Beijing Railway Station [SEP] date of official opening
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Zhangjiakou railway station (Opened in 1957)


Zhangjiakou railway station ( (Formerly known as Zhangjiakou South railway station () until February 2019) is a railway station of Jingbao Railway, Zhangji Railway and Jingzhang Intercity Railway located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China. The station was constructed in 1956 and officially opened in 1957. It belongs to the Beijing Railway Administration and the Beijing-Baotou Railway railway routes. The line is the future terminus of the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, the Zhangjiakou–Hohhot high-speed railway and the Zhangjiakou–Datong High-Speed Railway.
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Beijing


-Tianjin Intercity Railway, which opened in 2008; the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, which opened in 2011; and the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, which opened in 2012. The city's main railway stations are the Beijing railway station, which opened in 1959; the Beijing West railway station, which opened in 1996; and the Beijing South railway station, which was rebuilt into the city's high-speed railway station in 2008. , Beijing railway station had 173 trains arriving daily, Beijing
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Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway


Qinhuangdao High-Speed Railway. Trial operations of the extension started on August 14, 2015, with official opening on September 20, 2015. the railway reduced travel times from Beijing South station to Yujiapu station to 1 hour 02 minutes and from Tianjin railway station to Yujiapu to 23 minutes. The line opened on August 1, 2008 with 47 daily pairs of intercity trains between Beijing South and Tianjin. Since September 14, 2008, 10 more pairs of trains were added, reducing the minimum interval from 15 minutes to 10 minutes
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Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway


Zhangjiakou Railway Zhan Tianyou, and Assistant Director-General of Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway Guan Mianjun (关冕钧) took the train and checked the railway section by section. A celebration tea party was held in Zhangjiakou on September 21. On September 24, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway was formally opened. An opening ceremony was held in the Nankou Station on October 2, with over 10,000 people present, including foreign diplomats in Beijing and Tianjin, representatives of the minister of Beiyang (北洋大臣), and senior officials of the Ministry of
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Line 9 (Beijing Subway)


2007, with a planned opening date of 2010 and the original northern section between Baishiqiao to Beijing West Station was further delayed until 2012, making an opening before the Olympics unlikely. On December 31st, 2011 the , nine-station southern section from Guogongzhuang to Beijing West railway station opened. At the time the line was only connected to the Fangshan Line, isolated from the rest of the Beijing Subway network. Passengers had to transfer to shuttle buses that connected to the main subway network to continue their journey., making the
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Qinghe railway station


Qinghe railway station () is a railway station in Beijing. The station was closed on October 31, 2016 to be rebuilt into a new high-speed railway station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway opening in 2019. Qinghe Railway Station is planned as an infill station on existing Line 13, Beijing Subway. It will be opened at the end of 2019. The station for Line 13 is at-grade, located inside the railway station. South extension of Changping line of Beijing Subway will also stop at this station
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Beijing underground cross-city railway


The Beijing underground cross-city railway is a short railway connection in Beijing. The speed limit is 120 km/h. It connects the important transportation hubs Beijing railway station and Beijing West railway station via a tunnel. It also connects lines from southern and western areas with lines from northeast China. The railway has a length span of , and has been officially operational since March 20, 2015. It is used by conventional railway lines such as K7752 from Shijiazhuang to Chengde via Beijing West railway station and Beijing railway station.
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Beijing railway station


Beijing railway station (), or simply Beijing station (), 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
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Yizhuang railway station


Yizhuang railway station () is a railway station on the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway in Taihu town, Tongzhou District, Beijing. It lies right next to the Taihu Toll Gate on the S15 Jingjin Expressway. It has been fully built but no trains currently stop at the railway station. Currently, the railway station is not opened. The railway station is served by a subway station of the same name on Yizhuang line of the Beijing Subway. The subway station was opened on December 30, 2018. Note: the Yizhuang
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Beijing South railway station


Beijingnan (Beijing South) railway station () is a large railway station (mainly serving high speed trains) in Fengtai District, Beijing, about south of central Beijing, between the 2nd and 3rd ring roads. The station in its present form opened on 1 August 2008 and replaced the old Beijing South station, originally known as Majiapu railway station and later renamed Yongdingmen railway station, which stood 500 metres away. The old station was in use from 1897 to 2006. The new Beijing South railway station is the city's
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Transport in Beijing


. Beijing North has been temporary closed for the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway, and the intercity railway including the Beijing North railway station will be opened by the end of 2019. All trains departing there are moved to Changping North railway station and Beijing Suburban Railway moved to Huangtudian railway station. Beijing is a major railway hub in China's railway network. The following eight major railways radiate out of Beijing: The city also hosts a number of high speed railway lines: Further high speed connections being proposed include links
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Beijing West railway station


"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
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Beijing–Guangzhou railway


purpose-built stations, rather than the older stations served by the "original" Beijing–Guangzhou railway. The Wuhan to Guangzhou section of the high-speed railway opened in 2009, and the Beijing to Wuhan section opened in 2012. As consecutive sections of the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway became operational, the railway authorities shifted a large portion of passenger traffic from the original Beijing–Guangzhou railway to the new high-speed line. This allowed an increase in the amount of freight volume transported over the original
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Beijing South railway station


There is also a service to Northeast China. In July 2013, travel time to Hangzhou was cut by one hour for direct services that skip Shanghai. Beijing South Railway Station is a subway station on Line 4 and Line 14 of the Beijing Subway in China. It is located under the building of Beijing South railway station. The station opened on 28 September 2009, when the whole Line 4 was put in operation. The station on average has 135,000 entrances and exits per day. Beijing South Railway Station is an underground station
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Beijing–Kowloon railway


The Beijing–Jiujiang–Kowloon railway, also known as the Jingjiu railway () is a railway connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Shenzhen Station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It is connected with Hong Kong's East Rail across the border which terminates at Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon. It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Shenzhen (and thereupon with Kowloon through the KCR East Rail) through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong
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Zhengzhou railway station


Zhengzhou railway station () is a passenger railway station in Erqi District, Zhengzhou, Henan. It is located in the city center, about 1 km southwest to the Erqi Memorial Tower. As the junction of the important Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Longhai Railway, the station is one of the busiest in China, and is called as "the heart of Chinese railway network". Opened in 1904, it was a station on the Beijing-Hankou Railway (now part of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway). At the beginning
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Xuzhou East railway station


Xuzhou East railway station (; also called Xuzhoudong) is a station dedicated for high-speed railways in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. It is served by the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway and Xuzhou-Lanzhou high-speed railway (Eurasia Continental Bridge passageway). The new station for high-speed rail services was officially put into use on June 30, 2011. It is located at the approximate halfway point between Beijing and Shanghai on the Beijing-Shanghai railway. The station will integrate a
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Shijiazhuang railway station


The Shijiazhuang railway station () is the main railway station of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province of the People's Republic of China. Over the city's history, the name has been applied to several different facilities located in the main Beijing-Guangzhou railway corridor. The current Shijiazhuang railway station was opened in December 2012; it is one of the very few stations in this railway corridor that serve both the ("conventional") Beijing–Guangzhou Railway and the new Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway. Besides
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Nanjing


Reconstruction of the station was finished on September 1, 2005. Nanjing South Railway Station, which is one of the 5 hub stations on Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, has officially been claimed as the largest railway station in Asia and the second largest in the world in terms of GFA (Gross Floor Area). Construction of Nanjing South Station began on 10 January 2008. The station was opened for public service in 2011. As an important regional hub in the Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing is well-connected by
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Yangquan


, No. 25, No. 402 bus to Yangquan Railway Station. In 2009, Xinshi Taixue was completed and opened to traffic, and the newly built Yangquan North Railway Station was officially put into use. Most of the trains that used to stop at Yangquan Station were changed to the North Station. Yangquan has also become the second city in Shanxi to have a high-speed train. Yangquan North Station has opened high-speed rail or express trains directly to Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang
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Xuzhou railway station


Xuzhou railway station () is a railway station at the intersection of the north-south Beijing–Shanghai railway and the east-west Longhai Railway. The station is located in Yunlong District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. The station was opened in 1910 as Xuzhou Fu railway station () on Tianjin–Pukou railway (, now part of Beijing–Shanghai railway). In 1915, the station was connected with Longhai railway. In 1927, the station was renamed as Xuzhou railway station and was later renamed as Tongshan
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Xingtai East railway station


The Xingtai East railway station () is a railway station on the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway located in Xingtai County, Xingtai, Hebei. The station was opened on 26 December 2012, together with the Beijing-Zhengzhou section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway. The station has 4 platforms (2 island platforms) and 6 tracks, of which 2 are through tracks. Platform 1 and 2 are for southbound trains and Platform 3 and 4 are
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Kaifeng railway station


Kaifeng railway station () is a station on Longhai railway in Kaifeng, Henan. In 1905, the construction of Kaifeng-Luoyang railway (the first section of the Longhai railway) started in order to connect Kaifeng, the province capital at that time, to the Beijing-Hankou railway at Zhengzhou. The Kaifeng-Zhengzhou section of the Kaifeng-Luoyang railway started operation in 1907, making the station the first station opened on Longhai railway (Zhengzhou railway station was regarded to be on the Beijing-Hankou railway then)
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Beijing railway station


just outside Zhengyangmen (also known as Qianmen), a gate in the city wall directly south of Tiananmen Square. The Zhengyangmen railway station was built in 1901 and served as the terminus of the Kaiping Tramway and Imperial Railways of North China, also known as the Beijing–Shanhaiguan Railway until 1959 when the station closed after the opening of the current Beijing railway station and has become part of the China Railway Museum. To commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Central Committee of the
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Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway


from 70 to 30 minutes. A second phase of construction extended this line from Tianjin to Yujiapu railway station in the Binhai New Area was opened on September 20, 2015. The line is projected to approach operating capacity in the first half of 2016. Anticipating this, a second parallel line, Beijing–Binhai intercity railway, commenced construction on December 29, 2015. Beijing–Binhai intercity railway will run from Beijing Sub-Center railway station to Binhai railway station via Baodi and Tianjin Binhai International Airport, along a new route
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Beijing West railway station


Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as "West Station" (), 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 an area of 510,000 m, 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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Shenzhen


Shenzhen North railway station opened in 2011 in Longhua. The station is currently handling high-speed trains to Guangzhou South, Guangzhou North, Changsha, Wuhan, Beijing and intermediate stations on the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong HSR. Shenzhen East railway station was opened in December 2012. It was originally called Buji station after the suburb it is located and was a Grade 3 station along the Guangshen railway with no passenger services. Now after massive renovations, it currently handles mostly regional rail services. Pingshan railway station was
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Zhengding Airport railway station


The Zhengding Airport railway station () is a station on the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway. It is located in Xinchengpu Town in Hebei's Zhengding County, near Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport. The station was opened on 26 December 2012, together with the Beijing-Zhengzhou section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway. During the first three months of 2013, passengers flying to Shijiazhuang were provided with free train tickets to station such as and . Passengers arriving
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Line 10 (Beijing Subway)


Station 300m north to its current position and Mengjiacun 100m north to be renamed as Fengtai Railway Station. The original station shells were demolished and new stations built in their respective new locations. Niwa station started reconstruction in February 2012, while Fengtai railway station started on April 11, 2012. This made the late 2012 opening date for that section of Line 10 highly unlikely and was postponed to the next year. On December 30, 2012, the first section of Phase II, consisting of the southern and western sides of
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Beijing Daxing International Airport


of 350 km/h. The airport to Beijing section is expected to open in September 2019, while the airport to Xiong'an section in late 2020. It will take 20 minutes from Beijing West railway station to the new airport. Another intercity railway, the Intercity Railway Connector, will connect Langfang, Yizhuang, Beijing Sub-administrative Center in Tongzhou District and Beijing Capital International Airport to the new airport. Phase I of the intercity railway connector (New Airport to Langfang East railway station) is under construction. Phase 1 of
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Baoding railway station


Beijing, was chosen as the starting point of the railway because the Empress Dowager Cixi forbid the construction of railroads within 20 km from the City of Beijing. This section of the railway, called the Lubao section, was 132.7 km long, and was the first section of the Luhan Railway. Track laying was completed in January 1899. On 22 January 1899, Baodingfu Station () was opened, and the section of the railway began operation on 1 February. At its opening, the station consisted of a waiting hall,
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Shijiazhuang railway station


time for the opening of the Beijing–Shijiazhuang and Shijiazhuang–Zhengzhou sections of the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway. To avoid confusion between the pre- and post-2012 stations of the same name, they are sometimes referred to as the "Old (老) Shijiazhuang Station" and the "New (新) Shijiazhuang Station". Unlike most other cities along the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, where the high-speed line is routed away from city centers, and high-speed train stations are separate (
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2022 Winter Olympics


city to hold test events. The new Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway will be built, starting from Beijing North railway station, and ending at Zhangjiakou railway station. It will be built for speeds of up to 350 km/h (217 mph), and travel time from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is estimated to be around 50 minutes. The Beijing Subway is expected to continue expanding and is projected reach in length by 2022. A new airport for Beijing and the surrounding region, Beijing Daxing International Airport, is due to open
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Beijing railway station


To alleviate the transport pressure on the Beijing railway station, the Beijing Municipal Government and the Ministry of Railways in 1980 started the planning and construction of Beijing's second passenger station and hence the Beijing West railway station was completed in 1996, which provided transportation links for the Beijing–Guangzhou Railway and Beijing–Kowloon Railway helped alleviate pressure on the Beijing railway station - this led to a reduction in passenger traffic for the Beijing railway station to twenty million people。 Since 1976, the Beijing railway station had begun a series of upgrades
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Kakogawa Station


There are three island platforms with six tracks elevated. The station opened on December 23, 1888 when the Sanyō Railway extended from to . On April 1, 1913, Banshū Railway (now Kakogawa Line) opened its terminal named Kakogawachō, which was merged into Kakogawa Station later (the railway company's application was posted on the Official Gazette ("Kanpō") on May 14, 1915, but the actual date of the merger is unknown). The Banshū Railway also opened the line later named the Takasago Line originating from
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Jinan West railway station


The Jinan West railway station () is a high-speed railway station in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is served by the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway and Shijiazhuang-Jinan High Speed Railway which mainly serve the Beijing to Shanghai passengers, and was opened for high-speed rail service on 30 June 2011. New services to Ningbo, Fuzhou, Wuhan and Changsha were added on 1 July 2013. The West Railway station is located about 20 kilometers to the west of
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Line 14 (Beijing Subway)


. Chaoyang Park station opened on 31 December 2016. Pingleyuan station opened on 30 December 2017. , , and in the East section are not yet operational. The Middle section (also known as the Lize section) from to Beijing South railway station is under construction. Line 14 is the first metro line in Beijing to use high-capacity wide-body A-Type trains. These trains were designed in nine months by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. and there are now 38 six-car A-Type trains operating
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Line 12 (Beijing Subway)


Line 12 of the Beijing Subway () is rapid transit line under construction in Beijing. The line is 29.6 km with 21 stations. It is fully underground. The line will be opened in 2021. The line will use 8-car Type A rolling stock. Line 12's route has undergone substantial changes on the planners' drawing board. In the late 1990s, one draft of the subway plan showed Line 12 running from the Beijing South railway station to Huangcun. The Beijing South railway station was then built with subway platforms for
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Transport in Beijing


capacity of 100 million passengers per year. Other airports in the city include Liangxiang Airport, Nanyuan Airport, Xijiao Airport and Badaling Airport. However, these are less well-known. Beijing has three main railway stations: Beijing railway station, Beijing West railway station and Beijing South railway station. The latter two are among the biggest railway stations in the world. Other railway stations in urban Beijing include: Beijing East, Fengtai, Guang'anmen, Changping North railway station and Xinghuo. The Hepingli railway station is no longer in service
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China Railway Museum


2008 in a building to includes the clock-tower of the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station of the Jingfeng Railway (), just southeast of the Tian'anmen Square. The rest of the building is entirely new-build, dating from the 1979 construction of Beijing Subway Line 4, which required the rest of the old station to be demolished. The historic facade was then reconstructed, in mirror-image, on the opposite (right hand) side of the clock tower. In October 2010, Beijing Railway Museum was renamed to
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Wuqing railway station


Wuqing railway station is on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway in Tianjin, China. It is the only midway stop presently open to intercity railway traffic. The only trains calling at Wuqing are those with train numbers between C2201 and C2268. Wuqing railway station is 5 km away from Yangcun railway station, where non-express trains stop. There are no frequent public transport links between the two stations. Platform 1 is for trains heading to Tianjin, while Platform 2 serves trains to Beijing South. Two tracks run through the centre
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Beijing railway station


lines (notably the railway line linking Beijing to Moscow and to Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK), amongst others), also depart from this station. The Beijing Subway's first line used to terminate at Beijing railway station from 1969 to 1981. The subway station is now a stop on Line 2. More than 30 Beijing bus and Beijing trolleybus routes stop at or near the railway station. The Beijing railway station's predecessor was the Zhengyangmen railway station, also called the Beijing station, which was located due west,
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Lyttelton railway station


. The first train to Lyttelton was a freight consist headed by the provincial railways No. 3 locomotive, which ran through the tunnel to Lyttelton the week of 25 November, two weeks before the official opening of the tunnel and the station. The first passenger train arrived at Lyttelton on 9 December 1867, the date the station was officially opened. After opening, operations settled down to a schedule of three mixed return services for daily runs between Lyttelton and Christchurch. Passenger traffic on the preceding Ferrymead line had been very light,
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Changsha railway station


Changsha railway station () is a metro station and a railway station of Beijing–Guangzhou Railway. The station is located in Furong District, Changsha, Hunan, China. The station is served by Changsha Metro Line 2. The station opened in 1912, and was re-constructed in 1977. Changsha station is a railway station in Kaifu District, Changsha, Hunan, China, operated by CR Guangzhou. It opened its services on 1912. Railway Station is a subway station in Furong, Changsha, Hunan, China,
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Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway


so. Guangzhounan Station is already served by Guangzhou Metro and Beijingxi Station served by Beijing Metro. Wuhan Station is served by Wuhan Metro's Line 4 and Zhengzhoudong Station by Zhengzhou Metro's Line 1, both of which opened in December 2013, and Shijiazhuang Station by Shijiazhuang Metro's Line 3, opened in June 2017. Guangzhounan Station and Wuhan Station are designed as hubs for several high-speed railway (HSR) lines. Frequent service to Zhuhai is available at Guangzhou South, while a connection to Yichang can be made at
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Line 7 (Beijing Subway)


has 21 stations, currently 20 stations are opened (Shuangjing on Line 7 is not opened yet). It is planned to have 9 more stations after Phase II (Eastern extension) opened in December 2019. The line uses 8-car Type B trains. The line was originally slated to have 15 stations, from the Beijing West railway station to Baiziwan. A revised plan approved by the Planning Committee of the Beijing Municipal government called for 21 stations over , ending in Jiaohuachang. Line 6 was originally conceived in 1973 as a "
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Zhengzhou East railway station


former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The station began construction on 29 June 2009 and was opened on 28 September 2012, together with the opening of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong HSR (Zhengzhou-Wuhan section). On 26 December 2012, the high-speed train services to Beijing was started with the completion of the Beijing-Zhengzhou section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong HSR. It takes about only 2.5 hours from the station to Beijing West by
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Line 4 (Beijing Subway)


silicon village, before turning east at the National Library of China and passing the Beijing Zoo en route to Xizhimen. After entering the 2nd Ring Road at Xizhimen, Line 4 resumes southwards at Xinjiekou and traverses the old city through Xisi, Xidan, Xuanwumen, Caishikou, and Taoranting Park. It passes the city's high-speed rail link at the Beijing South railway station before reaching the terminus at Gongyixiqiao. Construction began 2004 but delays have pushed back the opening date by two years to September 28, 2009. The following
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Baoding


Baoding with Tianjin, which is one out of two nearest ports (Huanghua is the other one). The Jingguang Railway provides frequent services to Beijing West railway station. On 30 December 2012, a new Baoding station was opened, while the old train station was closed for passengers. Baoding East railway station lies to the east on the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway. Baoding is headquarters of the 38th Mechanized Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that
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Shalingzi West railway station


The Shalingzi West railway station () is a railway station on the Beijing–Baotou railway located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei which was initially meant only for freight traffic and was only opened for civilian use in late 2017 to service the trains that were originally meant to arrive and depart from Zhangjiakou South railway station. Shalingzi West railway station was opened on December 30, 2015. At the time, it only handled the technical operation of freight trains. The Zhangtang railway freight engineers used this station to switch shifts. The upstream railway station
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Date Station


Date Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 281.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. Date Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended. The station opened on April 1, 1895, as . It was renamed Date on December 1, 1914. The current station building was completed in 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April
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China Railway Museum


The China Railway Museum () is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives that have operated on the railways of the People's Republic of China. The museum offers a total exhibition space of 16500m² and 8 exhibition tracks. The museum is located in Chaoyang District of Beijing City, some 15 km northeast of downtown Beijing, inside the circular test track that is part of the . It also has a branch in downtown Beijing, in the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station near Tian'anmen Square. The Beijing Railway Museum () was opened in
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Xiong'an


, composed of 60 villages in Rongcheng and Anxin. The New Area would plan to be eventually expanded to 2000 km in the future. Baiyang Lake, northern China's largest freshwater wetland, is also included within the new area. Xiong'an New Area consists of 3 counties: Baigou railway station and Baiyangdian railway station, on Tianjin–Baoding intercity railway, are within reach. Xiong'an railway station, on the Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, will open in 2020. It will be served by the newly constructed Beijing Daxing International Airport
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Daqing


railway stations: Daqing station, Daqing West station (formerly Ranghulu railway station) and Daqing East station. Trains from Daqing connect the city with Beijing, Harbin, Dalian and several other cities in China. The newly-built Harbin–Qiqihar Intercity Railway has stops at both Daqing West station and Daqing East station. Daqing Sartu Airport was opened on 1 September 2009. There are flights to several large cities including Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai. Daqing is linked to the national highway network through the
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Barlaston railway station


Barlaston railway station served the village of Barlaston in Staffordshire, England. This station was opened on 17 April 1848 and is on the first line opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on that date. Trains no longer stop at Barlaston. The to local service was withdrawn when the route was temporarily closed for major refurbishment on 23 May 2004 as part of the West Coast Main Line Modernisation scheme and never reinstated. Passengers are now served by bus service No 14 and 14X operated by D&G Bus, which acts as the station's official
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Beijing North railway station


Beijingbei (Beijing North) railway station (), formerly known as Xizhimen railway station (), is a railway station in Beijing. It was built in 1905 as one of the original stations on the Jingzhang Railway, now part of the old Beijing-Baotou Line. Currently, the station is closed for renovation. Starting in December 2019, the station will become the terminus of the high-speed Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway. The station will be closed from November 1, 2016 to sometime in 2019 for renovation work
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Line 14 (Beijing Subway)


in the southwest corner of the city to Shangezhuang in the northeast corner. When fully completed, Line 14 will be in length and have 36 stations. The West section stations from to on the southwest corner of the Line 10 loop, opened on May 5, 2013. An infill station on west section, Qilizhuang station opened on February 15, 2014. For the East section: The stations from to opened on December 28, 2014. And the stations from to Beijing South railway station, opened on December 26, 2015
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Beijing–Binhai intercity railway


Beijing–Binhai intercity railway (Jingbin intercity railway), also known as the Second Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway, is a new high-speed railway located between the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin. It will run from Beijing Sub-Center railway station to Binhai railway station. The first half of this project will be built as part of the Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway until Baodi South railway station, where the line branches south along new trackage to Tianjin. Together with the Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway, this railways forms
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Dalian North railway station


Dalianbei (North) railway station is a railway station of the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Dalian, in the Liaoning province of China. Construction of the station started on April 1, 2010 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 part of the newly opened Harbin–Dalian High-Speed Railway. The station cost 1.54 billion yuan to construct.
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Danyang railway station


high-speed trains on the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity High-Speed Railway. Danyang North railway station lies on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. The station opened in 1907. The current "old" station was built in 1958, to replace the original station, which was made necessary by the rebuilding of a branch of the Grand Canal. The new station was opened in 1 July 2010 with the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway. It has two platform tracks and two passing tracks. The old station has been
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Beijing South railway station


largest station, and is one of the largest in Asia. It joins the main Beijing railway station and the Beijing West railway station as one of three main passenger rail hubs in the Chinese capital. It serves as the terminus for high-speed trains on the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway and Beijing–Shanghai high-speed Railway which can reach speeds up to . CRH night sleepers to and from Shanghai also depart from this station. The station integrates two Beijing Subway line stations, bus hubs (including an airport shuttle bus
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Tianjin West railway station


The Tianjinxi (West) Railway Station () is a high-speed railway station in Tianjin. It is served by the Beijing–Shanghai railway and Jinbao Intercity Railway and by the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. In 2008, renovation and expansion works of the station began, in tandem with the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway. After the completion of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway, and in anticipation for services of the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, Tianjin West's platforms were increased
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Xizhimen station


Xizhimen Station () is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside this station is Beijing North railway station. Line 2 opened on September 20, 1984; Line 13 opened on January 28, 2003; and Line 4 opened on September 28, 2009. With the addition of Line 13 and Line 4, Xizhimen Station became the second 3-way transfer station (the first was Dongzhimen Station, being the intersection of Line 2, Line 13, and Airport Express).
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Banavie Pier railway station


transported to Banavie from Inverness. The official closure date for the passenger service was 4 September 1939 however the last train actually ran on 15 September. Freight services ceased on 6 August 1951. The first "Banavie Junction" was located on the West Highland Railway around one mile east of Fort William railway station and was opened on 1 June 1895 when the branch line to Banavie Pier was opened. When the Mallaig Extension Railway opened on 30 March 1901 the junction was renamed "Mallaig Junction" however a second 'new' "
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Yanqing railway station


Yanqing railway station () is the terminus of the Yanqing Branch of the Line S2 of the Beijing Suburban Railway. Services travel to Yanqing railway station from Beijing North railway station. The station contains ticket vending machines, a waiting room, and a bus station. Access to the platforms is controlled by Beijing Yikatong card readers. As of 2015, the S2 schedule shows 16 trains to Beijing North railway station each weekday, with travel times ranging from 1:35 hours to 2:01 hours. Yanqing railway station is expected to be expanded in
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Hung Hom station


now of both railways. To minimise confusion after the opening of Hong Kong West Kowloon, China Railway renamed the station on its systems to Hong Kong Hung Hom (previously Jiulong / Kowloon) on 1 April 2019. Platforms 5 and 6 are used by China Railway for cross-border trains to Beijing West (Beijing–Kowloon line), Shanghai (Shanghai–Kowloon line), and Guangzhou East (Guangzhou–Kowloon line). Currently an interchange station between the West Rail line and East Rail line, Hung Hom station
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Suzhou


railway (mostly "conventional" trains to points throughout China) and the Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway (high-speed D- and G-series trains providing frequent service primarily between Shanghai and Nanjing). It takes only 25 minutes to reach Shanghai railway station on the fastest G-series trains and less than 2 hours to Nanjing. The Suzhou North railway station, a few kilometers to the north, is on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (opened 2011), served by high-speed trains to Beijing
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Line 9 (Beijing Subway)


/ref Line 9 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit line in western Beijing. The line runs from the in Haidian District to in Fengtai District with 13 stations. All stations are fully underground. Line 9's color is chartreuse. In 1989, the State Council decided to build Beijing West railway station on the Beijing-Kowloon railway. Subway planning had determined that Beijing West railway station would be the interchange between Lines 7 and 9. However, no provision for an interchange station was added in the railway station
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Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway


Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway is a high-speed railway connecting Beijing and Tangshan in eastern Hebei. Construction on the railway was originally scheduled to start in 2009 but the completion has been delayed after a nationwide rail review following the 2011 Wenzhou Rail Incident. Construction was eventually started on December 29, 2015. From Beijing Sub-Center railway station to Baodi South railway station, the Beijing–Binhai intercity railway will share its northern segment with the Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway before continuing southeast-ward to Binhai Railway Station. The
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Beijing–Shanhaiguan railway


The Beijing–Shanhaiguan railway, named the Jingshan Railway () or the Jingyu Railway (), is a branch railway that runs from the capital city of Beijing to the Shanhaiguan District of Qinhuangdao via Tianjin. It contains a total of 22 stations. The railway passes through the following cities: In Beijing, the railway leaves Beijing railway station and branches off to form other railways, including the Beijing–Kowloon, Beijing–Guangzhou, and Fengtai–Shacheng railways. In Tianjin, it intersects with the Tianjin–Ji County
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Fengtai railway station


Fengtai railway station () is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. The station has been closed since June 2010 in preparation for the construction of the new Fengtai railway station, which is expected to have a similar scale to Beijing South railway station. The new railway station will be served by both high-speed railway and conventional speed railway and will be the largest railway station in Asia. It is also likely to serve as one of the terminal stations of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong
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Changchun railway station


Changchun station () is a railway station of Beijing–Harbin Railway, Harbin–Dalian Railway, Changchun–Tumen Railway, Changchun–Baicheng Railway and Changchun–Jilin Intercity Railway. The station is located in Changchun, in the Jilin province of China. It is served by Changchun Rail Transit Line Line 1, Line 3 and Line 4. The station opened in 1907. The new station building was constructed in 1994. In 2014, renovations were completed on an expanded station, with additional tracks and a new north building
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Nanjing West railway station


Nanjing West railway station () is a railway station in Nanjing, China. Originally named Nanjing railway station, it was first opened in 1908. as the end point of the Shanghai–Nanjing Railway (a section of the Beijing–Shanghai Railway). Later, it also became the starting point of the Nanjing–Tongling Railway. Located in Nanjing's Xiaguan District, near the southern bank of the Yangtze River, opposite Nanjing North railway station on the northern side of the river (in Pukou), the station was
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Changsha South railway station


Changsha South railway station () is a metro station and a railway station of Wuguang Passenger Railway and Hukun Passenger Railway. The station is located in Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is a hub and the connecting point of Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, Shanghai–Kunming High-Speed Railway and the proposed Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing High-Speed Railway. The station, located in Lituo Street, Yuhua District, was opened Dec 26, 2009. The designer of
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Nanjing South railway station


Lines 1, 3, S1 and S3. Construction on the station began on 10 January 2008, and the station opened on 28 June 2011, two days before the opening of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. It is one of the world's largest railway stations in terms of GFA (Gross Floor Area), at , nearly six times larger than the pre-existing Nanjing railway station to the north, with five floor allowing for a zero-distance transfer to Nanjing Metro, and Airport bus lines.
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Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway


, Guan’gou, and Badaling. On May 31, they reached Zhangjiakou and tried to find a site for the Zhangjiakou Station. Before deciding the final location of the station, Zhan visited Governor-General of Chahar Pu Ting (溥颋) and other local officials. Construction began on October 2, 1905, in three sections. This section was 55 km long, starting from Bridge 60 of Beijing-Fengtian Railway (京奉铁路) located in the east of Fengtai Station in Liucun (柳村). When building the section, the
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Shenyang North railway station


Shenyangbei (North) railway station () is a railway station on several railways: the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway, Jingha railway, Hada Railway, Qinshen Passenger Railway, Shenda Railway, Shenji Railway, Jingha Passenger Dedicated Line and Hada Passenger Railway. It is located in Shenyang, in the Liaoning province of China. The station opened in 1911. Shenyang North railway station was formerly the "Liaoning main station" (遼寧總站) before 1946 and colloquially known as the "Old North
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Line 1 (Beijing Subway)


just beyond the 4th Ring Road. The line passes through Xidan, Wangfujing and Dongdan, among other important commercial centers of Xicheng and Dongcheng Districts, as well as the Beijing CBD near the China World Trade Center. The line's total operational length is . It has 23 stations in operation. All stations except for Sihui and Sihui East are underground. The first section of subway in Beijing officially started trial operation on January 15, 1971. It was long and ran between Beijing railway station to which today is a section of
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Line 2 (Beijing Subway)


Line 2 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit rail line in central Beijing that runs in a rectangular loop around the city centre. The line traces the Ming dynasty inner city wall, which was demolished and paved over by the 2nd Ring Road and Qianmen Avenue. Line 2, opened in 1984, is the second oldest and one of the busiest of Beijing's subway lines and the only one to serve the Beijing railway station. All 18 stations on the line are under ground. Ten of the 18 stations
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Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway


from Beijing North railway station the line will pass Qinghe railway station, Shahe railway station, Changping railway station. It will entering a tunnel under the Great Wall and with a new station, Badaling Great Wall railway station, this will avoid the famous switchback, zigzag conventional railway line. North of this tunnel will connect the branch to Yanqing railway station in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games venues there. After entering Hebei provincial territory, there will be a new station at Donghuayuan North railway station, travelling along the Beijing-
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Beijing Design Week


initiative of the Ministry of Education of the PRC, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC, the Ministry of Culture of the PRC, and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality. It is undertaken by Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group and Beijing Industrial Design Center. Beijing Design Week 2014 is scheduled to run from 26th Sep – 3rd Oct. The opening ceremony and the Beijing Design Awards mark the beginning of Beijing Design Week. The Design Awards honor organizations, individuals or pieces that excel in encouraging social progress, cultural development
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Beijing


West had 232 trains and Beijing South had 163. The Beijing North railway station, first built in 1909 and expanded in 2009, had 22 trains. Smaller stations in the city including Beijing East railway station handle mainly commuter passenger traffic. The Fengtai railway station has been closed for renovation. In outlying suburbs and counties of Beijing, there are over 40 railway stations. From Beijing, direct passenger train service is available to most large cities in China. International train service is available to Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and North Korea
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Tarago railway station


Junction to Bungendore section was awarded to W S Topham & J Angus (tramway contractors) on 3 October 1882. The contract for construction of a station building, Station Master's residence, and goods shed is recorded as being let to G. & C. Horn on 17 December 1883 and Tarago as being officially opened on 3 January 1884. The exact date that the station building and other original buildings were completed is unclear, but it is likely that it was much later than the official opening of January 1884 - either that or
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Beijing Subway


become the third longest metro in revenue track length with the extension of Line 8 north from the Olympic Green to Huilongguan, the opening of Line 9 in southwest Beijing from Beijing West railway station to (except Fengtai Dongdajie station, which opened on October 12, 2012), the extension of the Fangshan Line to Guogongzhuang, and the extension of Line 15 from to in central Shunyi. In the same year, the Beijing government unveiled an ambitious expansion plan envisioning the subway network to reach a track density of 0.51 km per km
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Uyghurs in Beijing


Beijing, more Uyghurs arrived, opening street stands that sold kebabs and dried fruit. They were active around the Beijing railway station, Beijing Zoo, Ganjiakou, Weigongcun, Renmin University and Haidian township. The first Xinjiang restaurants opened near Ganjiakou at Beishagou and Weigongcun in the mid-1980s. These neighborhoods developed into the first ethnic Uyghur enclaves in modern Beijing. Beishagou is located about 300 meters north of the Ganjiakou Department Store, close to the Xinjiang Office in Beijing. The first Xinjiang wonton restaurant opened here in 1984 and there were 15
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T17/18 Beijing-Mudanjiang Through Train


The T17/18 Beijing-Mudanjiang Through Train (Chinese:T17/18次北京到牡丹江特快速列车) is a railway running between Beijing to Mudanjiang. It carries express passenger trains by the Harbin Railway Bureau, Mudanjiang passenger segment responsible for passenger transport task, Mudanjiang originating on the Beijing train. 25K Passenger trains running along the Jingha Railway and Binsui Railway cross Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing and other areas, covering 1552 km. Beijing railway station to Mudanjiang railway station require 16 hours and 50 minutes, while Mudanjiang railway station to Beijing
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Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway


to the northeast of the Beijing–Tianjin ICR. (The line use the same track as Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway between Beijing Sub-Center railway station and Baodi.) From Beijing South railway station, the line runs in a southeasterly direction, following the Beijing–Tianjin–Tanggu Expressway to Tianjin. It has three intermediate stations at Yizhuang, Yongle (not yet fully built) and Wuqing. The line currently uses the Jinshan Railway for some extended services to Tanggu. The service has peak speed between cities. As
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Hefei–Bengbu high-speed railway


Hefei–Bengbu high-speed railway (or the Hefei–Bengbu section of the Beijing–Taipei high-speed rail corridor) is a high-speed rail line between Hefei and Bengbu in Anhui province. It is a part of the future Jingfu line connecting Beijing and Fuzhou, Fujian. Construction started in January 2009. The railway was opened on October 16, 2012. With the fastest (G-series) trains on the new line, the travel time from Hefei to Beijing South railway station is only four hours
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Beijing–Qinhuangdao railway


The Beijing–Qinhuangdao railway, also known as the Jingqin Line () is a branch railway which connects the capital of China, Beijing, with the coastal city of Qinhuangdao. The railway spans a total of and has a total of nine stations in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province. The Jingqin railway was built from 1982 to 1985 with development assistance financing from Japan. The railway passes through the following cities: After departing the Beijing railway station, the line branches off to form the Beijing–Shanhaiguan railway, a
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Peel Road railway station


reflect the fact that it was the railway's station closest to Peel, although it is also thought that the original title was derisory to the local inhabitants and the railway had received a number of requests to re-title the station. At one time there was a sharply curving siding off the running line which facilitated the collection of stone from the nearby quarry, but the opening and closure dates are unknown. The station was officially closed in and removed from all timetable literature after this point. Trains did however still stop at
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Alloa railway station


end of September 2006. It was originally projected that the station would reopen to passenger traffic in the Summer of 2007 but this date was then put back to allow for the upgrading of a level crossing. The official opening took place on Thursday, 15 May 2008. Passenger use of the new railway station has greatly exceeded forecasts and since re-opening the service has been improved by increasing evening and Sunday frequencies from two-hourly to hourly and by adding the peak hour service to Edinburgh in 2009. In its first year
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Kunming North railway station


. However, the service was terminated again in December 2017 due to the construction of Kunming Metro line 4. The Yunnan Railway Museum (云南铁路博物馆, "Yunnan Tielu Bowuguan") is adjacent to the station's tracks. As of 2012, most of the museum is closed due to the Kunming Metro construction and the replacement of the terminal building, but its historical railcar exhibit is still open. In Sep. 2014, the museum was completely reopened to the public. Historic railcars and locomotives are settled in a trainshed across from the
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Baoding railway station


Baoding railway station () is a railway station located on Beijing–Guangzhou railway and Tianjin–Baoding intercity railway in Baoding, Hebei, China. The station is a Class 1 station administered and operated by China Railway Beijing Group. About 120 trains stop at this station every day. In April 1897, construction of the Lugou Bridge–Baoding section of the Luhan Railway (also known as Jinghan Railway, now the northern section of Beijing–Guangzhou railway) began. Lugou Bridge, precisely 20 km away from the City of
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Binhai railway station


Binhai railway station (), formerly Yujiapu railway station, is an underground railway station of Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway located in Binhai, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It serves the Yujiapu Financial District, an area with many new skyscrapers. It is considered as one of the four main rail transportation hubs for Tianjin with Tianjin, Tianjin West and Binhai West railway station. Construction was completed on August 8, 2015 and it was opened to traffic on September 20, 2015. It is to be served by the
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Sub-Central line


Sub-Central Line () is a line of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR). It runs from Beijing West railway station in Fengtai District to Qiaozhuang East railway station in Tongzhou District. It provides faster service to reach Beijing's sub-administrative center in Tongzhou from central Beijing. The line is currently in length with 5 stations and one additional station is planned to reach Yamenkou. Beijing West, Beijing, Beijing East, and Tongzhou started the Sub-Central line service on December 31, 2017. Qiaozhuang East started the
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Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station


Riedel" companies. When the Jannowitz Bridge was rebuilt (1881–1883), the suburban station of the same name was opened on the Berlin Stadtbahn (“city railway”) viaduct next to the Spree river. The opening date is officially stated to be 7 February 1882. Since the station was just an open platform with a canopy, passengers were exposed to the weather and the smoke of the locomotives. In 1885, the station was given its first weather protection in the form of a wall of glass, which was built
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Beijing South railway station


the station. Beijing South Station is the terminal for two China Railway High-speed (CRH) railway lines. The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway has frequent service to Tianjin. The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway runs trains to Jinan, Nanjing, and Shanghai, with several trains continuing to Hangzhou and Ningbo. This railway also has services to Qingdao (via the Jiao'ao–Jinan branch), Hefei (via the Bengbu–Hefei branch) and Fuzhou (via the Hefei–Fuzhou High-Speed Railway).
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Harbin West railway station


Harbinxi (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 of space. There is a weather shed. Ten platforms of some 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
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Shijiazhuang


departing from Shijiazhuang, including destinations such as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Dalian. The airport serves 12 international destinations including four routes to Russia. The airport is being expanded and will be capable of being an alternate airport to Beijing Capital International Airport. With the opening of the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway at the end of 2012, the airport got its own train station, making available fast, although infrequent, train service between the airport and Shijiazhuang Railway Station, as well as other stations in the region. Most large
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Line 9 (Beijing Subway)


's design. The railway station was completed in 1996. 15 years later Beijing West Station was rebuilt and expanded with provisions added to the basement of the station for Lines 7 and 9. In 2002, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was proposed that the first section of Line 9 should be built between Baishiqiao and Beijing West railway station (today's National Library to Beijing West railway station section). The entire length of the proposed line was 5.8 kilometers. However, the line only started construction in April
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