Beijing West Railway Station

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Beijing West Railway Station
Beijing West Railway Station or Beijing West
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Platform tracks 18 platforms
abbreviation BXP
opening 1996
location
City / municipality Beijing
Government immediate city Beijing
Country People's Republic of China
Coordinates 39 ° 53 '40 "  N , 116 ° 18' 54"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 53 '40 "  N , 116 ° 18' 54"  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in China
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The south front of the station

The Beijing West Railway Station ( Chinese  北京 西 站 , Pinyin Běijīng Xīzhàn ), short: Beijing West ( 北京 西 , Běijīngxī ) is located in the western Beijing district of Fengtai .

history

The Beijing West Railway Station was opened in 1996 after three years of construction. The construction cost was the equivalent of $ 750 million. Since then, the long-distance routes to the west and south of China have started from here, while the routes to the north and east continue to start at the central station . The high-speed trains to Tianjin and Shanghai start at the South Station .

The station was expanded in 2000 and covers an area of ​​over 510,000 square meters, making it the largest station in Asia in terms of area. On an average day 150,000 to 180,000 passengers are carried, at peak times even up to 400,000 per day.

The station has been connected to local public transport since December 28, 2014 with Line 7 and Line 9 of the Beijing subway .

stretch

Platforms

Platforms and tracks
Platform 1
Platform 6
platform
North
Platform 1
Track 1
Track 2
Platform 2

Platform 3

Track 3
Track 4
Platform 4

Platform 5

Track 5
← Beijing-Guangzhou—— Platform 6 —— Beijing-Kowloon →
Platform 7
Platform 6

Platform 7

Platform 8
Platform 9
Platform 8

Platform 9

Platform 10
Platform 11 (Xizhang Railway, Beijing-Kowloon)
Track 12 (south of this track Beijing – Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong)
Platform 10

Platform 11

Platform 13
Platform 14
Platform 12

Platform 13

Platform 15
Platform 16
Platform 14

Platform 15

Track 17
Platform 18
Platform 16

Platform 17

Platform 19
Platform 20
south Platform 18

See also: List of Chinese Railway Lines

Web links

Commons : Beijing West Railway Station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bribery in Chinese station construction. In: BBC News. September 3, 1998, accessed September 13, 2009 .
  2. ^ Beijing railway stations. redflag.info, accessed September 21, 2009 .
  3. ^ South station on track to impress. July 24, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2009 .
  4. a b c d Beijing West Railway Station. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 25, 2010 ; Retrieved September 21, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.travelchinaguide.com
  5. ^ Pan Letian: Shanghai to have Asia's largest railway station. Xinhua, August 10, 2006, accessed May 15, 2010 .
  6. ^ Bejing West Railway Station. BMC China Railway Advertising, accessed September 21, 2009 .