Datong Station was founded in 1914 as the intersection of Beijing Baotou Railway and Beitongpu Railway. At the beginning of the station construction, there were only nine tracks. After three transformations in 1959, 1980 and 1989, it was expanded four times on June 14, 2015.[2]
As of January 2006, the platform scale of Datong Station is 7 sets and 48 lines, with a building area of 33853 square meters.[3]
In 1914, the Beijing Baotou Railway was built in Datong, and the construction of Datong Station was started.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Datong Station added 3 tracks, a total of 20 tracks.
From the early days of the People's Republic of China to 1959, Datong Station was expanded and new passenger stations were built;Datong Xichang was added;The number of tracks in Datong East Station increased to 27.
In 1980, Datong Station hub was expanded again.
In 1989, Datong Station carried out a series of reconstruction projects.
From 1989 to 2000, there were four major expansion projects in Datong Station.[1]
On June 14, 2015, the reconstruction of Datong Station was completed and the station was officially put into operation.[2]
Datong Station adopts a beige tone, which is consistent with the tone of Yungang Grottoes, a tourist attraction in the suburbs of Datong. On the one hand, it will make the building appear low-key, on the other hand, it will also make the building appear calm.[4]
Design parameters
As of January 2000, the total building area of Datong Station is 13967 square meters.The main project has three floors and the office building has five floors.The area of the station is 8000 square meters, including 3000 square meters of waiting room;The service facilities such as restaurants and hotels are 5000 square meters, and 7 shunting machines are equipped.[3]
Overall layout
As of January 2006, the Datong Station has 9 floors in total, of which the first waiting room is located on the first floor of the station building, the second waiting room is located on the second floor of the station building, the third waiting room is located on the third floor of the station building, and the fourth to ninth floors of the station building are the station office area.[5]
Platform line
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As of January 2006, the scale of Datong Station is 7 sets of 48 lines, with 48 arrival departure lines and 38 special lines and section lines.
As of February 4, 2013, Datong Station has added three ticket vending machines at the north end of the entrance hall for the first time, allowing passengers to purchase and collect tickets with second-generation ID cards.[6]
Convenience facilities
Exclusive waiting area
Since January 2006, Datong Station has set up mother and baby waiting rooms, soft seat waiting rooms and military waiting rooms in the south hall on the first floor and the south hall on the second floor.[1]
Brush your face and enter the station
On January 30, 2019, Datong Station officially launched the face recognition system, and added five real name self-service verification system terminals. On average, a passenger can pass the station in five seconds by swiping his face, and ticket verification can be completed in three seconds at the fastest.[7]
Passenger flow
From July 1 to August 31, 2017, when the summer railway transportation ended, Datong Station sent 1.07 million passengers, an increase of 23000 compared with 2016;The daily average number of people sent was 17000, up 0.28% year on year.[8]
During the May Day holiday in 2018, Datong Station sent 90130 passengers, an increase of more than 30% over the same period in 2017. On May 3, nearly 30000 passengers were sent.[9]
Featured services
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001 Service Team
During the Spring Festival travel in February 2018, the service brand "001 Service Team" of Datong Station of China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. established service linkage with all trains passing by by using the WeChat platform, and timely exchanged information about the assistance needed by key passengers, such as the old, the young, the sick, the disabled, and the pregnant, so that passengers who are inconvenient to travel can enjoy considerate services throughout the journey.[10]
Intelligent toilet guidance system
From January 21, 2019, the toilets in Datong Station will use the intelligent toilet guidance system. The display of the occupied unit of the toilet can be seen outside the toilet. At the same time, the intelligent guidance system will also monitor and display ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and other environmental odor gases and prompt the staff.[11]
Traffic transfer
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Bus routes
According to the official website of Datong Public Transport Co., Ltd. on June 30, 2018, there are seven bus lines passing through Datong Station.[12]
As of January 2019, there are one rail transit line under construction passing through Datong Station and one railway line passing through Datong Station, namely Datong Rail Transit Line 3 andDaxi High speed Railway。[13-14]
Value significance
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Datong Station, as a comprehensive first-class station integrating passenger transport, freight transport, marshalling and hub, plays an important role in the logistics of North China, Northwest China and the transportation of Shanxi coal and Mongolia coal.（Comments on People's Railway Daily）[15]
