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Beijing railway station

Beijing
北京
China Railway
China Railway High-speed
Beijing-Railway-Station-2014.jpg
Beijing Station
Location Beijingzhan Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
China
Coordinates 39°54′08″N 116°25′16″E / 39.90222°N 116.42111°E / 39.90222; 116.42111
Operated by China Railway Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 14 (6 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Connections
History
Opened 1959
Services
Preceding station   China Railways.svg China Railway   Following station
Terminus Beijing–Shanghai Railway
towards Shanghai
Terminus Beijing–Harbin Railway
towards Harbin
Terminus Beijing–Baotou Railway
towards Baotou
Terminus Beijing–Chengde Railway
towards Chengde
Beijing Railway Station
北京站
Beijing Subway
20110803133 Beijing Railway Station Subway.jpg
Entrance D of the subway station on the plaza north of the Beijing Railway Station
Location Beijingzhan Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
China
Operated by Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd.
Line(s)
  Line 2
Platforms 2 (1 island platform)
History
Opened January 15, 1971
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station
towards Fuxingmen
Line 2
towards Dongzhimen

Coordinates: 39°54′08″N 116°25′16″E / 39.90222°N 116.42111°E / 39.90222; 116.42111

Beijing Railway Station (simplified Chinese: 北京火车站; traditional Chinese: 北京火車站; pinyin: Běijīng Huǒchēzhàn), or simply Beijing Station (Chinese: 北京站; pinyin: Běijīngzhàn), is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the north and the remnants of the city wall between Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen to the south. The Beijing Railway Station opened in 1959 and was the largest train station in China at the time. Though superseded by the larger Beijing West and Beijing South Stations, this station remains the only one located inside the old walled city. Trains entering and leaving the station pass by the Dongbianmen corner tower. With gilded eaves and soaring clock towers, the architecture of the railway blends traditional Chinese and socialist realist influence.


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