Binhai railway station (Chinese: 滨海站; pinyin: Bīnhǎi Zhàn), formerly Yujiapu railway station, is an underground railway station located in Binhai, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It is the southern terminus of the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway and serves the Yujiapu Financial District, an area with many new skyscrapers. It is considered one of the four main rail transportation hubs for Tianjin with Tianjin, Tianjin West and Binhai West railway station.[1] It is to be served by the Tianjin Metro lines B1 and Z4.
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 Single layer steel shell structure, photo captured before renaming | |||||||||||
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| Location | Binhai New Area, Tianjin China | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°00′12″N 117°40′43″E / 39.00333°N 117.67861°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Beijing Railway Bureau China Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tianjin–Baoding intercity railway Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Arup Group | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2015 | ||||||||||
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History
The station's construction started on February 27, 2009,On September 1st, construction personnel from Yujiapu Station entered the site to carry out the main construction of the station building.The station's construction started on February 27, 2009,On November 18, 2013, the steel structure dome unloading work was completed at Yujiapu Station, and the main structural engineering of the station building was completed.On May 5, 2010, the construction of intermediate piles was carried out at Jiabao Station.On August 20, 2014, the installation work of the steel structure water tank and glass curtain wall prototype section was completed at Yujiapu Station, and the installation of the membrane structure was carried out.was completed on August 8, 2015[2] and it was opened to traffic on September 20, 2015.[3] The name of station was changed from Yujiapu to Binhai on January 5, 2019.[4] Simultaneously, another station that was previously named Binhai had its name changed to Binhai West.
Future
Binhai railway station will be the northern terminus of the Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway, turning the current terminus station into a through station.[5][6]
Gallery
Roof structure under construction
Interior of Binhai railway station waiting hall
The station at platform level
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