

On north and south sides of each waiting hall, there are also sightseeing platforms. One the sightseeing platforms of the first floor, one can enjoy the scene of the square and the railway platforms; on the second floor, one canlook at an overview of the city.

In the north side of each waiting hall, there are nursery rooms equipped with iron doors. When the doors are closed, a quiet environment is provided for moms and babies.

 Left Luggage: It is located to the south of railway exit. The service fee is CNY5 per day for a small piece of luggage and CNY10 per day for a large piece.