Xi'an North railway station

Xi'anbei

西安北
Xi'anbei; 西安北
	Xi'an North railway station
General information
Other names	Xi'an North
Location	Yuanshuo Road, Weiyang District, Xi'an, Shaanxi; China
Coordinates	34°22′39.2″N 108°56′2.7″E / 34.377556°N 108.934083°E
Operated by	China Railway; Xi'an Railway Bureau;
Line(s)	Zhengzhou–Xi'an high-speed railway; Xi'an–Baoji high-speed railway; Datong–Xi'an passenger railway; Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway; Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway; Xi'an–Yan'an high-speed railway (under construction);
Platforms	34 (16 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Connections	Beikezhan station (Line 2); Beikezhan (Beiguangchang) station (Line 4 & Line 14); Bus terminal;
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 39032; Telegraph code: EAY; Pinyin code: XAB;
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	11 January 2011

Xi'an North railway station (Chinese: 西安北站; pinyin: Xī'ānběi Zhàn) is a railway station on the Zhengxi Passenger Railway, Xibao Passenger Railway and Daxi Passenger Railway. The station is located in Weiyang District of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. It is some 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the city centre and the Xi'an railway station.

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

History

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

^ ^a ^b "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 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine - Xi'an North train schedule
^ 西安列车时刻表 Archived May 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Xi'an train schedule

Preceding station		Following station
Weinan North towards Zhengzhou	Zhengzhou–Xi'an high-speed railway Part of the Eurasia Continental Bridge corridor	Terminus
Weinan North towards Datong South	Datong–Xi'an high-speed railway	Terminus
Terminus	Xi'an–Baoji high-speed railway	Xianyang West towards Baoji South
Terminus	Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway	Xi'an West towards Chengdu East

v t e Major railway stations in China
North	Baotou Beijing West South Fengtai Hohhot East Shijiazhuang Taiyuan South Tianjin West
Northeast	Changchun West Dalian North Dandong Harbin West Qiqihar South Shenyang North
East	Bengbu Fuyang Fuzhou South Hefei South Jinan East West North Jinhua Hangzhou East South West Nanchang West Nanjing South Ningbo Qingdao North Shanghai South Hongqiao Suzhou Wenzhou South Xiamen North Xuzhou Yingtan
South Central	Changsha South Chaoshan Foshan West Guangzhou East North South Baiyun Hengyang East Hong Kong Hung Hom* West Kowloon* Huaihua Liuzhou Luoyang Longmen Nanning East Shangqiu Shenzhen North East Futian Wuhan East Wuchang Hankou Xiangyang Zhengzhou East Hangkonggang Zhuhai Zhuzhou West
Southwestern	Chengdu East Chongqing North West Shapingba Guiyang (North) Kunming South Lhasa Mohan Yuxi
Northwestern	Baoji South Lanzhou West Ürümqi South Xi'an North Xining Yinchuan
Stations in italics are proposed, under planning or under construction. Note: * in / related to the special administrative regions