Qinghe railway station

Qinghe

清河
China Railway High-speed
New Qinghe railway station in July 2022
General information
LocationQinghe Subdistrict, Haidian District, Beijing
Operated byChina Railway Tongzhou Train Operation Depot, China Railway Beijing Group
Beijing Subway Beijing Subway
Line(s)
Platforms4 island platforms (China Railway)
1 island platform (Line 13 of Beijing Subway)
Construction
Structure typeElevated (railway)
Other information
Station code12707 (TMIS)
QIP (telegram)
QHE (pinyin)
History
Opened
Closed31 October 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-31) (old railway station)
Passengers
16 million per year (estimated)[1]
Services
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Beijing North
Terminus
Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway Shahe
Preceding station Beijing Suburban Railway Following station
Beijing North
Terminus
Huairou–Miyun line Changping North
towards Gubeikou

40°02′19″N 116°18′36″E / 40.03861°N 116.31000°E / 40.03861; 116.31000

Qinghe railway station (Chinese: 清河站; pinyin: Qīnghé zhàn) is a railway station in Beijing. The old station began its construction in 1905 and opened in 1906. The station closed on October 31, 2016, to be rebuilt into a new high-speed railway station on the Beijing-Baotou Passenger-Dedicated Line opened on December 30, 2019.[2]

The new station occupies an area of 146,000 m2 (1,570,000 sq ft), and the waiting hall is near 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft). It has four island platforms and eight railway lines, including two main lines (Screen doors are set on the main line platforms). The station together with Beijing North railway station is the terminal of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, which is the vital supporting infrastructure of 2022 Winter Olympics.

  1. ^ "Qinghe station capped, to be the ITH in north BJ". Beijing daily.
  2. ^ "跨越百年 京张高铁正式开通". January 2, 2020.