Chaoshan railway station () is a railway station located in Shaxi Town () in the Chao'an District of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China. It is an intermediate station on the XiamenâÂÂShenzhen Railway (å»Âæ·±éµ路) and a terminus of the MeizhouâÂÂChaoshan high-speed railway (梠æ±Âéµ路), and is operated by the Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp. under China Railway Corporation.
In the final stage of planning for Chaoshan Railway Station, the site was selected in Shaxi in 2007, and construction officially began on 6 January 2008. The station was designed as an important stop on the XiamenâÂÂShenzhen Railway. On 28 December 2013, with the full opening of the XiamenâÂÂShenzhen line, Chaoshan Station entered service.
In October 2019, the MeizhouâÂÂChaoshan Railway was formally connected to the station, transforming it into a regional rail hub linking Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, and Meizhou. To accommodate rapidly increasing passenger flows, the station underwent major expansion, adding enlarged north and south station buildings.
The station serves Shantou, Jieyang and Chaozhou, and is located in the geometric centre of these cities, approximately from each.
The station is divided into two, with a north and south station house, which can accommodate a total of 2000 passengers, covering an area of .
As of January 2014, Chaoshan station is a major station on the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, and is a terminus station for the G-series Guangzhou-Chaoshan route, starting at Guangzhou South railway station. The station also operates D-series trains, with destinations including Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou and Shanghai. It is expected that there will be connections to Hong Kong and Meizhou. Services to Meizhou are also available after the opening of Meizhou-Chaoshan railway on 11 October 2019..