Binhai railway station

Yujiapu 于家堡
Yujiapu Railway Station
General information
Location	Binhai New Area, Tianjin China
Coordinates	36°59′52″N 117°41′13″E
Operated by	Beijing Railway Bureau China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Tianjin–Baoding_Intercity_Railway Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	2015

Yujiapu Railway Station (Chinese: 于家堡; pinyin: yú jiā bǎo) is an underground railway station of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway located in Binhai, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It serves the Yujiapu Financial District, an area with many new skyscrapers. It is considered as one of the four main rail transportation hubs for Tianjin with Tianjin, Tianjin West and Binhai Railway Station. Construction was completed on August 8, 2015 and it was opened to traffic on September 20, 2015. It is to be served by the Tianjin Metro lines Z1, B2 and B3.

Construction

The station's construction started on February 27,2009, the ceiling, also the world's first single layer steel shell structure, looks like a delicate painting floating in the air. Using next-generation material, ETFE Film (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene), perfect choice for roofing and facade construction, showing us impressive structure and also an energy saver. The roofing is in three-layered ETFE cushions.

Roof structure under construction

Structure

The visible structure of the station is of a tear-drop shaped dome surrounded in parklands. Beneath the futuristic Ground Floor waiting hall's domed structure, the majority of the station is located in 5 underground levels. The First & Second Basement Levels allows access to buses, taxis, public parking and ticket hall for the Tianjin Metro. The Third Basment Level houses the Tianjin Metro B2 and B3 lines. The Fourth Basement Level contains the platforms and access to the future Tianjin Metro Z1 line. The lowest Fifth Basement Level, has three island platforms serving six tracks as the terminus of the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway.