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2 unusual facts about Changchun Railway Station


South Manchuria Railway

The last station remaining in Russian hands was Kuancheng (Kuanchengtze, in contemporary spelling); the first Japanese station was Changchun.

According to the agreement, Russian gauge tracks would continue from the "Russian" Kuancheng Station to the "Japanese" Changchun Station, and vice versa, tracks on the "gauge adapted by the South Manchuria Railway" (i.e., the standard gauge) would continue from the Changchun Station to the Kuancheng Station.



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