Editing Nanjing (section)

===Rail===
[[File:201806 Departure Floor of Nanjingnan Station.jpg|thumb|Nanjing South Railway Station]]
Nanjing is an important railway hub in eastern China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.xinhuanet.com/chinanews/2009-07/15/content_17099897.htm |script-title=zh:伴随江苏铁路发展 南京将成长三角铁路交通枢纽 |work=Xinhua |date=July 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523160522/http://www3.xinhuanet.com/chinanews/2009-07/15/content_17099897.htm |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=May 29, 2014 }}</ref> It serves as rail junction for the [[Jinghu Railway|Beijing-Shanghai (Jinghu)]] (which is itself composed of the old [[Jinpu Railway|Jinpu]] and [[Huning Railway]]s), [[Nanjing–Tongling Railway]] (Ningtong), [[Nanjing–Qidong Railway|Nanjing–Qidong (Ningqi)]], and the [[Nanjing–Xi'an Railway|Nanjing-Xi'an (Ningxi)]] which encompasses the [[Hefei–Nanjing Passenger Railway|Hefei–Nanjing Railway]].
Nanjing is connected to the [[high-speed rail in China#Track network|national high-speed railway network]] by [[Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway]] and [[Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu Passenger Dedicated Line]], with several more high-speed rail lines under construction. The main stations in Nanjing are Nanjing Station, Nanjing South Station, Jiangning Station, Lishui Station, Xianlin Station, Jiangning West Station, Nanjing East Station, Nanjing Passenger and Technical Station, as well as the new Nanjing North Station and Lukou Air-Rail Intermodal Transport Hub Station planning in. Among them, Nanjing Railway Station is the national railway hub station and China's top ten railway hubs, Nanjing South Railway Station is the national railway hub station and Asia's largest high-speed railway station, and Nanjing East Railway Station is the largest marshalling station in East China and the country's 15th largest railway network marshalling station. Nanjing Passenger Technology Station is a train technology station

Among all 17 railway stations in Nanjing, passenger rail service is mainly provided by [[Nanjing Railway Station]] and [[Nanjing South Railway Station]], while other stations like [[Nanjing West Railway Station]], [[Zhonghuamen Railway Station]] and [[Xianlin Railway Station]] serve minor roles. [[Nanjing Railway Station]] was first built in 1968.<ref name="南京火车站">{{cite web |url=http://www.njstation.com/xxcx/czjs.aspx |script-title=zh:车站简介 |publisher=Nanjing railway station |year=2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127171156/http://www.njstation.com/xxcx/czjs.aspx |archive-date=November 27, 2012 }}</ref> On November 12, 1999, the station was burnt in a serious fire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/china/1999-11-12/31025.html |script-title=zh:南京火车站12日晨发生特大火灾 |work=[[Sina News]] |year=1999 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529183719/http://news.sina.com.cn/china/1999-11-12/31025.html |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Reconstruction of the station was finished on September 1, 2005. [[Nanjing South Railway Station]], which is one of the five hub stations on Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, has officially been claimed as the largest railway station in Asia and the second largest in the world in terms of GFA (Gross Floor Area).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.huoche.com.cn/44809 |script-title=zh:南京火车站和北京南站变身 成全国新建改建范本 |script-website=zh:火车网 |year=2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061352/http://news.huoche.com.cn/44809 |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Construction of Nanjing South Station began on January 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1005/4/0/0/100540063.html?coluid=6&kindid=113&docid=100540063 |script-title=zh:中國評論新聞網 |website=chinareviewnews.com |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203115/http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1005/4/0/0/100540063.html?coluid=6&kindid=113&docid=100540063 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The station was opened for public service in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI2/6427129.shtml |script-title=zh:亞洲最大 京滬高鐵南京南站啟用 – 聯合報 |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702121253/http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI2/6427129.shtml |archive-date=July 2, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>