Beijing Fengtai railway station () is a

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located in the Fengtai District of

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. It was renamed from Fengtai railway station to Beijing Fengtai railway station in 2021. The new railway station opened on 20 June 2022. The new railway station is served by both high-speed and conventional-speed railways, including

Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway or Jingguangshengang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijingxi station in Beijing and West Ko ...

, Beijing–Guangzhou railway. The station is the largest is Asia, with departure lounges, restaurants and other amenities spread across 400,000 square meters. At its peak, the station will be able to host 14,000 passengers per hour on a mix of bullet and regular trains as well as subway lines.

History

Construction on the original station began in 1895, and it was opened in 1896. Passenger services ceased on 19 June 2010. The station has been closed since June 2010 in preparation for the construction of the new Fengtai railway station, which is expected to have a similar scale to

Beijing South railway station Beijingnan (Beijing South) railway station () is a large railway station (mainly serving high speed trains) in Fengtai District, Beijing, about south of central Beijing, between the 2nd and 3rd ring roads. The station in its present form opened ...

. A

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on Line 10 of the

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 ...

was opened here on 5 May 2013. The construction of the new station was officially started in mid 2018 and the new railway station was expected to open in 2020 for conventional-speed railway, and in 2021 for high-speed railway. The opening of the new station was delayed until 20 June 2022 when it opened for both conventional-speed and high-speed railway.

Layout

China Railway

The station has 12 platforms for high-speed trains (consisting of 6 islands) directly above 20 platforms for conventional services (consisting of 9 islands and 2 side platforms).

Beijing Subway

Fengtai railway station is served by Line 10 and Line 16 of the

. Both the line 10 and line 16 stations have underground

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. The station has 3 exits, lettered C1, C2, and D. Exit C1 is accessible. File:Platform of L10 Fengtai Railway Station (20210916155018).jpg, Line 10 platform File:Platform of L16 Fengtai Railway Station (20221231144122).jpg, Line 16 platform Concourse of L10 Fengtai Railway Station (20200608085123).jpg, Line 10 concourse (June 2020) Concourse of L10 Fengtai Railway Station (20210916154931).jpg, Line 10 concourse (September 2021) File:B2 concourse non-paid area of L16 Fengtai Railway Station (20221231144513).jpg, Line 16 non-paid area concourse (December 2022, not yet in service) File:B2 concourse paid area of L16 Fengtai Railway Station (20221231144330).jpg, Line 16 paid area concourse (December 2022)

References

Railway stations in Fengtai District Beijing Subway stations in Fengtai District Railway stations in China opened in 1896 Railway stations closed in 2010 2010 disestablishments in China Stations on the Beijing–Shanghai Railway {{Beijing-railstation-stub