Aug 01 2008
Beijing South Railway Station
Beijing South Railway Station finally begins operations on August 1st. It will be used a terminus for the Beijing-Tianjin and Beijing-Shanghai high-speed trains. Beijing municipal government invested more than 6.3 Billion Yuan ( 900 million USD) into this project which covers an area of 25,000 square meters.
It has exceeded the Beijing West Railway Station become the largest and the most technologically sophisticated train station in Asia.
Beijing South Railway Station has 13 platforms and 24 rails. It can accommodate up to 15 thousand passengers. It is also one of the most environment friendly railway stations in the world. Its solar panels will produce as much as 100 hundred kilowatt-hours of power every day.
Image of the station while still under construction
