Beijing South railway station (subway)
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Beijingnan (Beijing South) railway station () is a large railway station (mainly serving high speed trains) in
Fengtai District Fengtai District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the 6th Ring Road, Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller ...
, Beijing, about south of central Beijing, between the 2nd and 3rd ring roads. The station in its present form opened on 1 August 2008 and replaced the old Beijing South station, originally known as Majiapu railway station and later renamed Yongdingmen railway station, which stood 500 metres away. The old station was in use from 1897 to 2006. The new Beijing South railway station is the city's largest station, and is one of the largest in Asia. It joins the main
Beijing railway station Beijing railway station (), or simply Beijing station (), is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the nort ...
and the Beijing West railway station as one of three main passenger rail hubs in the Chinese capital."South station on track to impress" ''People's Daily Online''
July 24, 2008
It serves as the terminus for high-speed trains on the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway and Beijing–Shanghai high-speed Railway which can reach speeds up to . CRH night sleepers to and from Shanghai also depart from this station. The station integrates two Beijing Subway line stations, bus hubs (including an airport shuttle bus), and taxi stands, into the same building, and includes a wide variety of restaurants in the station itself.


Design and construction

The terminus occupies a site in Fengtai. The enormous oval-shaped station was designed by the British architecture firm of
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in collaboration with the Tianjin Design Institute. It was built from more than 60,000 tons of steel and of concrete by 4,000 workers in less than three years. The glass ceiling is outfitted with 3,246 solar panels to generate electricity. The structure spreads out like a
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or trilobite and covers , more than the
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's . Its 24 platforms have the capacity to dispatch 30,000 passengers per hour or almost 241 million a year. The waiting area can accommodate 10,000 passengers. On the elevated departures concourse, there are designated waiting areas and VIP lounges (with better seating and, in the lounges, free food and snacks) for passengers travelling in
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Business Class, and a number of restaurants and corner shops. There are also a number of ticket counters (where nationwide ticketing services are available) and an increasing number of retail stores and fast food stalls. Ticket machines are available to holders of the PRC ID card and sell tickets for trains departing from this station. 23 sets of ticket gates despatch passengers onto trains. The arrivals level is underground, with 8 arrival gates situated in the immediate vicinity of the Beijing Subway station concourse. To the sides are two taxi stands, and separated West and East parking lots for private cars (including a mezzanine level). Express entrances have been built, and are presently in use for all C trains to Tianjin, as well as some trains to Shanghai. Ticket machines and a few ticket counters are also available at the arrivals level. As with the departures level, a variety of restaurants and corner shops are also available at the arrivals level. Two floors below the arrivals level are the platforms for Lines 4 and 14, respectively. Reconstruction began on 10 May 2006, immediately after services ended at the old station. The station was complete for the 1 August 2008 reopening. In 2011 and 2012, new restaurants, fast food stalls, and corner shops were added. To cut queues, traditional counters at the arrival level were replaced with ticket machines.


Local transportation

, public transportation is accessible within the station itself. The Beijing Subway's Beijing South Station subway stop has Line 4 and Line 14 service. The Beijing Bus has three stops at the station. The
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provides service to the Beijing Capital International Airport. After 11:30pm, the only public transport option is night buses ()17. A taxi line is available inside the station.


Services


China Railway

Beijing South Station is the terminal for two
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(CRH) railway lines. The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway has frequent service to Tianjin. The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway runs trains to
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, Nanjing, and Shanghai, with several trains continuing to Hangzhou and Ningbo. This railway also has services to
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(via the Jiao'ao–Jinan branch),
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(via the Bengbu–Hefei branch) and
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(via the Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway). There is also a service to Northeast China. In July 2013, travel time to Hangzhou was cut by one hour for direct services that skip Shanghai.


Beijing Subway

Beijingnan Zhan (Beijing South railway station) is a subway
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on Line 4 and Line 14 of the Beijing Subway in China. It is located under the building of Beijing South railway station. The station opened on 28 September 2009, when the whole Line 4 was put in operation. The station on average has 135,000 entrances and exits per day. Beijing South railway station is an underground station with one platform and two side tracks. Line 4 runs at the station in the direction north–south, and Line 14 runs west–east.


Station Layout

The line 4 and line 14 station both has underground island platforms.


Notes


External links


Beijing South Railway Station Guide
* 01/http://www.bjrailwaystation.com.cn/ Official site
Photos of the reconstruction 2007-2008

Beijing Train Time Table & Rail Transportation Guide
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