Xi'an North Railway Station

For the metro station, see Bei Kezhan Station.

Xi'anbei 西安北
Xi'an North Railway Station
Other names	Xi'an North
Location	Weiyang District, Xi'an, Shaanxi China
Coordinates	34°22′36″N 108°56′07″E / 34.37667°N 108.93528°E / 34.37667; 108.93528Coordinates: 34°22′36″N 108°56′07″E / 34.37667°N 108.93528°E / 34.37667; 108.93528
Operated by	China Railway Xi'an Railway Bureau
Line(s)	Zhengzhou–Xi'an High-Speed Railway Xi'an–Baoji High-Speed Railway
Platforms	34 (16 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Connections	Bei Kezhan Station Bus terminal
History
Opened	11 January 2011 (2011-01-11)

Xi'an North Railway Station (Chinese: 西安北站; pinyin: Xī'ānběi Zhàn) is a railway station on the Zhengxi Passenger Railway and the Xibao Passenger Railway. The station is located in Weiyang District of Xi'an (the capital of Shaanxi Province of China). It is some 10 km north of the city centre and the "old" Xi'an Railway Station.

The station has 34 platforms. It is the largest railway station in Northwest China.^[1]

The station is connected to downtown Xi'an by Line 2 of Xi'an Metro at Bei Kezhan Station.

History

Main station concourse

Construction began on September 19, 2008.^[2] The station was opened on January 11, 2011.^[1]

Service

As of August 2015, Xi'an North Station is served by the fast (G-series and D-series) trains running on the Zhengzhou–Xi'an High-Speed Railway Xi'an–Baoji High-Speed Railway; one of them continues south to Shenzhen and the other north to Beijing.^[3] All other passenger trains serving Xi'an run from Xi'an Railway Station, just north of downtown.^[4]

References

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1 2 "Growth to continue". Railway Gazette International. DVV Media UK. March 3, 2011.
↑ Tang Ru (September 20, 2008). 郑西客运专线西安北站将建成大型综合交通枢纽中心 [Zhengzhou to Xi'an: Xi'an North Passenger Station will be a large-scale transport hub]. China Railway Network (in Chinese). www.railcn.net Corporation.
↑ 西安北列车时刻表 - Xi'an North train schedule
↑ 西安列车时刻表 - Xi'an train schedule

Major railway stations in China

North China	Baotou Beijing West South Fengtai Hohhot Shijiazhuang Taiyuan South Tianjin West

Northeast China	Changchun West Dalian North Dandong Harbin West Qiqihar South Shenyang North

East China	Bengbu Fuyang Fuzhou South Hefei South Jinan West Jinhua Hangzhou East South Nanchang West Nanjing South Ningbo Qingdao North Shanghai South Hongqiao Suzhou Wenzhou South Xiamen North Xuzhou Yingtan

South Central China	Changsha South Chaoshan Guangzhou East South Hong Kong Hung Hom West Kowloon Huaihua Liuzhou Luoyang Longmen Nanning Shenzhen North East Futian Wuhan Wuchang Hankou Xiangyang Zhengzhou East Zhuhai

Southwest China	Chengdu East Chongqing North Guiyang Kunming Lhasa

Northwest China	Baoji South Lanzhou West Ürümqi South Xi'an North Xining Yinchuan

Stations in italics are proposed, under planning or under construction.

Xuzhou–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway

Xuzhou–Zhengzhou (u/c)	Xuzhou East Xiaoxian North Yongcheng North Dangshan South Shangqiu Minquan Lankao South Kaifeng North Zhengzhou East

Zhengzhou–Xi'an	Zhengzhou East Zhengzhou West Gongyi South Luoyang Longmen Mianchi South Sanmenxia South Lingbao West Huashan North (Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge) Weinan North Lintong East Xi'an North

Xi'an–Baoji	Xi'an North Xianyang Qindu Yangling South Qishan Baoji South

Baoji–Lanzhou (u/c)	Baoji South Dongcha Tianshui South Qin'an Tongwei Dingxi South Yuzhong Lanzhou Lanzhou West

Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway

Datong South Huairen East Yingxian Shanyin East Yuanping West Xinzhou West Yangqu West Taiyuan East Taiyuan Taiyuan South Jinzhong Taigu West Qixian East Pingyaogucheng Jiexiu East Lingshi East Huozhou East Hongdong West Linfen West Xiangfen West Houma West Wenxi West Yuncheng North Yongji North Dali Weinan North Lintong East Xi'an North

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