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60-432: High speed trains run from Shenzhen North train station to Beijing West railway station , Xiamen and Guangzhou . Since 1980, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone , the established Shenzhen railway station has been the main railway terminal locally. But with the increasing frequency of trains, the original station has insufficient space to use. It is located in the city center and close to the border can not be expanded. So in

120-415: A maximum of 400,000 people per day. It was expanded during the 2000s decade, during which several platforms were added. It also has a fairly large number of car-parking spaces. The construction concept of Beijing West railway station began as early as 1959. It was planned and researched three times in history, but the first two were put on hold for political and economic reasons. For the third time, in 1989,

180-424: A total construction area of 273,000 square meters and the depot area is 137,000 square meters. The station opened on 26 December 2009. When the station was first open, the surrounded area—which is away from Changsha's city center—was mostly industrial. Since then, however, high-rise residential and office development has taken place around the station. The passenger volume has also increased greatly. The station

240-532: A transfer station between Line 7 and Line 9. Beijing West railway station's architectural style, building quality, design and planning have been criticised and controversial since its opening, but despite this, the station is still one of Beijing's most eye-catching buildings. At the end of 2007, the "Beijing New Landmarks Selection" event sponsored by the Beijing News announced the top ten new landmarks in Beijing after

300-470: Is a metro station and a railway station of Wuguang Passenger Railway and Hukun Passenger Railway . The station is located in Lituo Subdistrict , Yuhua District , Changsha , Hunan , China . It is a hub and the connecting point of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway , Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the proposed Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The station

360-618: Is served by the Wuhan–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railways. Line 2 and Line 4 of Changsha Metro connects Changsha South Railway Station with the city. For Line 2, Changsha South Railway Station is the second station from the east (after Guangda). All other stops are in the west and the terminal is Wangchengpo to which the ride takes about 40 minutes. The medium-low speed Changsha Maglev Express between Changsha South Railway Station and Changsha Huanghua International Airport started services on 6 May 2016. The Maglev line

420-558: Is the Beijing terminal for most trains leaving the city for destinations in western and southwestern China, including Xi'an , Chongqing , Chengdu , Lhasa and Urumqi . Major "traditional" rail lines beginning at this station include the Beijing-Guangzhou railway (via Wuhan ) and the Beijing–Kowloon railway (via Nanchang and Shenzhen ). Beijing West is the terminal both for the Beijing–Kowloon through train and (since

480-892: The Beijing railway station was greatly alleviated. Beijing West station is the passenger train departure station of Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway , the two main railway lines in China: Beijing–Guangzhou railway (connected via the Beijing-Guangzhou railway west long link) and the Beijing–Kowloon railway , and a high-speed railway line. Most passenger trains in China's Central South, South China, Southwest, and Northwest China depart from Beijing West Railway Station. As of May 2011, Beijing West railway station had received more than 110 trains per day, of which about 100 departed. The Beijing underground cross-city railway , which passes through

540-955: The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway , Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway would be located in Longhua District, Shenzhen in order to be central to all of Shenzhen. In July–October 2005, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Ministry of Railways jointly launched the "National Railway Passenger Station in Shenzhen Comprehensive Plan International Advisory", inviting four foreign and three domestic design companies to submit their ideas to

600-588: The Cultural Revolution led to the suspension of the overall urban planning work in Beijing and the cancellation of the planning agency. In January 1975, the first session of the 4th National People's Congress was convened. Deng Xiaoping was elected Vice Premier of the State Council and began to preside over the daily work of the Central Committee and the State Council; Wan Li was then appointed as

660-408: The lotus pond that was still in the suburbs in the urban master plan. Therefore, for a long period of time thereafter, the lotus pond area has been a warehouse area dominated by simple bungalows. No permanent building has been constructed. However, due to the reduction in the scale of construction during the three-year difficult period , the planning has not made much progress. The subsequent start of

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720-558: The " Counterattack the Right-Deviationist Reversal-of-Verdicts Trend " in 1976, and the site plan was shelved without approval. Into the 1980s, with the gradual implementation of the reform and opening up policy, the pressure of China's railway transportation infrastructure has increased greatly, and transportation capacity is tight. By 1981, Beijing's railway passenger traffic had increased sharply, and 108 pairs of passenger trains were running every day in

780-533: The Beijing Municipal Government again formally proposed the construction of the Beijing West station. In March of the same year, the Beijing Municipal Government led the establishment of the "Beijing West Railway Station Preliminary Working Group", which convened a number of design institutes with certain strengths across the country to conduct an architectural design competition. At the same time, with

840-570: The Beijing Municipal Government, the Ministry of Railways, and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications submitted to the State Planning Commission the document "On the basis of the revised plan for the Beijing West Railway Station", and proposed an investment of 2 billion yuan. Construction started in 1991 and opened in 1993. Used, the finishing work was completed in 1994. In March 1991, the State Council formally approved

900-564: The Beijing West Railway Station during the 2009 Spring Festival, setting a record high since the station was established. According to the "Medium and Long-Term Railway Network Planning (2008 Adjustment)", the incoming routes of the Beijing hub have been adjusted accordingly. The Beijing Railway Hub has formed a layout of seven passenger stations including Beijing Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Tongzhou Railway Station, Xinghuo Railway Station and Fengtai Railway Station. Due to

960-502: The Beijing-Harbin Line and other directions. According to the railway development plan, the capacity of Beijing West Railway Station will continue to increase year by year. It is estimated that by 2020, the number of trains arriving and departing from Beijing West Railway Station will reach 137 pairs, including 79 pairs of high-speed trains. Beijing West railway station is a terminal for both "traditional" and high-speed trains. It

1020-581: The Beijing-Shijiazhuang Passenger Dedicated Line. The Beijing Underground Diameter Line, which was proposed as early as 1959 and connects Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station, started construction in December 2005, and was completed and opened to traffic on March 20, 2015. The underground Diameter Line enables both Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station to receive and dispatch passenger trains from

1080-1048: The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link's Guangzhou-Shenzhen section, opening ceremony was held in Shenzhen North Station, with the Minister of Railways Sheng Guangzu, the Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Wang Yang, the former governor of Guangdong Province Huang Hua Hua and acting governor of Guangdong Zhu Xiaodan, who attended the ceremony. The first train G6126 left at 10:40am and in 28 minutes arrived at Guangzhou South railway station . Initial opening services were from Shenzhen North Station to Guangzhou South Station. Passengers wanting to travel between Wuhan and Guangzhou high-speed railway stations, had to transfer at Guangzhou South railway station. From 1 April 2012,

1140-785: The Level 2 Departures Hall. A VIP lounge is available for Business Class passengers travelling HSR. Ticket counters and machines are available beside the main entrances. The station has dual- island platforms with a cross platform interchange between lines 7 and 9. On one side, originating line 7 trains interchange with southbound line 9 trains towards Guogongzhuang , whilst on the other, terminating line 7 trains interchange with northbound line 9 trains towards National Library . *No passenser trains stop here, but have ticket office Changsha South railway station Changsha South railway station ( simplified Chinese : 长沙南站 ; traditional Chinese : 長沙南站 ; pinyin : Chángshānán zhàn )

1200-604: The Line 4 platform was opened in tandem with Line 5 several days later on 22 June 2011, allowing for the Shenzhen North East Square to be officially opened. For up to six months before the high-speed railway was completed, the Shenzhen North Station subway and bus shuttle transfer hall functioned. The high-speed rail section of the Shenzhen North railway station had repeatedly delayed the opening time. It changed from before

1260-476: The Minister of Railways, responsible for rectifying the chaotic railway transportation system at that time; In March, the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening Railway Work" was issued as a mobilization order for the comprehensive rectification of the railway, and it soon achieved results, and then proposed to build the Beijing West railway station again. At that time,

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1320-604: The Ministry of Railways and the Beijing Municipal Government, it was decided to jointly establish a planning working group to be responsible for researching and selecting the site and construction plan of the West Railway Station. The Third Design Institute of the Ministry of Railways (now China Railway Design Group Co., Ltd.) and Beijing Architectural Design Institute (Now Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd.) were responsible for specific technical work. After some investigation, comparison and discussion,

1380-523: The Ministry of Railways and the Beijing Railway Bureau started the second phase project of Beijing West Railway Station, adding three platforms 7, 8 and 9 on the basis of the original 6 platforms. After the completion of the project, Beijing West Railway Station can send 137 trains daily. At the same time, a large-scale transformation of the station platform has been carried out, including improving lighting facilities, transforming awnings, and raising

1440-558: The Ministry of Railways caused for a changing of views on the relationship between railway stations and urban transport, causing a delay in the coordination of planning. The final plans were only unveiled in 2008. Numerous names were mooted for new project, with some being used in early announcements and planning documents, such as the New Station in Shenzhen, Shenzhen New railway station, Longhua railway station and others. On December 23, 2008,

1500-504: The November 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games to December 28 and then changed to 8 August 2011 and again postponed to 26 December 2011. Influenced by the 2011 Wenzhou high-speed train rear-end accident , coupled with the Chinese government beginning to reflect on the construction of all high-speed rail, this caused a slow down in high-speed rail construction and other issues. On December 26, 2011 morning,

1560-514: The Olympic Games to launch the "Beijing First Impression" project aimed at the Capital Airport and its surrounding areas, as well as major railway stations in Beijing and its surrounding environment. Public facilities and places have been comprehensively renovated and renovated, but the capacity of the West Railway Station to receive and dispatch trains is still tight. In the second half of 2003,

1620-840: The Preliminary Design of the Station Building Reconstruction Project” document, Beijing West Railway Station will be transformed in four aspects: the elevated waiting room, the passenger service system project, the VIP waiting room in the South Station Building, and the related transformation of the hub transfer facilities. There is a patio in the elevated waiting room between the second and ninth platforms, adding an elevated waiting space of 6,600 square meters; adding paper magnetic card ticket making machines, automatic ticket machines and necessary network equipment; adding

1680-471: The Railway Survey and Design Institute. All submitting a preliminary plan for Shenzhen North station as an integrated hub in the planning. In August 2006, the two sides jointly signed a memorandum to construct the station. In June 2007, the Ministry of Railways launched a project feasibility study & preliminary designs, which were completed in November 2007. Differences between the Shenzhen authorities and

1740-621: The Shenzhen Municipal Planning Bureau issued a public notice, the new Shenzhen station was officially named "Shenzhen North station". Another station on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, formerly known as freight Shenzhen North station & marshalling yard, was renamed Sun Gang station to avoid confusion. Shenzhen Metro Line 4 was opened and put into operation on 16 June 2011, but Shenzhen North station did not open. It wasn't until 22 June 2011, in which at this time

1800-552: The Third Design Institute of the Ministry of Railways on the spot to arrange the West Station at this location, and the design drawings needed to be submitted within three months. After the meeting, the group forwarded the site selection opinions to the Beijing Municipal Government for comments. By the end of the 1980s, the problem of tight passenger capacity in the central Beijing railway hub became more and more serious. It

1860-754: The Vienna International Hotel located at the station. Beijing West railway station Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station ( Chinese : 北京西站 ; pinyin : Běijīngxī Zhàn ), colloquially referred to as West Station ( Chinese : 西客站 ), is located in western Beijing 's Fengtai District . Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asia with an area of 510,000 m (5,500,000 sq ft), before being surpassed by Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in platform capacity. The station serves in average 150,000–180,000 passengers per day with

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1920-533: The approval of the State Council, the pre-relocation works for the construction of the Beijing West station were launched during 1989. Involving the Xibianmen Goods Yard of Guang'anmen railway station and many factories and residential areas at Beijing West, the process had been large, difficult, and costly. At that time, the state's total investment in the project was 2.3 billion yuan, with the demolition alone costing more than one billion yuan. In March 1990,

1980-593: The central station, with an average daily passenger volume of 352,000; Beijing Station, as the largest railway passenger station in Beijing at that time, was already overloaded in operation, the annual passenger flow of Beijing Station in 1981 was 27.72 million, equivalent to 78,000 passengers per day. On 3 October 1981, the then Mayor of Beijing Jiao Ruoyu and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Duan Junyi reported on Beijing's railway transport situation to Vice Premier Wan Li and talked about

2040-580: The closure of Beijing South Railway Station, the Beijing West Railway Station expanded the No. 9 platform and constructed the No. 10 platform to accommodate part of the passenger flow of Beijing South Railway Station. In addition, as part of the expansion, the canopies of platforms 1 to 7 were rebuilt at the same time, and the canopies of platforms 8 to 10 were newly built, using large-span, arc-shaped, steel truss-structured canopies without platform columns. In February 2009, more than 13 million passengers got on and off at

2100-407: The delay of the reconstruction and expansion plan of Fengtai Station, Beijing-Shijiazhuang Passenger Dedicated Line will be introduced to Beijing West Station in the near future, and Fengtai Station will be introduced after the new station of Fengtai Station is completed. For this reason, Beijing West Railway Station needs to carry out the largest reconstruction since its construction. The “Approval for

2160-486: The design and planning of the Beijing West Railway Station. This was the third such occurrence in the history of Beijing Municipal Government. It is proposed to construct the Beijing West station as soon as possible. In early December 1981, the Beijing Railway Bureau issued a letter to the Ministry of Railways and the Beijing Municipal Government to apply for the construction of the Beijing West Railway Station, and

2220-484: The design specification of the Beijing West station. The designed capacity of Beijing West Railway Station is 60 to 70 pairs of trains per day, but the actual number of trains sent during the Spring Festival peak period is as high as 90 to 100 pairs. This overload operation has caused great pressure on the already imperfect station facilities. In 2001, the Beijing Municipal Government took advantage of Beijing's bid for

2280-510: The development. The whole site is divided into three parts: the high-speed rail station house, East Plaza and West Plaza. The total land area extends about 650,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 400,000 square meters. Among them, the high-speed railway was in a north-south direction, with the station building located on the top of the tracks ; the East Square is dominated by public transport interchange; West Plaza has most of

2340-532: The frequency of trains to Shenzhen North Station increased to 20 pairs, mostly to Wuhan railway station and Changsha South railway station . A project to increase capacity of the station was completed in December 2020. Shenzhen North station is located in Shenzhen Bao'an District Longhua 9.3 km (5.8 mi) from the downtown area of Shenzhen. Its site is located in the geometric center of Shenzhen and population centers, with more favorable conditions for

2400-516: The idea at the time was to use Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing Railway Station as the main passenger terminal of the hub, and may connect the two major stations through the center of Beijing through four parallel underground tunnels. The site of the West Railway Station is directly opposite the Gongzhufen (Tomb of the Princess). The Beijing Municipal Government has correspondingly reserved land for

2460-402: The late 1990s, it was proposed for the construction of a second railway terminal in Shenzhen. Prior to the completion of a second terminal, in the interim many long-distance trains in Shenzhen were able to use the temporary Shenzhen West railway station , (now permanent). In November 2003, the Shenzhen Municipal Government completed a new planning study that suggested that a new station to serve

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2520-593: The longest high speed rail journey possible in the world. All other Shenzhen's trains are served elsewhere. Some C-series trains to Guangzhou, as well as various "conventional" trains to destinations throughout China leave from Shenzhen railway station ; in the past there was also a much less busy Shenzhen West railway station providing passenger service while such function has been transferred to Shenzhen East railway station that passenger service has already been opened in December 2012 to handle conventional train services. Vienna Hotels has its corporate headquarters in

2580-418: The lotus pond to get an overview of the local area. Due to the dry season at that time and the excessive extraction of groundwater in the lotus pond area over the years, more than 20 hectares of ponds were dried up, overgrown with weeds, and deserted; the design team believed that this area did not occupy arable land and there would be less demolition, which was in line with the plan and saved money. It instructed

2640-610: The opening of the Qingzang railway in 2006) for the Beijing- Lhasa trains. Beijing West is the northern terminal of the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway as of December 2012. High-speed trains leave the station for Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as various destinations on the connecting lines, such as Taiyuan and Xi'an . There are, however, plans to construct a new major railway terminal (the new Fengtai railway station ) in

2700-440: The planning working group came up with the preliminary plan for Beijing West railway station in November 1975 and determined that the Beijing West station was a pass-through station. The station's site is located at the southwest corner of Lianhua Bridge. The road runs northwest–southeast, adopts a triangular square, and the station faces the center of the overpass. However, the political situation changed again soon after, affected by

2760-461: The platform. On October 2 of the same year, the entry-exit joint inspection hall of Beijing West Railway Station was opened for passengers of the Beijing-Kowloon through train (Z97 times), so the Beijing-Kowloon through train no longer stopped at Changping Station. The renovated Beijing West Railway Station canopy is the first large-span steel structure canopy in China. In 2005, in anticipation of

2820-474: The preliminary design was officially launched. Subsequently, the planning team headed by former Minister of Railways Lu Zhengcao , together with personnel from the Ministry of Railways, Beijing Railway Administration, and the Third Design Institute of the Ministry of Railways, conducted on-site inspections to select the site for the station. The team members once climbed the Xiaotu Mountain on the north bank of

2880-414: The preparatory work, adjustment planning, and re-reporting were resumed and finally approved by the state. Beijing West railway station project was jointly funded by the Beijing Municipal Government and the Ministry of Railways. It was a key project in China's eighth five-year plan with a total investment of 6.5 billion yuan. After the completion of the Beijing West railway station, the passenger pressure at

2940-551: The private car parking and long distance bus terminal. Line 4 of the Shenzhen Metro located in Shenzhen North Station's East Square in an elevated station, running substantially parallel with the high-speed rail station under the large shared roof. The Pingnan Railway runs from east to west under the entire station but has no platforms and no services stop on this line. Line 5 of the Shenzhen Metro also runs east-west under

3000-521: The public vote in January 2008. Beijing West railway station unexpectedly took 51,335 votes, second only to the National Stadium, becoming the new landmark in Beijing with the second most votes. As early as the 1950s, the concept of building the second passenger-railway station for Beijing and the underground diameter line had been formed. In the autumn of 1959, when the Beijing railway station , one of

3060-422: The railway department and planning department were still very vague about the location and construction plan of Beijing West railway station. There was no detailed design before, and whether the planned underground diameter line was retained or not, and the technical plan was not finalized, resulting in the design of Beijing West railway station. It is difficult to decide whether to choose through or end. As agreed by

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3120-411: The railway department considered that the expansion of the elevated waiting room would not only have a high budgetary cost, but would also affect the erection of the elevated waiting room. Due to the inconvenience caused by the platform of the column, the renovation project of the elevated waiting room was finally cancelled, and the existing waiting room resources were used to allocate the passenger flow of

3180-548: The second floor of the South Station Ticket Center Transformed into a VIP area; and opened up the south exit of the east and west outbound passages, so that passengers can directly access the South Square transportation hub. The renovation project of the elevated waiting room was originally planned to start in early April 2012. Affected by this, a total of 159 trains were adjusted for this purpose. However,

3240-546: The southwestern part of Beijing, and to eventually make it the terminal for the high-speed trains on the Beijing-Guangzhou line. The Beijing underground cross-city railway connects Beijing West with Beijing railway station . Bus route numbers in bold denotes terminus at the stop. Regular rail services leave from Platforms 1–11; HSR leaves from Platforms 12–18. A dedicated exit is used for passengers arriving on Platform 18. ← Beijing–Guangzhou Railway —— Beijing–Kowloon Railway → All passengers will leave Beijing West from

3300-528: The station complex. A substantial internal road network was developed to reduce the effect of taxi and bus traffic on the local road network. Platforms As of October 2012, Shenzhen North station is the terminal for numerous G-series trains on the Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Wuhan-Zhengzhou high-speed line. One of these trains continues on to Xi'an. Commencing on December 26, 2012, trains now operate between Shenzhen North and Beijing West, making it

3360-456: The urban area of Beijing and connects to Beijing railway station, was opened to traffic on 20 March 2015. Beijing railway station is one of the transportation hubs in Beijing. There are bus hubs in North Square and South Square. A large number of buses depart from there; a taxi rank is also built underground; and the subway station reserved for construction has been completed by the end of 2011,

3420-480: The working group compiled and reported the "Beijing West Railway Station Plan and Tasks", and the Yangfangdian Road plan that reached a consensus as early as 1983 was officially "thawed". Since August 1990, the architectural plans of 7 design units have been selected. After several rounds of demonstration and selection of various design plans, the implementation design plan had been determined. On 30 September 1990,

3480-686: The “ Ten Great Buildings ” erected in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the National Day of the People's Republic of China , was just completed, the then Premier of the State Council , Zhou Enlai , during the process of reviewing the planning of Beijing's railway, affirmed the suggestion of a west passenger station in Beijing. In the general layout of the Beijing Railway Hub revised in September 1960,

3540-473: Was more difficult to cope with demand by relying solely on one main passenger station and two auxiliary passenger station ( Beijing North and Beijing South ) with insufficient equipment and capacity. Those three stations have not been expanded on a large scale for more than 30 years, and the passenger volume of the Beijing area has increased four-fold from 1970 to 1988. The construction of the Beijing West railway station has become an urgent need. In February 1989,

3600-402: Was opened on 26 December 2009. It is a transportation center of high-speed railways, metro lines 2 & 4 , maglev , buses and coaches, which seamlessly connect downtown, Changsha Huanghua Airport and nearby cities. The designer of the station building is from the 3rd department of Central South Architectural Design Institute, INC. The roof features the waves and ripples of water. It has

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