Beijing Railway Stations Maps
Beijing has 5 railway stations located in different areas. Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing Railway Station and Beijing Railway Station are three most frequently used for passengers transport. They alll operate both high speed bullet trains and normal fast trains. Beijing East Railway Station is a freight station. Beijing Changping North Railway Station only operate several normal fast trains.
How to Choose a Best Railway Station
The Beijing West Railway Station mainly handles trains from Beijing to Xian, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Pingyao Ancient City, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, etc. If you want to visit Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Harbin, Huangshan and other destinations, you should get to Beijing South Railway Station. Beijing Railway Station has trains to most big cities in China. Before boarding your train to/off Beijing, you should figure out your destinations and check train tickets carefully to make sure you board/disembark at the right railway station. You can see the station name on your train ticket which are usually the largest characters printed in bold on the ticket. The English letters below them are their Chinese pronunciations in pinyin, which are not always spell like English words though they look definitely like. For example, Beijing West is spelled as Beijing Xi in pinyin, and Beijing South is spelled as Beijing South.
东(Dong): East 南(Nan): South 西(Xi): West 北(Bei): North
Railway Stations | Address | Distances |
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Beijing South Railway Station (北京南站) | No.12, Yongwai Avenue, Fengtai District, South Beijing (北京市丰台区永外大街12号) | 88km to Great Wall, 8km to Forbidden City, 7km to Tian'anmen Square, 25km to Summer Palace, 40km to Beijing Capital Airport |
Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站) | No.118, East Lianhuachi Road, Fengtai District, Western Beijing (北京市丰台区莲花池东路118号) | 85km to Great Wall, 9.5km to Forbidden City, 8km to Tian'anmen Square, 27km to Summer Palace, 40km to Beijing Capital Airport |
Beijing Railway Station (北京站) | No.13, Maojiawan Hutong Jia, Dongcheng District, Southeast Beijing (北京市东城区毛家湾胡同甲13号) | 80km to Great Wall, 6km to Forbidden City, 6km to Tian'anmen Square, 28km to Summer Palace, 40km to Beijing Capital Airport |
Beijing East Railway Station (北京东站) | No. 27, Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝阳区百子湾路7号) | 77km to Great Wall, 9km to Forbidden City, 8.5km to Tian'anmen Square, 28km to Summer Palace, 27km to Beijing Capital Airport |
Changping North Railway Station (昌平北站) | North Ring Road, Changping District, North Suburb of Beijing (北京市昌平区北环路) | 48km to Great Wall, 43km to Forbidden City, 45km to Tian'anmen Square, 37km to Summer Palace, 57km to Beijing Capital Airport |
Beijing Railway Stations Transportation Maps
All railway stations in Beijing are connected by subways, public buses and taxis. You can easily find an avaible transport to downtown area of Beijing (Tian'anmen, Forbidden City, Hutong, Temple of Heaven...). The public transportations tools usually operate from around 6 am to around 11 pm while the taxis usualy run all day and night. If you want to go to the Great Wall, you need to take subways or public buses to Dongzhimen Bus Station first, then take tourist bus to the Great Wall. (Beijing South Railway Station to Great Wall / Beijing West Railway Station to Great Wall)
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