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Beijing railway station 北京站Běijīng Zhàn
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Beijing railway station
Opened in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings marking the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic, Beijing railway station was then the largest station in the country. Designed under the architects Yang Tingbao and Chen Deng'ao, it pairs a broad central hall with two 34 m clock towers and glazed-tile Chinese-style roofs on a monumental, Soviet-influenced plan. It is still a working main-line station, the only one inside the old walled city.
How to get to Beijing railway station
Beijing Railway Station on Metro Line 2 opens directly onto the station square, south-east of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road.
Nearby
- National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square - Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn - Temple of Heaven 天坛 under 10 km
Where emperors prayed for harvests, and where Beijing now dances, sings and plays cards - Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
Also within 20 km: Asbury Church (Chongwenmen Church) 亚斯立堂 (under 10 km), Ming City Wall Relics Park 明城墙遗址公园 (under 10 km), Beijing Ancient Observatory 古观象台 (under 10 km), Zhihua Temple 智化寺 (under 10 km), Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang) 东交民巷 (under 10 km), Ritan Park (Altar of the Sun) 日坛 (under 10 km).
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