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: |
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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]
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]