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Suzhounan Railway Station: China's First 'Hexagonal' Multi-Level Transport Hub Opens

architecture-design · 2026-06-10

Suzhounan Railway Station, the first multi-level hexagonal transit center in China, was inaugurated on December 26, 2024. Situated within the Fenhu High-Tech Zone in Wujiang, Suzhou, it serves as a vital gateway to the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Demonstration Zone. This state-of-the-art facility connects the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou and Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High-Speed Railways, featuring a unique cross-shaped layout. Spanning 40,000 square meters, it boasts four platforms and twelve tracks in a shared underground space. The entire project, overseen by designer Yu Chen and various collaborators, covers a total area of 72,000 square meters.

Key facts

  • Suzhounan Railway Station opened on December 26, 2024.
  • It is China's first 'hexagonal' multi-level transportation hub complex.
  • The station is located in Fenhu High-Tech Zone, Wujiang, Suzhou.
  • It serves as the external gateway hub for the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Demonstration Zone.
  • The station is a shared cross-shaped hub for Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou and Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo high-speed railways.
  • The station building covers 40,000 square meters with 4 platforms and 12 tracks.
  • Intercity railway and urban rail transit run parallel underground forming a '*' shape.
  • Total area of the architecture project is 72,000 m².

Entities

Artists

  • Yu Chen
  • Guo Lei
  • Jiang Chang
  • Chen Liguo
  • Huang Fengming
  • Du Gangyong
  • Huo Xu
  • Zhao Mingyi
  • Fang Yang
  • Liu Hui
  • Wu Hong
  • Liu Jingjing
  • Xia Qihong
  • Wang Xiuxiu
  • Li Qian
  • Sun Nengbin
  • Xu Ming
  • Wang Mengyao
  • Li Rongqi
  • Liu Mingming
  • Tang Zhichu
  • Ma Tianle
  • Wang Yuxin
  • Wen Huizi
  • Ma Ye
  • Gu Chenxi
  • Wang Menglin
  • Yue Tingyu
  • Zhou Zhenyang
  • Wang Huifang
  • Xu Yicong
  • Yang Xuchen
  • Zhu Wei
  • Zhao Youqing
  • Ding Hanjie
  • Lv Yan
  • Yu Kun
  • Yin Changyu
  • Huang Yue
  • Ruan Rongqiang
  • Wang Qi
  • Li Pengzhan
  • Tang Lin
  • Ji Diange
  • Shen Danqun
  • Zhang Haibo
  • Ge Yaoyao
  • Chen Sinan
  • Du Weifei

Institutions

  • CCTN Design
  • BIAD
  • GALA
  • MEICO
  • Yonghan logo
  • China Design Group
  • Suzhou Licheng Architectural Design
  • China United Engineering Corporation Limited
  • CCTN Design Curtain Wall Institute
  • Construction Headquarters of Shanghai Railway Hub of China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd
  • Yangtze River Delta Investment Development (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
  • Changxing Qibin Energy Saving Glass Co., Ltd.
  • FACEBOND
  • Guangdong Golden Curtain Building Materials Co., Ltd
  • Guangzhou Compton Zhigao Building Materials Co., Ltd
  • Hebei Zhengbangyuan Aluminum Co., Ltd
  • Qilu Paint Industry Co., Ltd
  • Shandong hukouyuan New Material Technology Co., Ltd
  • zhejiangTransfar Paint Co., Ltd

Locations

  • Suzhou
  • China
  • Fenhu High-Tech Zone
  • Wujiang
  • Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Demonstration Zone

Sources