Lhasa Railway Station
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 Lhasa Railway Station
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| Location in the network | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| opening | July 1, 2006 |
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| Architectural style | Critical regionalism |
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| City / municipality | Lhasa |
| Autonomous area | Tibet |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Coordinates | 29 ° 37'30 " N , 91 ° 4'7" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 3600 m |
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| List of train stations in China | |
The station Lhasa ( Chinese 拉薩站 , Pinyin Lasa Zhàn ) is a railway station in Lhasa , capital of Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It is the largest railway station and the end point of from Xining coming Qinghai-Tibet Railway .
location
The station is located in the city's modern development, around one kilometer from the south bank of the Lhasa He and three kilometers from the G 318 national road. The Lhasa Liuwu bus station is in the immediate vicinity .
A second train station in the city, Lhasa-West train station , is around 19 kilometers away and is only used for freight traffic.
history
The building was completed on June 20, 2006. As is usual with most buildings in China, the planned construction time was adhered to. The official inauguration and commissioning took place on July 1, 2006.
architecture
The building has a total area of 23,600 m². During the conception, the shortest possible, direct routes were planned, not least in order to reduce additional stress on the arriving travelers who might be suffering from a lack of oxygen or the beginning of altitude sickness . Therefore, the two-storey train station also has a large number of larger elevators. There are four waiting rooms in the building : one each for 1st class ( soft seat ) and 2nd class ( hard seat ) passengers as well as a modern lounge and a Tibetan-style VIP waiting room . There is also a supervised sleeping / waiting room.
The architecture of the building tries to combine Tibetan traditions with modern elements. Regional features are brought to the fore. The external design of the station is consciously (at least partially) based on that of the Potala Palace . This applies to the vermilion and white tones of the facade, the sloping outer walls, the cornices and the elongated rows of windows.
The station is 340 m long and 60 m wide and has ten tracks . Seven of them are tied to four wide platforms . Two tracks, which are intended exclusively for the loading of goods , are located outside the building; one track serves as a through track for shunting the diesel locomotives. The LED platform displays show the information in both Chinese and Tibetan script . There are thermal solar systems on the roof to heat the building.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lhasa Railway Station construction completed Official website of the Chinese government dated June 26, 2006. Accessed May 25, 2014.
- ↑ Lhasa Railway Station website China Highlights . Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ↑ Culture along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Xinhua News Agency report , June 27, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2014.