Asia's Largest Railway Station

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

Just in the last two months, there have been literally thousands of workers on the roads and neighborhoods between Nanjing, and Shanghai. China has pledged billions to building its infrastructure during this economic struggle. There are lots of people to move from one place to another, and they seem to be planning on putting the means in place to provide transportation.

 

Asia's largest railway junction begins construction

 

15:40, January 11, 2008

 

On January 9, Asia's largest railway junction station ¨C Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway's Nanjing South Station ¨C officially enters its construction phase.

 

The high-speed railway's Nanjing South Station and the highway's Nanjing South Station both occupy an area of two square kilometers; and together form the largest of all stations built along the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway.

 

According to the design, Nanjing South Station is an elevated station with a platform on the second floor, waiting hall on the third floor, and a square transfer area on the ground floor.

 

In the center of the square, there are stations leading to Metro Line 1, Line 3 and Line 6. On the south side of the square there is an Airport Express park: an elevated road connecting to Lukou Airport.

 

The highway's South Station is south of Nanjing South Station Square. There is almost a "zero distance" transfer between the rail, bus, subway, long-distance bus and airport bus.

 

Experts said that after the completion of Nanjing South Station, in addition to the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, there will also be connections with the Hu-Han-Rong Railway (Shanghai - Nanjing - Hefei - Wuhan - Chongqing - Chengdu), Ning-An Railway (Nanjing - Wuhu - Anqing) and Ning-Hang Railway (Nanjing - Hangzhou), making Nanjing the largest transportation hub in east China.

Edited April 4, 2009 by ShaQuaNew (see edit history)

[Li & John]

Good for China! America needs to follow in China's foot steps.