Other names Beijingxi Address Fengtai, China Platforms in use 10 | Operated by China Railway Opened 21 January 1996 | |
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Location Lianhuachi Donglu, Fengtai District, Beijing
China 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 Connections Beijing West Railway Station
Bus terminal Similar Beijing South Railway, Beijing Railway Station, Shanghai South Railway, Zhengzhou East Railway, Shenzhen North Railway | ||
Beijing west railway station guide departure
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, 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. It was expanded in 2000 and had a vast amount of parking spaces added.
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Boarding the train at beijing west railway station
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.
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.
Beijing Subway
Bus route numbers in bold denotes terminus at the stop.