Beijing West Railway Station

Beijingxi
北京西
China Railway
China Railway High-speed

Beijing West Station
Other names Beijingxi
Location Lianhuachi Donglu, Fengtai District, Beijing
China
Coordinates 39°53′40″N 116°18′54″E / 39.89444°N 116.31500°E / 39.89444; 116.31500Coordinates: 39°53′40″N 116°18′54″E / 39.89444°N 116.31500°E / 39.89444; 116.31500
Operated by China Railway
Line(s) Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
Beijing–Kowloon Railway
Beijing–Yuanping Railway
Fengtai–Shacheng Railway
Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway
Beijing Underground Cross City Railway
Platforms 10
Connections
History
Opened 1996
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station
TerminusBeijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway
towards West Kowloon
Forbidden City
towards Beijing
Beijing Underground Cross City Railway Terminus
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station
TerminusBeijing–Guangzhou Railway
Houlücun
towards Guangzhou
TerminusBeijing–Kowloon Railway
Guang'anmen
towards Hung Hom
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
TerminusBeijing–Kowloon Through Train
towards Hung Hom
south side of Beijing West Railway Station.
The departure hall in Beijing West Railway Station, located on the second floor.

Beijing West (Beijingxi) Railway Station (Chinese: 北京西站; pinyin: Běijīng Xī Zhàn; colloquially referred to as West Station 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 m2,[1][2] before being surpassed by Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in platform capacity. The station serves in average 150,000–180,000 passengers per day with a maximum of 400,000 people per day.[3] It was expanded in 2000 and had a vast amount of parking spaces added.

Platform layout

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 West Railway Station Platforms and Tracks
Beijing West Railway Station Platform 1
Beijing West Railway Station Platform 6
Beijing West Railway Station platform
North
Platform 1
Track 1
Track 2
Platform 2

Platform 3

Track 3
Track 4
Platform 4

Platform 5

Track 5
Track 6

←Beijing-Guangzhou Railway —— Beijing-Kowloon Railway→

Track 7
Platform 6

Platform 7

Track 8
Track 9
Platform 8

Platform 9

Track 10
Track 11 （Xichang Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Railway）
Track 12 （South of this track Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway）
Platform 10

Platform 11

Track 13
Track 14
Platform 12

Platform 13

Track 15
Track 16
Platform 14

Platform 15

Track 17
Track 18
Platform 16

Platform 17

Track 19
Track 20
South Platform 18

All passengers will leave Beijing West from the Level 2 Departures Hall, except for passengers to Hong Kong, who must enter from a dedicated entrance with immigration and customs clearance facilities located by North Entrance 1. These passengers will clear customs and immigration at Beijing West and will not leave the train until it arrives at the Kowloon / Hung Hom terminus in Hong Kong. A VIP lounge is available for Business Class passengers travelling HSR.

Ticket counters and machines are available beside the main entrances.

Services

Beijing West Railway Station is a terminal for both "traditional" and high-speed trains. It 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 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 new major railway terminal (the new Fengtai Railway Station) in the southwestern part of Beijing, and to eventually make it the terminal for the high-speed trains on the Beijing-Guangzhou line.

Destinations

Carriers Destinations
Beijing Railway Bureau Baoji South, Changsha South, Changchun, Chengde, Chongqing, Dajian, Guangzhou South, Guiyang North, Handan, Handan East, Hengshui, Nanchang West, Nanning East, Qinhuangdao, Shenzhen, Shenzhen North, Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang North, Taiyuan South, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xi'an North, Xining, Yichang East, Yinchuan, Yuncheng North, Zhangjiakou South, Zhuhai
Chengdu Railway Bureau Chengdu, Chengdu East, Chongqing North, Guiyang, Guiyang North, Panzhihua
Guangzhou Railway Group Changsha South, Guangzhou, Guangzhou East, Hung Hom, Sanya, Shenzhen, Shenzhen North
Harbin Railway Bureau Harbin, Lhasa
Hohhot Railway Bureau Baotou, Dongsheng West, Guangzhou, Hohhot, Tianjin, Wuhai West
Kunming Railway Bureau Kunming
Lanzhou Railway Bureau Lanzhou, Yinchuan
Nanchang Railway Bureau Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Jinggangshan, Nanchang, Nanchang West, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen
Nanning Railway Bureau Guilin North, Nanning, Nanning East, Zhanjiang
Qingzang Railway Corporation Xining
Shanghai Railway Bureau Anqing, Fuyang, Huangshan
Shenyang Railway Bureau Changchun, Lhasa, Shenyang North
Taiyuan Railway Bureau Linfen West, Taiyuan South, Yongji North, Yuncheng North
Ürümqi Railway Bureau Ürümqi South
Wuhan Railway Bureau Enshi, Hankou, Shiyan, Wuchang, Wuhan, Yichang East, Zhoukou
Xi'an Railway Bureau Baoji, Baoji South, Hanzhong, Tianjin, Xi'an, Xi'an North
Zhengzhou Railway Bureau Changzhi North, Hankou, Luoyang, Nanyang, Xi'an North, Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou East

Beijing Subway

Beijing West Railway Station
北京西
Beijing Subway

Line 9 platforms
Operated by Beijing Subway
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (2 island platforms)
History
Opened December 28, 2014(Line 7)
December 31, 2011(Line 9)
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station
Line 9
towards Guogongzhuang
TerminusLine 7
towards Jiaohuachang

Bus route numbers in bold denotes terminus at the stop.

References

  1. ↑ Rough Guide to China - fifth edition, page 83
  2. ↑ "Shanghai to have Asia's largest railway station". Xinhua. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
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