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Beijing Chaoyang railway station (), formerly known as Xinghuo railway station (), is a railway station in Chaoyang District,
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. This station is the main terminus of the
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, and one of eight main passenger-service stations of the Beijing railway hub.


History

Station construction began in 1966 with the proposed name of Xinzhuang railway station, named after the nearby village. However, there had been a station with the same name in
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. When the station opened in 1968, it was named Xinghuo railway station, after the Xinghuo People's commune () (now Liulitun Subdistrict), and the Xinghuo People's commune is named after a famous article written by
Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...
, ''A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire'' (). Xinghuo railway station had been a passenger-service station for through trains on the Beijing–Baotou railway ( Shuangqiao-Shahe railway), but all passenger services were canceled in 1996 with the speed-up projects. It has been an industrial freight station linking factories including a granary, a cotton depot, a thermal power plant, and the China National Railway Track Test Center (famous for the loop track). In 2013, Xinghuo railway station was confirmed as the largest terminus of the planned
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and renovations began in 2017. During the 2020
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member Pi Jianlong advised that the station name should be changed to Beijing Chaoyang railway station for the Chaoyang District in Beijing. Investigated and surveyed by the related ministries and commanded by the Premier, the station formally changed its name to Beijing Chaoyang railway station in June 2020, and the former Chaoyang railway station in Liaoning Province changed its name to Liaoning Chaoyang railway station. File:Station building of Xinghuo Railway Station (20180425154732).jpg, Former Xinghuo railway station hall (2018) File:Xinghuo Railway Station (20170515162035).jpg, Former basic platform of Xinghuo railway station (2018) File:South entrance of Xinghuo Station (20150307174856).JPG, Former station yard and sidings of Xinghuo railway station (2015) File:CRH-0207@BCR_(20150709131926).JPG, A test train running on the National Railway Track Test Center's loop track File:CR300AF-0003位于北京环形铁道.jpg, A test train stopped in the NRTTC. All new train models need to be examined in the NRTTC at Beijing Chaoyang railway station.


Renovation

The Beijing Chaoyang railway station has seven platforms and 15 lines (excluding two freight lines outside the station building) for a building area of after renovation. The station is collaborated designed by AREP an
China Railway Design Corporation
since 2016. The construction began in 2018 b
China Railway 6th Bureau Group
an

and capped on 30 May 2020 and finished decoration in the end of 2020. The new station began operation on 22 January 2021. File:Construction site of New Xinghuo Railway Station (20190711151440).jpg, Construction site in 2019 File:Construction site of New Xinghuo Railway Station (20190629200902).jpg, Construction site in 2019 File:Construction site of New Xinghuo Railway Station (20200518104929).jpg, Construction site in the early 2020 File:Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station (20200903125549).jpg, The station under decoration in 2020


Design and Structure

Beijing Chaoyang station building can be divided into the central part and the west part, in which the central part covers 110,000 square meters, and the west part covers 70,000 square meters. The architectural design theme shows the vitality of the city, satisfying the general requirements of becoming an integrated, green, warm, economic, and convenient transportation hub. The outside facade is a three-segment shape that blends traditional culture and modernity. The glass curtain wall on the north side of the building not only broadens the view and for day lighting, but also hints at the direction of Shenyang, the other end of the line. The upper roof image is derived from the roofs of the ancient
Forbidden City The Forbidden City () is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, at the center of the Imperial City of Beijing. It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples including the Zhongshan Park, the sacrifi ...
. File:West entrance lobby of Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station (20210122111955).jpg, West lobby File:Waiting hall of Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station (20210122112204).jpg, Waiting hall


Beijing Subway

The under-construction Line 3 of
Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...
will serve the railway station in late 2023. in long-term planning, Line 20 will also serve this station.


References

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