South Station

Beijing south station (formerly known as for YongDingMen railway station) located at Beijing ChongWenOu YongDingMenWai Station Road, located in xuanwu district, ChongWenOu fengtai district and border, the second ring road, south south sanhuan road, horse home fort road, horse at home between west road, cold water hebei side. Beijing south station is the largest railway station, and the world of traffic third passenger rail station, has "Asia the first railway station," said. Beijing south station for special grade now stand. Beijing south station as the beijing-tianjin inter-city railway and the jinghu high speed railway beginning port, join the beijing-tianjin inter-city rail transit east end and Beijing station, west end cohesion beijing-shanghai special passenger line, Beijing moves car segment and the jingshan railroad, yongfeng railway, set to become common railway, Beijing Xingang Port Tour urban rail transit and bus rental, municipal traffic facilities in one of large-scale traffic hub station. Is China's first high standards of the modernization of the passenger special line large station.

The construction of the Beijing south station dates back to 1897, it was known then as the horse at the railway station house, and it has a history of one hundred years. In 1902 YongDingMen name to stand.

May 10, 2006, Beijing south station on the official start of the sealing stand transformation, August 1, 2008, the operational. Use fixed number of year for 100 years design. The whole project is completed in Beijing south station on a scale considerably more than the Beijing station and Beijing west station, reconstruction of Beijing south station will be the jinghu high speed railway passenger special line and fast train, etc, the beijing-tianjin inter-city trains the zhongzhu of. Adjustment to the other station departure in some of the passenger train, taking a short was right back.

2008 August, official reopens operation of the Beijing south station covers an area of 499200 square meters and a building area of 420000 square meters. Standing room construction area of 310000 square meters, building the ground two layer, underground of three layers. From top to bottom in order as, elevated HouCheTing and cooperate with the elevated annular driveway, platform rail layer, transfer hall, subway line 4, metro line no. 14. In 2015 the Beijing south station is expected to NianYunLiang over 150 million people. By 2020 more than 190 million people each year south of the traffic volume.

Beijing south station for the oval station main architectural forms for steel structure, mainly points, and the rain station awning two parts. Standing room for hyperbolic dome, top 40 meters, cornice 20 meters high, with a bird's eye view of the effect of the temple of heaven standing room for basic shapes, has three levels of metaphor, China the royal architectural administrative levels feeling and status. On both sides of the rain for secure suspension cable fractal structure, high 31.5 meters, Beijing Tour cornice height 16.5 meters. The rain secure steel structure used A form tower support system, trailer beam structure construction technology, etc. The central station building oval roof and 98000 square meters on both sides of the main materials for the silver awning of aluminium cladding. Standing room rain and Beijing south station awning platform the total steel quantity steel structure for 65000 tons.

Beijing south station outstanding environmental protection, energy saving etc concept, in many large railway station by solar power for the first time. New built in elevated stop with the central lighting roof, will set of solar photovoltaic board, the total power of 350 kw, solar power system will be in open during the day, auxiliary power problems to solve the station. Beijing south station use urban original sewage water temperature in winter is higher than atmospheric temperature, the summer air temperature characteristics of water temperature below, winter from sewage heat taken from heating, hot summer row refrigeration.

Beijing south station platform rail layer consists of 13 a platform, article 24 departure line, 3 passenger information. Which in turn from north to south PuSu parking space for a departure line article 5, 3 a platform, a special passenger line parking space in article 12 departure line, and a platform, a lot of the inter-city railway departure line 7, four platform. Take the beijing-tianjin inter-city railway train departure of the task, or the jinghu high speed railway passenger special line, such as train departure passenger in Beijing.

The ground floor for elevated the waiting layer, layer is a pit stop, a building area of 47654 square meters, its central to the independent waiting room, what is the pit stop on both sides, from the north to the south is in the waiting area. Elevated the waiting hall of the four horns with the ticket office building, the station set up 84 sets of window and 39 Taiwan introduction ticket machine. The pit stop by to be automatic recount all also control system. Beijing south station also realize the passengers a platform zero distance transfer, each on the platform has a number of vertical ladder and escalator, the elevator will be waiting hall, the platform floor and underground transfer hall connection as one. A total of 111 in the station of the elevator, passengers can through these facilities without problems in and out of the station and arrived at the station each service area.

Underground, for the whole of the change to the space station and exit passenger system, the area of 119940 square meters, most of the passengers will be in this transfer, is the hub of south station. The things for the passenger side exit hall. Another set the upper and lower levels set 909 parking berth.

Elevated the waiting hall Beijing south station in total traffic system five layers, by the ground two floors, underground three layer and elevated annular driveway composition. Beijing south station on both sides of the central station building and around the ring viaduct awning built type, the 2.8 km. Elevated layer principally is a taxi and social vehicles, passengers can be directly into the pit stop waiting hall elevated. Viaduct in the southeast direction interchange northwest four built, and for the 3 rd ring ring, Beijing travel horse at home, west and east road ma's fort connection, realize the railway station building and city traffic connections. To ride the bus passengers can choose the ground to underground car or a layer of transfer. The ground floor principally public transport vehicles, and passengers to come in. Underground layer is a transfer hall, parking lot and passenger station system, and obligate and urban railway connection to the station. Beijing south station next to south station north bus station, north built with lowering square, with the zhongzhu bus and taxi anchorage, south square with bus stop. Underground layer is Beijing metro line 4 underground three layer is Beijing metro line no. 14.