Taizicheng railway station

Taizicheng railway station (Chinese: 太子城站; pinyin: tàizǐchéng zhàn), is a railway station in the Taizicheng Olympic Village area, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei. This station is the terminal of Chongli railway, and are only 2 km away from the Olympic Village center.[1] The station hall started construction on August 2018 to build a high-speed railway station on the Chongli railway (Olympic branch of Beijing - Zhangjiakou HSR) opened on Dec 30, 2019.[2]

Taizicheng railway station

太子城站

Taizicheng railway station waiting hall
LocationSitaizui Township, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei
Owned byJingzhang Intercity Railway Co. Ltd.
Operated by Zhangjiakou Train Operation Depot, China Railway Beijing Group
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform, 2 island platforms
Construction
Structure typein level
Other information
Station code12195 (TMIS)
IZP (telegram)
TZC (pinyin)
History
Opened30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)

Structure

The total floorage of the station is 11,988 square metres (129,040 sq ft),[1] including 5,990 square metres (64,500 sq ft) main station building and 5,998 square metres (64,560 sq ft) underground transfer center. The transfer center will be served as a temporary waiting hall with a railway culture exhibition center and temporary ticket office during the 2022 Olympic period.

Taizicheng station has two island platforms initially. To facilitate the entrance and exit for athletes and media workers, a basic side platform is added, forming a Spanish solution rarely in China Railway.

Design and Construction
Taizicheng railway station
  • Entrance
  • Platform 2-3
  • Construction scene in 2019

The architectural design is an image of mountains, with a crescent-shaped hyperbola outline extending to the ground and the main colour of white indicating the Winter Olympics. The 2022 winter Olympic game awarding square is opposite to the station, so this station will be the nature background for award ceremonies witnessing the presentation of 51 gold medals.[3]

This station is designed by China Railway Engineering Consulting Group, and constructed by China Railway 6th Engineering Group. On June 2019, the station building successfully capped its main structure.[4]

Operation

Taizicheng railway station adopts the electronic ticket system. Passengers scan their identity certificates such as ID cards or passports rather than a traditional magnetic ticket to check-in. The China Railway E Card or dynamic QR code in 12306 app is also applicable in this station.[5]

Future Extension

Chongli railway is going to extend to Chongli district soon, and by constructing or rebuilding railway lines the line will destinate in Xilinhot. The route between Taizicheng and Xilinhot is also called Taizicheng - Xilinhot railway.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Catch a glimpse of stations along Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway". Hebei Government.
  2. "跨越百年 京张高铁正式开通". 2020-01-02.
  3. "The appearance of Taizicheng station". Xinjing News.
  4. "Jingzhang HSR Taizicheng Station structural capped". China Railway 6th Group.
  5. "Chongli railway adopt CR e card". RailCN.
  6. "Bashang area will construct a railway". Baidu. Beijing daily.
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station
towards Beijing North
Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway
Chongli Branch
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