Beijing West Railway Station
| Beijing West Railway Station | |
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| 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 |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in China | |
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
- The Jing Jiu line to Kowloon in the Hong Kong SAR starts from here.
- The direct trains of the Lhasa Railway to Lhasa in Tibet depart from here.
- The Jinggang high-speed line via Wuhan and Guangzhou to Hong Kong will begin here. The Wuhan – Guangzhou section was put into operation at the end of 2009.
- The Jing Bao Line to Baotou starts here.
- Other routes lead to Wuhan, Xi'an , Chengdu , Changsha , Xiamen , Guilin , Hohhot , Jinan , Urumqi
Platforms
| North | ||
| Platform 1 | ||
| Track 1 | ||
| Track 2 | ||
| Platform 2 Platform 3 |
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| Track 3 | ||
| Track 4 | ||
| Platform 4 Platform 5 |
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| Track 5 | ||
| ← Beijing-Guangzhou—— Platform 6 —— Beijing-Kowloon → | ||
| Platform 7 | ||
| Platform 6 Platform 7 |
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| Platform 8 | ||
| Platform 9 | ||
| Platform 8 Platform 9 |
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| Platform 10 | ||
| Platform 11 （Xizhang Railway, Beijing-Kowloon） | ||
| Track 12 （south of this track Beijing – Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong） | ||
| Platform 10 Platform 11 |
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| Platform 13 | ||
| Platform 14 | ||
| Platform 12 Platform 13 |
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| Platform 15 | ||
| Platform 16 | ||
| Platform 14 Platform 15 |
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| Track 17 | ||
| Platform 18 | ||
| Platform 16
Platform 17 |
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| Platform 19 | ||
| Platform 20 | ||
| south | Platform 18 | |
See also: List of Chinese Railway Lines
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bribery in Chinese station construction. In: BBC News. September 3, 1998, accessed September 13, 2009 .
- ^ Beijing railway stations. redflag.info, accessed September 21, 2009 .
- ^ South station on track to impress. July 24, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2009 .
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Pan Letian: Shanghai to have Asia's largest railway station. Xinhua, August 10, 2006, accessed May 15, 2010 .
- ^ Bejing West Railway Station. BMC China Railway Advertising, accessed September 21, 2009 .
