How many railway stations are there in Beijing?

There are five railway stations in Beijing.

1 Beijing Railway Station: that is, the old Beijing Railway Station, one of the top ten buildings in the 10th anniversary of the National Day 1959, near Jianguomen, mainly trains bound for Beijing-Shanghai and Jingshan (northeast).

2. Beijing West Railway Station: Near the Lotus Pond, south of the Millennium Monument, there are mainly trains bound for Beijing-Guangzhou, southwest and northwest.

3. Beijing South Railway Station: The former Yongdingmen Station used to be the terminal of the slow train to Beijing (most of the express trains originated from Beijing Station), but now it is the starting point of the high-speed train, and high-speed intercity trains such as Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing-Tianjin all originate from here.

4. Beijing North Station: Xizhimen Railway Station. Most trains to Yanqing, Miyun in northern Beijing, Chifeng in Inner Mongolia and Tongliao originate from here.

5. Beijing East Railway Station: There are only two passenger trains at the southwest corner of Sihui Bridge on the East Fourth Ring Road.

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The architectural art treatment of Beijing Railway Station embodies the national cultural tradition. The facade decoration is outstanding. The bell tower, wing, three-arch window and other places use glazed tile roof and glass window flowers. The polished and bright aluminum ventilation lattice and stigma pattern on the marble wall of the hall are all made of ancient bronze patterns in China, which are simple and generous.

Beijing North Railway Station has a building area of 2 1.4 million square meters and a height of 3 1.5 meters. The effective length of the platform extends from 377m to 550m, from 377m to 550m, and from 70cm to1.25cm..

In order to facilitate the needs of staff in Beijing Yanjiao to travel between the two places, Beijing Railway Bureau further optimized the running time and place of temporary passenger trains; From February 20 15, three temporary passenger trains were added from Beijing East Railway Station to Yanjiao Station, with air-conditioned underbody.

The building of Beijing South Railway Station is a hyperbolic dome with an oval shape, which looks like a flying saucer from a distance. Seen from the north and south directions, the central main station building is slightly convex, with two spans of steel awnings on the east and west sides, which looks like a horizontally stretched hall for praying for the Spring Festival.

Beijing West Railway Station is a through-type station, located between the Third Ring Road and the North Honeycomb Road, and adopts the bridge station type of elevated waiting, getting on and off, north-south opening and north side. The exit tunnel is set on the east and west sides of the station; A tunnel for mail and luggage is set near the end of the platform, and the communication is in a horizontal tunnel (U-shaped) to minimize the passage of vehicles on the platform.

References:

Beijing Railway Station-Baidu Encyclopedia

Beijing North Station-Baidu Encyclopedia

Beijing east railway station-Baidu encyclopedia

Beijing south railway station-Baidu encyclopedia

Beijing west railway station-Baidu encyclopedia