BEIJING WEST RAILWAY STATION

 

BEIJING WEST RAILWAY STATION

Beijing West Railway Station, also known as Beijing West or West Passenger Station is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asia with 510,000m². The station serves in average 150,000–180,000 passengers per day with a maximum of 400,000 people per day. It was expanded in 2000 and had a vast amount of parking lots added.

The Beijing West station opened in 1996 and cost a record three-quarters-of-a-billion dollars, but its construction has been criticized by some over suspicions of corruption during the construction.

 

Beijing West is a modern and well maintained station, which houses several restaurants, fruit stalls, gift shops and confectionary outlets that are open until late at night. Its other facilities include a post office, bank, first aid station and telephone booths.

The station building is 98ft high and has ten platforms. The main entrance to the station is Lianhuachi Hu gate. It has two plazas to the front - the new Southern Square near Lianhuachi Park and Northern Square.

Tickets and entrance pass sales counters are available at Northern Square and Southern Square.