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Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway
The Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, also known as the Jingzhang intercity railway, Jingzhang high speed railway, Jingzhang section of Beijing-Baotou PDL, is a high-speed railway between Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, China. The line was opened on 30 December 2019, and is the world's first driverless high speed railway, shortening the traveling time from Beijing to Zhangjiakou from 3 hours 7 minutes to 47 minutes. It forms part of both the Beijing–Lanzhou corridor and the Beijing–Zhangjiakou–Datong–Taiyuan branch of the Beijing–Kunming corridor. The main line has 10 stations. The Chongli Branch has two more stations, Zhaochuan South (reserved station) and Taizicheng. The Yanqing branch has another station, Yanqing railway station. The main line and the Chongli branch opened on December 30, 2019. The Yanqing branch opened on December 1, 2020. This route has a length of 173.947 kilometers of double tracked high speed rail, with a maximum speed of be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022. It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games. Beijing was selected as host city in 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Olympics, and the last of three consecutive Olympics hosted in East Asia following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The venues for the Games were concentrated upon Beijing, its suburb Yanqing District, and Zhangjiakou, with some events (including the ceremonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taizicheng Railway Station
Taizicheng railway station (), is a railway station in the Taizicheng, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei. This station is the terminal of Chongli railway, and are only 2 km away from the Olympic Village center. The station hall started construction in August 2018 to build a high-speed railway station on the Chongli railway (Olympic branch of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway) opened on Dec 30, 2019. Structure The total floorage of the station is , including main station building and underground transfer center. The transfer center will be served as a temporary waiting hall with a railway culture exhibition center and temporary ticket office during the 2022 Olympic period. Taizicheng station has two island platforms initially. To facilitate the entrance and exit for athletes and media workers, a basic side platform is added, forming a Spanish solution rarely in China Railway. Design and construction The architectural design is an image of mountains, with a cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiahuayuan North Railway Station
Xiahuayuan North railway station () is a railway station located in People's Republic of China. It is a station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway The Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, also known as the Jingzhang intercity railway, Jingzhang high speed railway, Jingzhang section of Beijing-Baotou PDL, is a high-speed railway between Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, China. T ..., opening on December 30, 2019. References Stations on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway Railway stations in China opened in 2019 {{Hebei-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huailai Railway Station
Huailai () is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou. Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Company, Ltd. headquartered in the town of Shacheng. Huailai Tianyuan Special Type Glass Co., Ltd. is also located in Huailai County. Geography Huailai County is located in the eastern part of Zhangjiakou prefecture, with latitude ranging from 40° 04′ to 40° 35′ N and longitude 115° 16′ to 115° 58′ E. It contains the upper reaches of the Yongding River and borders Beijing Municipality. It is east-southeast of the urban area of Zhangjiakou and west-northwest of Beijing city proper. Huailai County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen ''BSk''), with cold, dry, and windy winters and hot, humid summers, with temperatures slightly warmer than Zhangjiakou due to the more southerly location but still significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donghuayuan North Railway Station
Donghuayuan North railway station () is a railway station located in People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... It is a station on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway, opening on December 30, 2019. References Stations on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway Railway stations in China opened in 2019 {{Hebei-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badaling Great Wall Railway Station
Badaling Great Wall railway station (), also translated as Badalingchangcheng railway station, is a railway station in Badaling scenic area, Yanqing District, Beijing. The station hall started construction on to build an underground high-speed railway station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway (Part of Beijing–Baotou Passenger-Dedicated Line) opened on 30 December 2019. The total floorage of the station is , including overground station building and underground track area and platform area. The platforms and the station building are beneath the Great Wall and located below the surface, making it the deepest high-speed railway station in the world. The architectural design manages to extend the mountain and the natural landscape within the resort itself. This station is designed by AREP and China Railway Engineering Consulting Group, and constructed by China Railway 5th Engineering Group. On , the station building successfully capped, marking the completion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badaling
Badaling () is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately northwest of Beijing's city center, in Badaling Town, Yanqing District (within Beijing municipality). The portion of the wall running through the site was built in 1504 during the Ming Dynasty, along with a military outpost reflecting the location's strategic importance. The highest point of Badaling is Beibalou (北八樓), approximately above sea level. Badaling Great Wall was built in the Ming Dynasty (1505) to occupy a commanding and strategic position for protecting the Juyongguan Pass (Juyongguan section of the Great Wall) to its south, further protecting the city of Beijing."Badaling Great Wall" ChinaTour.Net Accessed 2014-1-18 The portion of the wall at Badaling has undergone restoration, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Wall
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand Li (unit), ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against Eurasian nomads, various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were built from as early as the 7th century BC, with selective stretches later joined by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains. Later on, many successive dynasties built and maintained multiple stretches of border walls. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Apart from defense, other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changping Railway Station (Beijing)
Changping railway station () is a railway station located on Changliu Road, Machikou, Changping District, Beijing. Changping railway station started to be passed through in 1909, but the station was set later in 1915 to improve the traffic capacity. On November 1, 2016, the station stopped all customer service to reconstruct. It is a station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, opened on 30 December 2019. The station is one of the major railway stations in Changping District, but it is much farther than Changping North railway station Changping North railway station (), also known as Changpingbei railway station, is a railway station in the Gulou North Street in the urban area of Changping District, Beijing. The old station started to build in 1976 and opened on with the whole ... located in the urban area of Changping District. References Railway stations in Beijing Changping District Railway stations in China opened in 2019 Railway stations in Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahe Railway Station
Shahe railway station () is a railway station in Beijing. Passenger services ceased on 15 September 2012. It is a station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, currently no trains stop at this station. See also * Shahe station * List of stations on Jingbao railway A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Stations on the Beijing–Baotou Railway Stations on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway Railway stations in Beijing Railway stations in China opened in 1905 {{Beijing-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qinghe Railway Station
Qinghe railway station () is a railway station in Beijing. The old station began its construction in 1905 and opened in 1906. The station closed on October 31, 2016, to be rebuilt into a new high-speed railway station on the Beijing-Baotou Passenger-Dedicated Line opened on December 30, 2019. The new station occupies an area of , and the waiting hall is near . It has four island platforms and eight railway lines, including two main lines (Screen doors are set on the main line platforms). The station together with Beijing North railway station is the terminal of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, which is the vital supporting infrastructure of 2022 Winter Olympics. Design AREP collaborated with China Railway Engineering Consulting Group designed this station in 2016. The overall design philosophy is to blend the ancient and the modern, and the sea refuses no rivers. The curved roof and overhang eave represent the ancient style. The angled bents supporting frame and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CR400BF-C-5144 At Chengjiayao (20200307133707) (CR4), an upcoming MRT station on the Cross Island Line in Singapore
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CR4 may refer to: Science and technology * Complement receptor 4, a complement receptor in the immune system * CR4, a control register in the x86 CPU architecture * 100GBASE-CR4 and 40GBASE-CR4, in 100 Gigabit Ethernet and 40 Gigabit Ethernet Other uses * CR4, four-firm concentration ratio, a measure of market concentration in economics * CR4, a postcode district in the CR postcode area in England * Pasir Ris East MRT station Pasir Ris East MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Cross Island MRT line located in Pasir Ris Pasir Ris is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. It is bordered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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