Beijing North Railway Station, formerly known as Xizhimen Station, was built in 1905, the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty.In 1988, it was officially renamed Beijing North Railway Station.In 2007, the new building of Beijing North Railway Station was officially opened.On January 16, 2009, Beijing North Railway Station was officially put into operation.On November 1, 2016, affected by the construction of Beijing Zhangjiakou High speed Railway, Beijing North Railway Station suspended its passenger transport business, and the original passenger transport business was transferred toHuangtulian StationandChangping North Station[3]。On December 30, 2019, Beijing Zhangjiakou High speed Railway was opened and resumed operation[4]。As of December 2019, the building area of Beijing North Railway Station is 21400 square meters, the height is 31.5 meters, and the platform scale is 6 sets and 11 lines[5]The effective length is 550 meters.
On September 30, 2020, Huairou Miyun Line of Beijing North Railway Station Suburban Railway was officially put into operation.[6]
On December 12, 1905, the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty,Beijing Zhangjiakou RailwayXizhimen Station was officially started and began operation in 1909.Xizhimen Station is an important station of Beijing Zhangjiakou Railway (Fengtai Liucun Zhangjiakou, Beijing), the first trunk railway independently designed and built in China. The main building of the station, the platform, and the overpass connecting the two platforms areZhan TianyouDesign.
In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), the Beijing Zhangjiakou Railway was connected to Suiyuan. At that time, Beijing was called "Beiping", so it was renamed "Pingsui Railway". Xizhimen Station was renamed Xizhimen Station of Pingsui Railway.Later, the Ping Sui Railway was opened to Baotou and renamed "Beijing Baotou Railway".
In the 1970s, several sections of railways in the urban area of Beijing were demolished, and Xizhimen Railway Station became the departure and terminal station of the Beijing Baotou Railway and the Beijing Tongtong Railway. Passengers from Beijing to Tongliao, Chifeng, Badaling Great Wall and other places in Inner Mongolia all started from Beijing North Railway Station.
In 1988, Xizhimen Railway Station was renamed Beijing North Railway Station.
In 1995, the former site of Xizhimen Station of Pingsui Railway became the fifth batch of cultural relics protection units in Beijing.
In 2005, the reconstruction project of Beijing North Railway Station was officially started. The project mainly includes the expansion of the station building, the large-span platform column free canopy project similar to Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station, and the reconstruction of the platform, railway lines and traffic signals, with a total investment of 110 million yuan.
In 2007, the new construction project of Beijing North Railway Station was officially opened. The new station building is six floors high.
In December 2008, the new construction of Beijing North Railway Station was completed.
On January 17, 2009, the new building of Beijing North Railway Station was officially opened.[7]
On November 1, 2016, affected by the construction of Beijing Zhangjiakou High speed Railway, Beijing North Railway Station suspended its passenger transport business. Except the departure and destination stations of Beijing Suburban Railway Line S2 in the city were relocated to Huangtulian Station, other passenger transport businesses were transferred to Changping North Railway Station.
On December 10, 2019, China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd. released pictures of stations along the Beijing North Railway Station and Taizicheng Station of Chongli Railway.[8]
On December 30, 2019, Beijing North Railway Station officially resumed operation after three years of outage, and the first train started at 8:30.After being put into operation, the "rail transit time" between Beijing and Zhangjiakou will be reduced from 3 hours to about 50 minutes[9]。
On September 30, 2020, Huairou Miyun Line of Beijing North Railway Station Suburban Railway was officially put into operation.The service scope of Huairou Miyun Line will cover Xicheng District, Haidian District, Changping District, Huairou District and Miyun District, with a total mileage of 144.6km.[6]
In 2024, Beijing North Railway Station will accelerate the implementation of Xizhimen North ground bus planning station landing project, which will be incorporated into the Beijing Key Railway Station Optimization and Improvement Work Plan.[19]
Building scale
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Architectural design
Former Xizhimen Station
The original Xizhimen Station is surrounded by the Gaoliang River and the moat in the east-west direction, and there is a large reed pond in the north of the station.The plane of the station is similar to a rectangle. The main station building covers an area of 2300 square meters. The front entrance of the station is a three hole external vestibule, and a corridor is also used on the side facing the platform. The platform is parallel. The direction of passengers entering the station is perpendicular to the platform. There is an iron frame overpass across the railway. The station building is of western classical style, which is an important physical example in the history of Chinese railway development.After the new station building of Beijing North Railway Station was officially opened, the old main station building built in the first year of Xuantong (1909) of the Qing Dynasty served asPing Sui RailwayThe old site of Xizhimen Station is preserved as a cultural relic.
New Beijing North Railway Station
The construction area of Beijing North Railway Station is 21400 square meters, and the height is 31.5 meters. The effective length of the platform is extended from 377 meters to 550 meters. The platform is paved with marble, and the effective length is extended from 377 meters to 550 meters, and from 70 centimeters to 125 centimeters.All railway tracks in the station are made of domestic 50 kg/m high strength, high flatness seamless rails, and domestic type II reinforced concrete sleepers are used to replace the original wooden sleepers, so as to improve the stability and comfort of passenger train operation.All traffic signal equipment adopts new computer centralized interlocking to improve the automation and intelligent control capability of the station, thus increasing the safety factor of train operation.
Overall layout
The main station building of Beijing North Railway Station is located at the south end of the platform. It is a north-south longitudinal terminal railway station, which is divided into six floors above the ground and two floors underground.Among them, the ground floor and the underground floor are used by passengers for waiting, with waiting hall and ticket office.The station is connected to Xizhimen traffic hub, and can transfer with Metro Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 underground.[5]The second to fifth floors above the ground are for office use, and the second floor underground is for equipment use.
The waiting rooms of Beijing North Railway Station will be located on the south side of the West District. There are three ticket halls in the station, which are located on the right side of the ground floor and on the east and west sides of the underground floor, with 24 windows in total.The new station building of Beijing North Railway Station is closer to Xizhimen overpass and Xizhimen transportation hub than the old station building.
Platform line
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As of December 2019, the platform scale of Beijing North Railway Station is 6 sets and 11 lines[5]The main station building is located at the end of the platform, on the south side of the station.Beijing North Railway Station passes through Beijing Baotou Railway and Beijing Zhangjiakou High speed Railway[10]。
Operation
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Self service ticket purchase
The ticket office of Beijing North Railway Station is located on the right side of the station building, with 3 self-service ticket machines.
Convenience facilities
Public security certification
The public security card making window of Beijing North Railway Station is located in the ticket lobby of Beijing North Railway Station, where passengers can apply for temporary identity certificates.
Passenger flow
In 2016, Beijing North Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station sent more than 5436000 passengers.[11]
After the reconstruction of Beijing North Railway Station is completed, it is expected that the receiving and departure capacity will increase from the original 11 pairs to 17 pairs, and can reach 22 pairs during the peak period.The new Beijing North Railway Station is expected to send five times more passengers per day than the old Beijing North Railway Station.[12]
On February 7, 2021, Beijing North Railway Station will send 3900 passengers.[13]
On April 28, 2023, Beijing North Railway Station will send 21800 passengers.[16]On September 29, 28800 people were sent.[17]
On February 8, 2024, Beijing North Railway Station will send 31700 passengers, a new high since its opening.[18]37700 person times were sent on April 4.[21]42000 people were sent on May 1.[22]
go toBeijing Station: Take Beijing Metro Line 2 at Xizhimen Station to Beijing Station.
go toBeijing West Railway StationTake Beijing Metro Line 4 from Xizhimen Station to National Library Station, and transfer at the same platformBeijing Metro Line 9To Beijing West Railway Station.
The main bus stops near Beijing North Railway Station include Xizhimen North Bus Station on the east side of Beijing North Railway Station, Xizhimen Metro Station in the southwest of Beijing North Railway Station, Suojiafen Bus Station in the northeast corner of Beijing North Railway Station, and Xizhimen Bus Station in the southeast corner of Beijing North Railway Station.
station
position
line
Beijing North Railway Station
East side of North Station
145, 375, 438, 632
Xizhimen Subway Station
Southwest of North Station
16, 26, 145, 87, 438, 651, Yuntong 105, Ye14
Suojia Tomb
Northeast corner of North Station
21, 80, 331, 375, 387, 392, 490, 620, 69, 693
Xizhimen
Southeast corner of North Station
360, 362, 534, 563, 651, 632, Ye8, Ye21
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Construction planning
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According to the Beijing Urban Master Plan (2004-2020), Beijing North Railway Station is the "five main railway hubs" in Beijing（Beijing Station、Beijing West Railway Station、Fengtai Station、Beijing South Railway StationAnd Beijing North Railway Station).[14]In addition to the existing normal speed trains, Beijing North Railway Station operates from the beginning to the end.[15]
In 2024, Beijing will implement the Work Plan for Optimizing and Upgrading Key Railway Stations in Beijing, which mentions that Beijing North Railway Station will accelerate the implementation of ground bus planning stations in the north of Xizhimen.[20]
