Badalingchangcheng railway station

Badalingchangcheng railway station (Chinese: 八达岭长城站; pinyin: Bādálǐng chángchéng zhàn), also known as Badaling Great Wall railway station, is a railway station in Badaling scenic area, Yanqing District, Beijing. The station hall started construction on 30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) to build an underground high-speed railway station on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway (Part of Beijing–Baotou Passenger-Dedicated Line) opened on 30 December 2019.[3]

This article is about the railway station on the high-speed Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway. For the railway station on the nearby Beijing–Baotou railway and Beijing Suburban Railway line S2, see Badaling railway station.
Badalingchangcheng railway station

八达岭长城站

Badalingchangcheng railway station
Other namesBadaling Great Wall railway station
LocationBadaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing
Owned byJingzhang Intercity Railway Co. Ltd.
Operated by Tongzhou Train Operation Depot, China Railway Beijing Group
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Depth102 m (335 ft)[1]
Other information
Station code12181 (TMIS)
VLP (telegram)
BDC (pinyin)
History
Opening30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)
Traffic
Passengers2.1 million per year (2020,estimated)[2]

The total floorage of the station is 49,000 square metres (530,000 sq ft), including 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) overground station building and 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) underground track area and platform area. The platforms and the station building are beneath the Great Wall and located 60 metres (200 ft) below the surface, making it the deepest high-speed railway station in the world.[4] The architectural design manages to extend the mountain and the natural landscape within the resort itself.[5]

This station is designed by AREP and China Railway Engineering Consulting Group, and constructed by China Railway 5th Engineering Group. On 23 August 2019 (2019-08-23), the station building successfully capped, marking the completion of all station buildings on Jingzhang HSR.

See also

References
  1. "Jingzhang HSR Badalingchangcheng station capped". Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. "BDL Greatwall station capped, CN & FR co-designed the deepest underground HSR station". Global Arch.
  3. "跨越百年 京张高铁正式开通". 2 January 2020.
  4. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/31/content_30305505.htm
  5. "Badaling: A high-speed railway station beneath China's Great Wall". Arep.fr - AREP Group. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station
Changping
towards Beijing North
Beijing–Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway
section of Beijing-Baotou PDL
towards Zhangjiakou

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