Badaling Great Wall railway station explained

Badaling Great Wall railway station
Native Name:八达岭长城站
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Other Name:Badalingchangcheng railway station
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:cn
Borough:Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing
Map Type:Beijing
Map Label Position:left
Map Size:-->
Coordinates:40.358°N 116.0048°W
Owned:Jingzhang Intercity Railway Co. Ltd.
Operator: Tongzhou Train Operation Depot, China Railway Beijing Group
Platforms:2 side platforms
Structure:underground
Depth:102m (335feet)[1]
Code:12181 (TMIS)
VLP (telegram)
BDC (pinyin)
Symbol Location2:cn
Symbol2:crh

Badaling Great Wall railway station[2], also translated as Badalingchangcheng railway station, is a railway station in Badaling scenic area, Yanqing District, Beijing. The station hall started construction on to build an underground high-speed railway station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway (Part of Beijing–Baotou Passenger-Dedicated Line) opened on 30 December 2019.[3] The total floorage of the station is 49000m2, including 9000m2 overground station building and 40000m2 underground track area and platform area. The platforms and the station building are beneath the Great Wall and located 60m (200feet) below the surface, making it the deepest high-speed railway station in the world.[4] The architectural design manages to extend the mountain and the natural landscape within the resort itself.[5]

This station is designed by AREP and China Railway Engineering Consulting Group, and constructed by China Railway 5th Engineering Group. On, the station building successfully capped, marking the completion of all station buildings on Jingzhang HSR.

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References

  1. Web site: Jingzhang HSR Badalingchangcheng station capped . 4 August 2019.
  2. Web site: 看!北京八达岭长城站如何引领"全国之最". 2020-09-18. https://archive.today/20211106093814/http://beijing.qianlong.com/2020/0918/4745009.shtml. 2021-11-06.
  3. Web site: 跨越百年 京张高铁正式开通. 2020-01-02.
  4. Web site: China is building deepest high-speed railway station under Great Wall - China . Chinadaily.com.cn . 2022-05-26.
  5. Web site: Badaling: A high-speed railway station beneath China's Great Wall. Arep.fr - AREP Group. 2019-12-26.