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
Location	Fengtai 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 by	Beijing 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
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	10025 (TMIS) FTP (telegram) FTA (pinyin)
Classification	Top Class station (特等站)
History
Opened	1896 (old railway station) 5 May 2013 (Beijing Subway Line 10)
Closed	19 June 2010 (old railway station)
Services
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station Beijing South towards Beijing Beijing–Shanghai Railway Huangcun towards Shanghai Beijing Subway Shoujingmao outer loop / anticlockwise Line 10 Niwa 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.