Beijing West Railway Station
|
Beijing West Station
北京西站
|
|
 |
|
|---|---|
| Beijing West Station | |
| Location | |
| Province | Beijing (See other stations in Beijing) |
| City | Beijing |
| District | Fengtai |
| Lianhuachi Donglu | |
| Coordinates | 39°53′40″N 116°18′54″E / 39.89444°N 116.315°E |
| History | |
| Pinyin Code | Beijingxi |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China |
| Line(s) | Jingjiu railway, Jingguang Railway, Subway Line 9 |
| No. of platforms | 10 |
 Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station |
|
| Jingguang railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beijing West Railway Station, also known as Beijing West or West Passenger Station (Chinese: 北京西客站; pinyin: Běijīng Xī kèzhàn; abb. Běijīng Xī 北京西, colloquially referred to as West Station 西站) is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asia with 510,000m².[1][2] The station serves in average 150,000–180,000 passengers per day with a maximum of 400,000 people per day.[3] It was expanded in 2000 and had a vast amount of parking lots added.
The Beijing West station opened in 1996 and cost a record three-quarters-of-a-billion dollars, but its construction has been criticized by some over suspicions of corruption during the construction.[4]
Contents |
[edit] Services
Trains departing from Beijing West leave for destinations to the West (including Xi'an, Chongqing and Chengdu), as well as trains for Lhasa and Urumqi in the far West of China and the Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Kowloon Main Trunk Lines.
The well-known[weasel words] Jingjiu Railway, or Beijing-Kowloon Railway line, begins from this railway station.
Since the opening of the Qingzang railway in 2006, it is possible to catch a direct train to Lhasa from this station.
[edit] Public transport
This station is currently served by Line 9 of the Beijing Subway. However, the open part of line nine does not connect to the rest of the subway system, with the exception of the Fangshan Line. The closest subway station that connects to the rest of the system is the Military Museum Station (Chinese: 军事博物馆) of Line 1, roughly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away, to which it is possible to take a number of buses. When completed, Beijing Subway Line 9 (2012)will connect it to the rest of the system. Line 7 (est. 2012) will also serve the station. The Station's North Square also serves as a bus terminal for a number of routes.
[edit] References
- ^ Rough Guide to China - fifth edition, page 83
- ^ "Shanghai to have Asia's largest railway station". Xinhua. 10 August 2006. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/10/content_4946567.htm. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ http://rail.bmc-ad.com/media-locations/railway-stations/bejing-west-railway-station/
- ^ "Bribery in Chinese station construction". BBC News. 3 September 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/164299.stm.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Beijing West Railway Station |
- Beijing West Railway Station (Chinese)
- Beijing Huoche Zhan Network (Chinese)
- Beijing Railways Time Table
| Preceding station |  China Railways |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Beijing–Kowloon |
towards Hung Hom
|
||
| Terminus | Beijing–Guangzhou |
towards Guangzhou
|
||
| Preceding station | MTR | Following station | ||
| Terminus | Beijing-Kowloon Through Train |
Terminus
|
||
| Preceding station | Beijing Subway | Following station | ||
| Terminus | Line 9 |
toward Guogongzhuang
|
|
|||||
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
