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Beijingxi 北京西 | |||||
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General information | |||||
Other names | Beijing West | ||||
Location | 118 Lianhuachi Donglu, Fengtai District, Beijing China | ||||
Coordinates | 39°53′42″N 116°19′19″E / 39.894914°N 116.322062°E | ||||
Operated by | CR Beijing Beijing Subway | ||||
Connections | Bus terminal | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 21 January 1996 31 December 2011 | ||||
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Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (Chinese: 北京西站; pinyin: Běijīngxī Zhàn), colloquially referred to as West Station (Chinese: 西客站), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asia with an area of 510,000 m2 (5,500,000 sq ft),[1][2] before being surpassed by Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in platform capacity. The station serves in average 150,000–180,000 passengers per day with a maximum of 400,000 people per day.[3] It was expanded during the 2000s decade, during which several platforms were added. It also has a fairly large number of car-parking spaces.