Xingtai East railway station () is a
railway station
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on the
Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway
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located in
Xingtai County
Xingtai County () was a former county administered by the prefecture-level city of the same name, in the southwest of Hebei province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the west. It surrounds the two core districts of Xingtai on all sides excep ...
,
Xingtai,
Hebei
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.
History
The station was opened on 26 December 2012, together with the
Beijing
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Zhengzhou
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section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway.
Station layout
The station has 4 platforms (2
island platforms
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
) and 6 tracks, of which 2 are through tracks. Platform 1 and 2 are for southbound trains and Platform 3 and 4 are for northbound trains. The station building is located to the east of the platforms.
See also
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Xingtai railway station
References
Railway stations in Hebei
Railway stations in China opened in 2012
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