Fengtai railway station

Fengtai railway station (Chinese: 丰台站; pinyin: Fēngtái zhàn) is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. The station has been closed since June 2010[1] in preparation for the construction of the new Fengtai railway station, which is expected to have a similar scale to Beijing South railway station.[2]

Fengtai

丰台

Construction site of new Fengtai railway station
LocationFengtai District, Beijing
Coordinates
  • 39°50′59″N 116°18′16″E (Beijing Subway Line 10 station)
  • 39°50′54″N 116°17′23″E (old railway station)
Operated byBeijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd (Beijing Subway Line 10)
Line(s)Beijing–Shanghai Railway
Fengtai–Shacheng Railway
Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway (under construction)
     Line 10
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Other information
Station code10025 (TMIS)
FTP (telegram)
FTA (pinyin)
ClassificationTop Class station (特等站)
History
Opened
  • 1896 (old railway station)
  • 5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) (Beijing Subway Line 10)
Closed19 June 2010 (2010-06-19) (old railway station)
Services
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station
towards Beijing
Beijing–Shanghai Railway
towards Shanghai
Beijing Subway
outer loop / anticlockwise
Line 10
inner loop / clockwise

The new railway station will be served by both high-speed railway and conventional speed railway[3][2] and will be the largest railway station in Asia.[4] It is also likely to serve as one of the terminal stations of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong HSR.[5]

History

The construction officially started in mid 2018 and the new railway station was expected to open in 2020 for conventional speed railway,[3] and in 2021 for high-speed railway.[3] However, it is now expected to be ready by the end of 2021.[6]

Beijing Subway

Fengtai railway station is served by Line 10 of the Beijing Subway.[7][8] The subway station opened on 5 May 2013.[9] It will also connect with Line 16 in the future.[10]

The station has an underground island platform.

There are 3 exits, lettered C1, C2, and D. Exit C1 is accessible.

The Line 10 platform

References
  1. Liu Zening (刘泽宁) (2010-06-20). 115岁北京丰台火车站改扩建 200人捧场末班车. Tencent (QQ) News. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  2. 京石客运专线下半年建成 丰台火车站成高铁总站 [The Beijing-Shijiazhuang Passenger Railway will be completed in the second half of the year. Fengtai Railway Station to become the main high-speed train station.]. Huochepiao (in Chinese). July 27, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-07.
  3. "新丰台站正式开工 将成北京重要交通枢纽". 2018-09-09.
  4. Chen, Ziyan (2018-08-15). "Asia's largest railway station being built in Beijing". China Daily. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. 京广客运专线将引入新丰台站 [Beijing-Guangzhou Passenger Line will introduce new Fengtai station]. news.163.com (in Chinese). July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  6. 赵延灵. "北京最大铁路综合交通枢纽：丰台火车站改扩建 2021年具备通车条件". news.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. 地铁10号线二期Ⅰ段设计方案敲定 [Section I of Line 10 Phase II finalizing the design]. Capital Construction News (in Chinese). Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. January 28, 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01.
  8. 北京公交查询. smskb.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-04-16.
  9. 北京第二条地铁环线10号线5月5日日正式贯通运营. 163.com news. Xinhua News. 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  10. 北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示. 2013-04-25. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-30.


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