at the station in 1953 The station was opened in 1910 as
Xuzhoufu railway station () on
Tianjin–Pukou railway (, now part of
Beijing–Shanghai railway). In 1915, the station was connected with
Longhai railway. In 1927, the station was renamed as Xuzhou railway station and was later renamed as
Tongshan railway station () in 1936. The station was destroyed in the
Battle of Xuzhou in 1938 and the
Japanese invaders took control of the station after the battle and reconditioned it. The name of the station was changed back to Xuzhou railway station after the
war against Japan. The station was again destroyed in
Huaihai Campaign in 1948, and was reconditioned after the
Communists took over Xuzhou in December 1948. After the war, the station have been expanded and renovated several times. The latest renovation, including new platform canopies and refurbishment of the facade of the station building, started in September 2008 and was finished in February 2010. ==Metro station==