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Beijing Fengtai railway station[4] (Chinese: 北京丰台站; pinyin: Běijīng Fēngtái zhàn) is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. It was renamed from Fengtai railway station to Beijing Fengtai railway station in 2021.[4] The new railway station opened on 20 June 2022.[2][3]

Beijing Fengtai 北京丰台
South facade in June 2022
General information
Other names	Fengtai (1896-2021)
Location	Wanhua North Street / Fengfan East Road, Fengtai District, Beijing
Coordinates	39°50′59″N 116°17′40″E (New Railway Station) 39°50′59″N 116°18′16″E (Beijing Subway Line 10 station) 39°50′54″N 116°17′23″E (Old Railway Station)
Operated by	China Railway Beijing Group (National Railway Station) Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd (Beijing Subway Line 10)
Line(s)	Beijing–Shanghai railway Fengtai–Shacheng railway Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway Beijing–Guangzhou railway Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway (planned)      Line 10      Line 16 (u/c)
Platforms	17
Tracks	32
Other information
Station code	10025 (TMIS) FTP (telegram) BJT (pinyin)
Classification	Top Class station (特等站)
History
Opened	1896[1] (old railway station) 5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) (Beijing Subway Line 10) 20 June 2022 (2022-06-20)[2][3] (new railway station) Late 2022 (Beijing Subway Line 16)
Closed	19 June 2010 (2010-06-19) (old railway station)
Services
Preceding station China Railway Following station Beijing South towards Beijing Beijing–Shanghai railway Huangcun towards Shanghai Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Shoujingmao outer loop / anticlockwise Line 10 Niwa inner loop / clockwise

The new railway station is served by both high-speed and conventional-speed railways,[3][5] including Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway, Beijing–Guangzhou railway.[6] The station is the largest is Asia, with departure lounges, restaurants and other amenities spread across 400,000 square meters. At its peak, the station will be able to host 14,000 passengers per hour on a mix of bullet and regular trains as well as subway lines.

History

Construction on the original station began in 1895, and it was opened in 1896.[1] Passenger services ceased on 19 June 2010.[7] The station has been closed since June 2010 in preparation for the construction of the new Fengtai railway station, which is expected to have a similar scale to Beijing South railway station.[8]

A metro station on Line 10 of the Beijing Subway was opened here on 5 May 2013.[9]

The construction of the new station was officially started in mid 2018 and the new railway station was expected to open in 2020 for conventional-speed railway,[5] and in 2021 for high-speed railway.[5] The opening of the new station has been delayed until 20 June 2022 and it opened for both conventional-speed and high-speed railway.[2][3]

Layout

China Railway

The station will have 12 platforms for high-speed trains (consisting of 6 islands) directly above 20 platforms for conventional services (consisting of 9 islands and 2 side platforms).[10][11]

Beijing Subway

Fengtai railway station is served by Line 10 of the Beijing Subway.[12][13] It will also connect with Line 16 in the future.[14] The station has an underground island platform and three exits, lettered C1, C2, and D. Exit C1 is accessible.

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