Beijing North Railway Station

Beijingbei 北京北
Beijing North Railway Station
Other names	Beijing North
Location	Xicheng District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39°56′43″N 116°20′50″E / 39.94528°N 116.34722°E
Operated by	Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
Line(s)	Beijing–Baotou Railway      BCR Line S2
Platforms	11 (5 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Connections	Xizhimen Station
History
Opened	1906
Previous names	Xizhimen Railway Station

Beijingbei Railway Station or Beijing North Railway Station (Chinese: 北京北站; pinyin: Běijīngběi Zhàn), formerly known as Xizhimen Railway Station (simplified Chinese: 西直门站; traditional Chinese: 西直門車站; pinyin: Xīzhímén Zhàn), is a railway station in Beijing. It was built in 1905 as one of the original stations on the Jingzhang Railway, now part of the old Beijing-Baotou Line.

Beijing North is now a small (Tier-III) station managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, providing regular intercity train services to the north and northwest, including the Huhhot-Manzhouli Grasslands Express (K274/K275/K277). It is also the southern terminus for the S2 Line of the Beijing Suburban Railway.

It is closed from November 11, 2016 to 2019.

Public transportation

The station is located just outside Xizhimen Station, which is connected to Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway, and is also connected to city bus lines 16, 26, 85, 87, 438, 651 and 运通105.

See also

Preceding station		China Railway		Following station
Terminus		Beijing–Baotou Railway Jingzhang Railway		Qinghuayuan towards Baotou
Preceding station		Beijing Suburban Railway		Following station
Terminus		BCR Line S2		Qinghuayuan towards Yanqing
Beijing Subway
Jishuitan towards Yonghegong Lama Temple		Line 2 Transfer at: Xizhimen		Chegongzhuang towards Fuxingmen
Beijing Zoo towards Anheqiao North		Line 4 Transfer at: Xizhimen		Xinjiekou towards Gongyixiqiao
Terminus		Line 13 Transfer at: Xizhimen		Dazhongsi towards Dongzhimen