Beijing West Railway Station

　　   Beijing West Railway Station, abbreviated as Beijing West Station or Beijing West, is located near the West Third Ring Road in Beijing, situated on Lianhuachi East Road. It is a railway passenger station in Beijing that was completed in early 1996 and is one of the largest modern railway passenger stations in Asia.

　　   Beijing West Railway Station is a modern passenger terminal, covering an area of 510,000 square meters with a construction area of 170,000 square meters. Its waiting tower is 90 meters high and shaped like a "品" character. The entire station has nine platforms. The total investment in Beijing West Railway Station amounted to 2.35 billion yuan. It is the flagship project of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway Line, and passenger trains departing from here can go directly to Kowloon in Hong Kong.

　　   Known as the "largest station in Asia," Beijing West Railway Station has a maximum passenger handling capacity of 90 train pairs and 600,000 passengers per day, making it one of the largest railway passenger stations in the world. With the continuous development of railway transportation, Beijing West Railway Station has become an important window for Beijing to connect with the rest of the country and the world. Trains departing from Beijing West cover major cities in South China, Southwest China, and Northwest China: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Nanchang, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Guilin, Nanning, Hohhot, Xining, Jinan, Urumqi, Kunming, and others.

　　   As a window of the capital and the largest passenger hub and transportation node in China, Beijing West Railway Station currently handles 70–90 train pairs per day, with an average daily passenger flow of 180,000–200,000 people. During peak periods, daily passenger traffic can reach 400,000–600,000 people, serving nearly 180 million passengers annually. The North Square and South Square of the station have many bus route starting points. A future subway line will also connect Beijing Railway Station to Beijing West Railway Station.