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Other names | Harbin West | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location |
Nangang District,
Harbin,
Heilongjiang China | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°42′17″N 126°34′23″E / 45.70472°N 126.57306°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by |
China Railway High-speed, China Railway Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
Beijing–Harbin, Harbin–Dalian, Harbin Metro line 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Top Class station | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Harbinxi (West) railway station is a railway station on the Jingha Railway and the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Harbin, in the Heilongjiang province of China.
The station cost 7.01 billion yuan to construct. [1] The main building contains 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) of space. [2] There is a 92,000 square metres (990,000 sq ft) weather shed. [2] Ten platforms of some 100,000 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft) serve twenty two rail lines and can accommodate a maximum of 12,000 passengers. [2]
Construction of the station started on July 5, 2009 [3] and the station opened to regular rail traffic in late 2012. On December 1, 2012, [4] the station started to receive high-speed rail traffic as China unveiled its first high-speed rail running through regions with extremely low winter temperatures with scheduled runs from Harbin to Dalian. [5] The weather-proof CRH380B bullet trains serving the line can accommodate temperatures from minus 40 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius above zero. [6] On December 10, 2014, the station started to receive conventional train service of the Jingha Railway. [7] On August 17, 2015, the station started to receive high-speed CRH trains from Qiqihar as Harbin–Qiqihar Intercity Railway opened for public service. [8]