Xiong'an railway station (
Chinese
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: 雄安站) is a railway station in
Xiong County
Xiong County or Xiongxian () is a county in the central part of Hebei province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Baoding.
It is part of the Xiong'an New Area
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-l ...
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Xiong'an New Area
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
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Hebei
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China
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. It opened on 27 December 2020.
Design
This station covers a total construction area of , which has been described as the largest train station in Asia. This station project is collaborated designed by
AREP in 2017, China Railway Design Corporation, China Architecture Design & Research Group, BMEDI and China Academy of Urban Planning & Design. The construction began on August 29, 2018 by China Railway 12th Bureau Group, China Railway Construction Engineering Group, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau and finished in the end of 2020.
The concept design is inspired by the water culture of
Baiyang Lake
Baiyang Lake, also known as Lake Baiyangdian, is located in the Xiong'an New Area of Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, China. It is the largest freshwater lake in northern China. It is referred to as the Kidney of North China.
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. The oval waterdrop shape symbolised a dewdrop on a lotus or a gushing spring. Undulating layers on the roof look like ripple on the water surface. The facade design uses element of the traditional Chinese grand hall showing Chinese cultural genes.
It has a solar panel array on its roof with an installed capacity of 6 MW.
Structure
The station hall of Xiong'an has three floors overground and two floors underground. Among the floors, the ground floor is waiting hall and bus terminus and the second floor is the platform floor for railway and reserved Xiong'an Rail Transit
Line R1 & R2. The third floor is the elevated waiting hall. The basement first floor is for the future business development, and the basement second floor is for the reserved metro line M1.
Future
The station will also be connected to the
Xiong'an Rail Transit system in the future.
References
Railway stations in Hebei
Railway stations in China opened in 2020
Stations on the Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
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