Harbin West railway station explained

Harbinxi
Native Name:Chinese: 哈尔滨西
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:cn
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location2:cn
Symbol2:crh
Symbol Location3:harbin
Symbol3:metro
Other Name:Harbin West
Address:Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang
Country:China
Coordinates:45.7047°N 126.5731°W
Operator:China Railway High-speed,
China Railway Corporation
Line:Beijing–Harbin,
Harbin–Dalian,
Harbin Metro line 3
Platforms:18
Code:
  • TMIS code: 53469
  • Telegraph code: VAB
  • Pinyin code: HEX
Classification:Top Class station
Opened:2012

Harbinxi (West) railway station is a railway station on the Jingha Railway and the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Harbin, in the Heilongjiang province of China.

The station cost 7.01 billion yuan to construct.[1] The main building contains of space. There is a weather shed. Ten platforms of some serve twenty two rail lines and can accommodate a maximum of 12,000 passengers.[2]

History

Construction of the station started on July 5, 2009[3] and the station opened to regular rail traffic in late 2012. On December 1, 2012,[4] the station started to receive high-speed rail traffic as China unveiled its first high-speed rail running through regions with extremely low winter temperatures with scheduled runs from Harbin to Dalian.[5] The weather-proof CRH380B bullet trains serving the line can accommodate temperatures from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius above zero.[6] On December 10, 2014, the station started to receive conventional train service of the Jingha Railway.[7] On August 17, 2015, the station started to receive high-speed CRH trains from Qiqihar as Harbin–Qiqihar Intercity Railway opened for public service.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 哈尔滨西站开建省内 投资70.1亿工期约3年. 哈尔滨火车站网站. 24 May 2016. September 24, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610083856/http://ha.sytlw.com/sytlw/info/2015/0912/122690.html. 10 June 2016.
  2. Web site: 哈尔滨西站正式开工建设 最高可容纳1.2万名旅客换乘. 东北网. 24 August 2013. July 10, 2009. 21 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221095954/https://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2009/07/10/052003213.shtml. dead.
  3. Web site: 哈尔滨至齐齐哈尔铁路客运专线暨哈西站建设开工. 中国政府网 www.gov.cn . 2009-07-06 . 2013-08-23.
  4. Web site: Harbin-Dalian high-speed train begins operation. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205080141/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2012-12/01/c_132012027.htm. dead. December 5, 2012. Xinhua . 2012-12-01 . 2013-08-23.
  5. News: Harbin-Dalian high-speed rail went into operation on December 1 . Website of Jilin Province Government . 2012-11-27 . 2013-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515180906/http://english.jl.gov.cn/News/GeneralNews/201211/t20121127_1319324.html . 2013-05-15 . dead .
  6. News: China tests world's first alpine high-speed rail line . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022500/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-10/08/c_131893803.htm . dead . October 13, 2012 . . 2012-10-08 . 2013-01-26 .
  7. Web site: 哈尔滨西站普速场正式开通运营(图). 黑龙江网络广播电视台. 2014-12-09. 2016-05-24. 2016-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701084717/http://news.hljtv.com/2014/1209/659747.shtml. dead.
  8. Web site: 哈齐高铁列车17日开跑 动车组时刻表出炉. 东北网 . 2015-08-16 . 2016-05-24.