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Railway stations from the sky - II
Xining Station
Xining City, Qinghai Province, Northwest China
Open: 2014
Qinghai-Tibet railway
Lanzhou-Urumqi High-speed Railway
Last time I was there, the entire old one had been demolished and all trains were moved to a temporary station.
Glad to see such a well designed transport complex.
But subway has not yet been open.
One of the best designed communal spaces around the station.
I can easily imagine how crowded at night this square will be.....
West direction, to Lhasa or Urumqi/Hexi Corridor
Dunno why the river in front of the station was covered by concrete
From the news it said it is a river project undergoing....
Maybe also about subway construction?
East direction, Lanzhou/Xi'an
The main long-distance coach station is well connected.
Some stations put long-distance bus stations at the other side of the road, that will be a bad design if the square is pretty big....
move to a smaller one
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Tieling Station
Liaoning Proince, Northeast China
First built in 1900
Rebuilt 1993
Upgraded in 2011
Beijing-Harbin Railway
Tieling West is for the new Beijing-Harbin HSR
Not sure what the upgrading project was about...
It does not look like an upgraded one....
Maybe bigger waiting rooms?
The square and park in them middle of the main road look good though.....
Lots of aunties can be seen......
A medium-size one
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Xiamen Station
Open in 1950s, completely rebuilt and reopen in 2015
Yingtan-Xiamen Railway
Railway link to Xiamen North HSR Station
A dead-end station for both slow trains and bullet trains
It looks like a miracle to manage building a transport hub surrounded by high-rises in the very downtown of Xiamen.
Link to BRT Line 1-3 and subway, long-distance station.
A multi-level parking building is a plus.
Very compact design, most transport activities happen underground......
But....wtf with the preserved 3 lanes for pick-off/up if there are roads directly to under the station....
Can cause lots of traffic problems.....
Xining Station
Xining City, Qinghai Province, Northwest China
Open: 2014
Qinghai-Tibet railway
Lanzhou-Urumqi High-speed Railway
Last time I was there, the entire old one had been demolished and all trains were moved to a temporary station.
Glad to see such a well designed transport complex.
But subway has not yet been open.
One of the best designed communal spaces around the station.
I can easily imagine how crowded at night this square will be.....
West direction, to Lhasa or Urumqi/Hexi Corridor
Dunno why the river in front of the station was covered by concrete
From the news it said it is a river project undergoing....
Maybe also about subway construction?
East direction, Lanzhou/Xi'an
The main long-distance coach station is well connected.
Some stations put long-distance bus stations at the other side of the road, that will be a bad design if the square is pretty big....
move to a smaller one
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Tieling Station
Liaoning Proince, Northeast China
First built in 1900
Rebuilt 1993
Upgraded in 2011
Beijing-Harbin Railway
Tieling West is for the new Beijing-Harbin HSR
Not sure what the upgrading project was about...
It does not look like an upgraded one....
Maybe bigger waiting rooms?
The square and park in them middle of the main road look good though.....
Lots of aunties can be seen......
A medium-size one
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Xiamen Station
Open in 1950s, completely rebuilt and reopen in 2015
Yingtan-Xiamen Railway
Railway link to Xiamen North HSR Station
A dead-end station for both slow trains and bullet trains
It looks like a miracle to manage building a transport hub surrounded by high-rises in the very downtown of Xiamen.
Link to BRT Line 1-3 and subway, long-distance station.
A multi-level parking building is a plus.
Very compact design, most transport activities happen underground......
But....wtf with the preserved 3 lanes for pick-off/up if there are roads directly to under the station....
Can cause lots of traffic problems.....
Start the new series, it will be interesting to view railway stations from the sky.
Each station has its own design strategies,
also how it is intergrated into the transport hub can be some good and bad lessons.
Railway stations from the sky - I
Suzhou Railway Station
Suzhou City, Eastern China
Shanghai-Beijing Railway
Nanjing-Shanghai Intercity HSR
it was rebuilt on the original site, well connected with subways and bus.
But the problem is that the surrounding downtown is too busy, there can be easily traffic jams.
The bus tunnel and underground bus stations is a great design though.
West direction, to Nanjing/Beijing
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East direction, to Shanghai/Kunshun
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South entrance.
It would be better if there is an underground pedestrian tunnel direcly to the city wall and city tower.
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Another angle from south to north.
This again proves a pedestrian tunnel will be a great boost for tourists.
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Move to a smaller standard HSR station
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Tongxiang Railway Station
Tongxiang County-level City (belong to Jiaxing City), Zhejiang Province
Shanghai-Hangzhou HSR
I hate such design.
Too much walking from waiting hall to platforms.
All new stations should have waiting space directly above platforms....
Not sure why they did this since Tongxiang is an ultra rich city....
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Also the road entrance to the square can be easily congested in peak time.....
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Lastly, an older one built decades ago
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Taiyuan Station
Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Northern China
Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan HSR
Datong-Xi'an HSR
Taiyuan-Yinchuan Railway
Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Railway
Taiyuan-Jiaozuo Railway
etc
Nothing to say about the pre-1980s style, a different grand feeling.
Platforms have been rebuilt to accommodate bullet trains.
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It's great they rebuilt the square to include some green.
Nice place for aunties at night.....
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But wtf with this V-design?
Looks terrible for driving
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The magic of red!this loco looks very close to our Indian WAP 4 class (5000 HP) Passenger class loco both in shaping and Livery.
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