Beijing railway station

Beijing 北京
Beijing railway station in May 2021
General information
Location	Beijingzhan Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39°54′10″N 116°25′41″E / 39.902896°N 116.42792°E / 39.902896; 116.42792
Operated by	CR Beijing Beijing Subway
Line(s)	Beijing–Shanghai railway Beijing–Harbin railway Beijing–Baotou railway Beijing–Chengde railway Beijing underground cross-city railway Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway      Sub-Central line (Beijing Suburban Railway)      Line 2 (Beijing Subway)
Platforms	8
Connections	Bus terminal Subway station
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Telegraph code: BJP Pinyin code: BJI TMIS code: 10001
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	4 October 1959; 65 years ago (1959-10-04) 15 January 1971; 54 years ago (1971-01-15)
Previous names	Zhengyangmendong Beiping
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Beijing railway station, or simply Beijing station, is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the north and the remnants of the city wall between Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen to the south. The Beijing railway station opened in 1959 and was the largest train station in China at the time. Though superseded by the larger Beijing West and Beijing South stations, this station remains the only one located inside the old walled city. Trains entering and leaving the station pass by the Dongbianmen corner tower. With gilded eaves and soaring clock towers, the architecture of the railway blends traditional Chinese and socialist realist influence.

Generally, trains for northeast China (Shenyang, Dalian, Harbin) on the Beijing–Harbin railway, for Shandong (Jinan, Qingdao) and the Yangtze River Delta (Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou) on the Beijing–Shanghai railway and some for Inner and the Republic of Mongolia depart from this station. Some international lines (notably the railway line linking Beijing to Moscow and to Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK), amongst others), also depart from this station.

Beijing railway station used to be the eastern terminus of Beijing Subway's Line 1 until 1987, when the station became part of Line 2. More than 30 Beijing bus and trolleybus routes stop at or near the railway station.