Harbin West Railway Station

Harbinxi 哈尔滨西
Harbin West Railway Station
Other names	Harbin West
Location	Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang China
Coordinates	45°42′17″N 126°34′23″E / 45.70472°N 126.57306°E / 45.70472; 126.57306Coordinates: 45°42′17″N 126°34′23″E / 45.70472°N 126.57306°E / 45.70472; 126.57306
Operated by	China Railway High-speed, China Railway Corporation
Line(s)	Beijing–Harbin, Harbin–Dalian
Platforms	18
History
Opened	2012
Services
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station Wanggang towards Beijing Beijing–Harbin Railway Harbin Terminus Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Harbin Terminus Harbin–Dalian High-Speed Railway Part of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway Shuangcheng North towards Dalian

Harbin West Railway Station is a railway station on the Jingha Railway and the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Harbin, in the Heilongjiang province of China.

The station cost 7.01 billion yuan to construct. The main building contains 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) of space. There is a 92,000 square metres (990,000 sq ft) weather shed. Ten platforms of some 100,000 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft) serve twenty two rail lines and can accommodate a maximum of 12,000 passengers.

Construction of the station started on July 5, 2009 and the station opened to regular rail traffic in late 2012. On December 1, 2012, the station started to receive high-speed rail traffic as China unveiled its first high-speed rail running through regions with extremely low winter temperatures with scheduled runs from Harbin to Dalian. The weather-proof CRH380B bullet trains serving the line can accommodate temperatures from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius above zero. On December 1, 2012 On December 10, 2014, the station started to receive conventional train service of the Jingha Railway. On August 17, 2015, the station started to receive high-speed CRH trains from Qiqihar as Harbin–Qiqihar Intercity Railway opened for public service.