Beijing Chaoyang railway station

Beijing Chaoyang 北京朝阳
Beijing Chaoyang railway station under construction in June 2020
General information
Other names	Xinghuo
Location	Chaoyang District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39°56′50″N 116°30′29″E
Line(s)	China Railway: Shuangqiao–Shahe Railway, Beijing–Baotou Railway, Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway Beijing Suburban Railway:      Northeast Ring line (opens in late 2020) Beijing Subway:      Line 3 (opens in 2022)
Other information
Station code	12161 (TMIS code) XUP (telegram code) XHU (pinyin code)
Classification	2nd class station
History
Opened	1968 (Old Railway Station) 2020 (New Railway Station) 2022 (Line 3 of Beijing Subway)
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Terminus Template:CRH lines Part of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway Template:CRH stations toward Template:CRH stations China Railway Template:CR stations toward Template:CR stations Template:CR lines Template:CR stations toward Template:CR stations
Location Beijing Chaoyang Location in central Beijing

Beijing Chaoyang railway station (Chinese: 北京朝阳站; pinyin: Běijīng Cháoyáng Zhàn), formerly known as Xinghuo railway station (Chinese: 星火站; pinyin: Xīnghuǒ Zhàn), is a railway station in Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Name

Current name

The current name is named after Chaoyang District in Beijing.

Old name

The old name of the railway station, Xinghuo railway station, is named after the Xinghuo People's commune (Chinese: 星火人民公社) (now Liulitun Subdistrict), and the Xinghuo People's commune is named after a famous article written by Mao Zedong, A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (Chinese: 星星之火，可以燎原).

Description

Before renovation, the railway station is a small freight station with no passenger train services.

It will be the starting point of the Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway.

Beijing Subway

The under construction Line 3 of Beijing Subway will serve the railway station.