Taizicheng railway station 太子城站   | |
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.jpg) Taizicheng railway station waiting hall | |
| General information | |
| Location | Sijiazui Township, Chongli District, Hebei |
| Owned by | Jingzhang Intercity Railway Co. Ltd. |
| Operated by | Zhangjiakou Train Operation Depot, China Railway Beijing Group |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform, 2 island platforms |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | in level |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 12195 (TMIS) IZP (telegram) TZC (pinyin) |
| History | |
| Opened | 30 December 2019 |
Taizicheng railway station (Chinese: 太子城站; pinyin: tàizǐchéng zhàn), is a railway station in the Taizicheng Olympic Village area, Chongli District, Hebei. This station is the terminal of Chongli railway, and are only 2 km away from the Olympic Village center[1]. The station hall started construction on August 2018 to build an underground high-speed railway station on the Chongli railway ( Olympic branch of Beijing - Zhangjiakou HSR) opened on Dec 30, 2019.[2]
Structure
editThe total floorage of the station is 11,988 square metres (129,040 sq ft)[1], including 5,990 square metres (64,500 sq ft) main station building and 5,998 square metres (64,560 sq ft) underground transfer center. The transfer center will be served as a temporary waiting hall with a railway culture exhibition center and temporary ticket office during the 2022 Olympic period. Taizicheng station has two island platforms initially.
To facilitate the entrance and exit for athletes and media workers, a basic side platform is added, forming a Spanish solution rarely in China Railway.
Design and Construction
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Entrance -
Platform 2-3 -
Construction scene in 2019
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The architectural design is an image of mountains, with a crescent-shaped hyperbola outline extending to the ground and the main colour of white indicating the Winter Olympics. The 2022 winter Olympic game awarding square is opposite to the station, so this station will be the nature background for award ceremonies witnessing the presentation of 51 gold medals[3].
This station is designed by China Railway Engineering Consulting Group, and constructed by China Railway 6th Engineering Group. On June 2019, the station building successfully capped its main structure[4].
Future Extension
editChongli railway is going to extend to Chongli district soon, and by constructing or rebuilding railway lines the line will destinate in Xilinhot. The route between Taizicheng and Xilinhot is also called Taizicheng - Xilinhot railway[5].
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Catch a glimpse of stations along Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway". Hebei Goverment.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "跨越百年 京张高铁正式开通". 2020-01-02.
- ^ "The appearance of Taizicheng station". Xinjing News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jingzhang HSR Taizicheng Station structural capped". China Railway 6th Group.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bashang area will construct a railway". Baidu. Beijing daily.
| Preceding station |  China Railway
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiahuayuan North towards Beijing North
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Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway Chongli Branch
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Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Taizicheng - Xilinhot Railway under planning |
Chongli towards Xilinhot | ||