SideTracked – Beijing Railway Station

北京站BEIJING RAILWAY STATION北京站欢迎来到北京！北京站位于北京市东城区，二环内东南部，其前身是西侧3千米外的京奉铁路正阳门东车站（现为中国铁道博物馆）。北京站的设计工作于1958年开始，1959年9月15日向乘客开放。它是为纪念中华人民共和国成立十周年而建造的“十大建筑”之一，其站房由杨廷宝和陈登鳌主持设计。在此基础上，参与团队总结出一大批建筑设计和施工著作，这对中国火车站的建设乃至中国建筑业都产生了广泛深远的影响。北京站有8个站台，是连接北京与东北地区的重要枢纽，去往东北方向和华东地区的列车大部分在该站始发，也有前往上海和广东方向的铁路线路。北京站隶属国铁北京局管辖，为直属特等站。About Beijing Railway StationWelcome to Beijing! Beijing Railway Station is located in Dongcheng District, in the southeastern part of the Second Ring Road. Its predecessor was the Zhengyangmen East Station of the Beijing-Mukden Railway, located 3 kilometers to the west (now the China Railway Museum). The design work for Beijing Railway Station began in 1958, and it was opened to passengers on 15 September 1959. It was one of the ‘Ten Great Buildings’ constructed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the station house building designed by Yang Tingbao and Chen Deng'ao. Based on this project, the participating team compiled a large