If you have the opportunity to depart from, arrive at, or have a layover of more than 1 hours at Shanghai South Railway Station, there is a mystery cache waiting for you to find.
This geocache is NOT LOCATED at the posted coordinates. You will need to solve the puzzle to find the final location, which is outside the railway station.
Shanghai South Railway Station is located in the southwestern part of Xuhui District, Shanghai. As a vital component of the Shanghai railway hub, it has long been regarded as the "Southern Gateway" to the city's land transportation. Viewed from above, the station's main structure presents a massive circular steel form, resembling a "flying saucer" perched within the urban fabric. Its design carries the symbolic meaning of "wheels rolling forward, advancing with the times." The station's most unforgettable architectural hallmark is that it is the world's first domed, daylight-transmitting railway station. The station building covers an area of approximately 56,000 square meters, features a yard layout with 6 platforms and 13 tracks, and is seamlessly integrated with Metro Lines 1, 3, and 15, as well as the South Long-Distance Bus Station. Together, they form a large-scale, three-dimensional comprehensive interchange hub that brings together multiple modes of transport.
The station's role in Shanghai's railway landscape has undergone several transformations. In the late 1990s, in response to mounting passenger transport pressure, the original Shanghai South Railway Station was constructed and initially completed and put into operation by the end of 1999. Entering the new century, the station launched a large-scale reconstruction in 2002 and officially opened with a brand-new look on July 1, 2006. For a long period thereafter, it stood as one of the three pillars alongside Shanghai Railway Station and Hongqiao Station, handling the vast demand for passenger rail transport in southern Shanghai. However, with adjustments to the railway network layout, Shanghai South Railway Station once mainly handled conventional trains and some short-distance high-speed trains. It was not until January 5, 2025, with the full operation of the Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou High-Speed Railway, that Shanghai South Railway Station finally dispatched its first high-speed train, officially ushering in the long-awaited "high-speed rail era." Then, after July 1 of the same year, it bid farewell to conventional trains entirely, completing its metamorphosis from a traditional conventional passenger station into a modern high-speed rail hub.
上海南站位于上海市徐汇区西南部，是上海铁路枢纽的重要组成部分，长期以来被视为这座城市陆上交通的「南大门」。从空中俯瞰，车站主体建筑呈现出巨大的圆形钢结构，宛如一架栖息于都市脉络中的「飞碟」，其设计寓意着「车轮滚滚，与时俱进」。这座车站最令人过目不忘的建筑标签，在于它是世界上首个圆顶透光火车站，站房建筑面积约 5.6 万平方米，拥有 6 台 13 线的站场规模，并与地铁 1 号线、3 号线、15 号线以及长途客运南站无缝衔接，共同构筑起一座集多种交通方式于一体的大型立体化综合换乘枢纽。
这座车站在上海的铁路版图中经历过数次身份演变。二十世纪九十年代末，为应对日益增长的客运压力，原上海南站动工兴建，并于 1999 年底初步建成投用。进入新世纪后，上海南站于 2002 年启动大规模重建，至 2006 年 7 月 1 日以全新面貌正式开通运营，在此后很长一段时间里，与上海站、虹桥站形成三足鼎立之势，承担着上海南部海量的铁路客运需求。然而，随着铁路网络布局的调整，上海南站曾一度主要承担普速列车及部分短途动车任务。直至 2025 年 1 月 5 日，伴随沪苏湖高铁全线开通运营，上海南站终于开行首趟高铁列车，正式迈入期盼已久的「高铁时代」；并于同年 7 月 1 日后彻底告别普速列车，完成了从传统普速客站到现代化高铁枢纽的蝶变。
In the very center of the railway station, on the ground, you can see a coordinate. What does this mean?
在火车站中央的地面上，你可以看到一个坐标。这意味着什么？
Something you should know before geocaching in China
Due to China's national surveying and mapping regulations, all public maps in China adopt the GCJ-02 coordinate system, which has a 300-500 meter deviation from the internationally recognized WGS-84 coordinate system. This means the displayed locations on official apps' Google Maps/satellite views are inaccurate. However, OpenStreetMap or your GPS device remains reliable.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China