Beijing West Railway Station

Beijingxi 北京西
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)	Jingjiu railway Jingguang Railway
Platforms	10
Connections	Beijing West Railway Station Bus terminal
History
Opened	1996
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Terminus Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway Zhuozhou East towards West Kowloon Preceding station   China Railway   Following station Terminus Beijing–Kowloon Railway Guang'anmen towards Hung Hom Terminus Beijing–Guangzhou Railway Houlücun towards Guangzhou Preceding station   MTR   Following station Terminus Beijing-Kowloon Through Train Jingguang railway Hung Hom Terminus

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 510,000m²,^[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

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

Beijing Subway

Beijing West Railway Station 北京西
Line 9 platforms
Operated by	Beijing Subway
Line(s)	Line 9   Line 7
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
History
Opened	December 28, 2014(Line 7) December 31, 2011(Line 9)
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station Military Museum towards National Library Line 9 Liuliqiao East towards Guogongzhuang Terminus Line 7 Wanzi towards Jiaohuachang

• Beijing Subway: This station is currently served by Line 9 and Line 7. Passengers are able to change trains using the cross-platform interchange method. The Subway concourse is on the Arrivals level, with all platforms a level further below.
• Beijing Bus stops:
  • Beijing West Station (北京西站): 9, 21, 40, 47, 50, 52, 54, 65, 67, 83, 89, 99, 205, 209, 212, 213, 301, 319, 320, 373, 374, 387, 414, 437, 616, 623, 661, 662, 663, 673, 694, 695, 741, 840, 843, 845, 901, 特2, 特6, 运通102
  • Beijing West Station South Square (北京西站南广场): 53, 72, 109, 122, 309, 349, 410, 616, 820, 890, 941, 982, 993,
• Beijing Airport Bus: Route 7

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. 

External links

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• Beijing West Railway Station (Chinese)
• Beijing Huoche Zhan Network (Chinese)
• Beijing Railways Time Table

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Italic station names indicate closed (derelict) stations

Mainland China–Hong Kong border crossings
Mainland China	Land/Rail Beijing West Station Port Changping Port Foshan Port Futian Port Huanggang Port Luohu Port Shanghai Station Port Shatoujiao Port Shenzhen Bay Port Tianhe Port Wenjindu Port Zhaoqing Station Port Liantang Port * Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge * Water Doumen Port Fuyong Port Gaoming Port Gongyi Port Heshan Port Humen Port Jiangmen Port Lianhuashan Port Nansha Port Pingzhou Port Sanbu Port Shekou Port Shenzhen Prince Bay Shunde Port Xiangzhou Port Zhaoqing Port Zhongshan Port Zhuhai Port
Hong Kong	Land/Rail Hung Hom Control Point Lo Wu Control Point Lok Ma Chau Control Point Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point Man Kam To Control Point Sha Tau Kok Control Point Shenzhen Bay Control Point Heung Yuen Wai Control Point * West Kowloon Terminus * Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge * Water China Ferry Terminal Control Point Macau Ferry Terminal Control Point Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal Control Point
* Proposed / planned See also: General Administration of Customs Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration List of airports in China Immigration Department Customs and Excise Department List of immigration control points in Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Skypier