Binhai railway station (), formerly Yujiapu railway station, is an underground

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located in

Binhai Binhai, officially known as Binhai New Area (), is a sub-provincial district and state-level new area within the jurisdiction of Tianjin Municipality in the People's Republic of China. Binhai is intended to replicate development seen in ...

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. It is the southern terminus of the

Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway The Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway () is a Chinese high-speed railway that runs 117 km line (72.7 statute miles) between Beijing and Tianjin. Designed for passenger traffic only, the Chinese government built the line to accommodate tr ...

and serves the

Yujiapu Financial District Yujiapu Financial District (; also Yujiabao) is a central business district currently under construction in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin. The area is envisioned as a potential center for world trade and finance. The district is being developed ...

, an area with many new skyscrapers. It is considered one of the four main rail transportation hubs for Tianjin with

, Tianjin West and Binhai West railway station. It is to be served by the

Tianjin Metro The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). Opened in 1984, the sys ...

lines B1 and Z4.

History

The station's construction started on February 27, 2009, was completed on August 8, 2015 and it was opened to traffic on September 20, 2015. The name of station was changed from Yujiapu to Binhai on January 5, 2019. Simultaneously, another station that was previously named Binhai had its name changed to Binhai West.

Gallery

File:Yujiap Traffic Hub -ETFE Cushions Roof.jpg, Roof structure under construction File:Yujiapu Railway Station waiting hall 20171004.jpg, Interior of Binhai railway station waiting hall Platform of Yujiapu Railway Station 20171003.jpg, The station at platform level

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 five underground levels. The first and second basement levels allows access to buses, taxis, public parking and ticket hall for the Tianjin Metro. The third basement 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. The ceiling, also the world's first single layer steel shell structure, looks like a delicate painting floating in the air.

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film was chosen for roofing and façade construction to improve structural integrity and save energy, with the roofing consisting of three-layered ETFE cushions.

Future

Binhai railway station will be the northern terminus of the

Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway is a high-speed railway currently under construction in China. The railway will have a design speed of . Weifang–Yantai section of the railway is expected to open in 2024. History On June 29, 2020, ...

, turning the current terminus station into a through station.

References

{{Second Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, 1 Railway stations in Tianjin Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings Railway stations in China opened in 2015