Shanghai North railway station
Shanghai North railway station (), located on East Tianmu Road, was the main railway station of Shanghai during most of the 20th century. It was closed in 1987 and a replica of the original 1909 building, erected on the same site, is now the . The station tracks are still in use as a coach yard. It was also known as the "沪宁铁路上海车站" referring to the Shanghai–Nanjing Railway, of which it was one terminal. History The station was established as the Shanghai railway station in 1909 by the Qing government. It was the site of Premier Song Jiaoren's assassination by Chinese gangsters (probably working at Yuan Shikai's request) on March 20, 1913. It was renamed Shanghai North railway station in 1916. Apart from the railway station itself, at that time the structure consisted of a British-designed four storey office building which was regarded as the symbol for the station. First destroyed in 1932 by the Japanese military during the "Shanghai Incident", the rebuilt structure was again destroyed by the Japanese in 1937 during the Battle of Shanghai. It was rebuilt again after the war and renamed back to Shanghai railway station in 1950. At the end of 1987, the station