Beijing South Railway Station

• High-speed Beijing- Shanghai
• High-speed Beijing- Tianjin
• Railway Beijing -Shanghai
• Beijing subway ( U4, U14 )

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Beijing South Railway Station (Chinese北京南站, Pinyin Běijīng Nan Zhan, in short:北京 南, Běijīng NAN ) is a railway station in the south of the Chinese capital Beijing. Opened before the Olympic Games on 1 August 2008, the South Railway Station serves the integration of Greater Beijing in the high-speed traffic to the south.

History

Designed by the British architect Terry Farrell in collaboration with the Tianjin Design Institute station replaced after less than three years of construction, the former South Station Yongdingmen ', which was in operation 1897-2006.

Vehicular importance

In addition to the high-speed lines to Shanghai and Tianjin is expected in 2012 and the Beijing - Hong Kong high-speed railway put into operation. With forecast of 100 million passengers per year, the South Station will then replace the Beijing West Railway Station, the largest railway station in Asia. With its 24 platforms of railway station but it is already prepared for a capacity of up to 250 million passengers per year or 30,000 per hour.

The station is integrated over the lines U4 and U14 in the net of the Beijing Subway. In addition to the regional transport and individual long-distance trains are bound by the central station.