Like what I said before, Shanghai South Railway Station is more like a airport, from the outside through the inside.

Shanghai South Railway Station

Compared with Shanghai Railway Station, which I guess was built in last century, Shanghai South Railway Station is more passenger friendly, especially foreigners friendly. Lots of signage and maps in both Chinese and English.

The bilingual signage in Shanghai South Railway Station

The main hall of Shanghai South Railway Station has three floors: 2nd Floor (waiting lounge, like the departure level for an airport), 1st Floor (transition floor, passengers can walk to the outside square and bus terminals etc via the walking bridge), B1 floor (like the arrival level in an airport, connected to the 2 Metro Lines).

Shanghai South Railway Station has 3 floors

The building itself is round shaped.

2nd floor of Shanghai South Railway Station

The 2nd Floor plan map of Shanghai South Railway Station

 From the floor plan above, we can see in the middle (the yellow blocks) are waiting lounges. The entrances and exits are located on the south and north side of the building. There are two soft seat lounges are located in the east and west side (grey orange area). And other parts are public areas with shops, toilets, food courts facilities.

The food court in Shanghai South Railways Station

In the middle of the 2nd floor, there are separate lounges for different trains.

Waiting lounges in Shanghai South Railway Station

And on the east and west side of the building, there are two soft seat waiting lounges which are for some CRH trains.

East Soft Seat Waiting Lounge in Shanghai Railway Station

 When we talk about China, we should always think of large scale. This is to show you how large and busy the Shanghai South Railway Station.

Busy Shanghai South Railway Station

Tags: Shanghai Railway, Shanghai South Railway Station

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