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Other names
  
Harbin West

Province
  
Heilongjiang

Opened
  
2012

Platforms in use
  
18

Harbin West Railway Station

Location
  
Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang China

Operated by
  
China Railway High-speed, China Railway Corporation

Line(s)
  
Beijing–Harbin, Harbin–Dalian

Address
  
China, Heilongjiang, Harbin, Daoli, 齿轮路

Similar
  
Shenyang North Railway, Dalian North Railway, Changchun West Railway, Harbin Railway Station, Harbin East Railway

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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.

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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.

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History

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.

References

Harbin West Railway Station Wikipedia