Beijing Chaoyang 北京朝阳[1]
Beijing Chaoyang railway station in December 2025
General information
Other names	Xinghuo (1968-2019)
Location	Chaoyang District,Beijing China
Coordinates	39°56′50″N116°30′29″E / 39.94722°N 116.50806°E /39.94722; 116.50806
Lines	China Railway: Shuangqiao–Shahe railway, Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway Beijing Suburban Railway:      Northeast Ring line (under testing) Beijing Subway:      Line 3[2]
Platforms	1 side platform, 6 island platforms
Construction
Structure type	in level, elevated
Other information
Station code	11389 (TMIS code) IFP (telegram code) BJY (pinyin code)
Classification	2nd class station
History
Opened	1968 (Old Railway Station) 22 January 2021[3] (New Railway Station) 15 December 2024[2] (Line 3 of Beijing Subway)
Services
Preceding station China Railway High-speed Following station Beijing Terminus Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway Part of theBeijing–Harbin high-speed railway Shunyi West towardsShenyang Preceding station China Railway Following station Beijing East towardsBeijing North Beijing–Baotou railway Wangjing towardsBaotou
Location Beijing Chaoyang Location in central Beijing

Beijing Chaoyang railway station^[1] (Chinese:北京朝阳站;pinyin:Běijīng Cháoyáng Zhàn), formerly known asXinghuo railway station (Chinese:星火站;pinyin:Xīnghuǒ Zhàn), is a railway station inChaoyang District,Beijing. This station is the main terminus of theBeijing–Harbin high-speed railway, and one of eight main passenger-service stations of the Beijing railway hub.

Station construction began in 1966 with the proposed name ofXinzhuang railway station, named after the nearby village. However, there had been a station with the same name inTianjin. When the station opened in 1968, it was namedXinghuo railway station, after the XinghuoPeople's commune^[4] (Chinese:星火人民公社) (nowLiulitun Subdistrict), and the XinghuoPeople's commune is named after a famous article written byMao Zedong,A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire^[5] (Chinese:星星之火，可以燎原).

Xinghuo railway station had been a passenger-service station for through trains on theBeijing–Baotou railway (Shuangqiao-Shahe railway), but all passenger services were canceled in 1996 with the speed-up projects. It has been an industrial freight station linking factories including a granary, a cotton depot, a thermal power plant, and the China National Railway Track Test Center (famous for the loop track).^[6]

In 2013, Xinghuo railway station was confirmed as the largest terminus of the plannedBeijing–Shenyang high-speed railway and renovations began in 2017.^[6] During the 2020Two Sessions,CPPCC member Pi Jianlong advised that the station name should be changed toBeijing Chaoyang railway station for theChaoyang District in Beijing. Investigated and surveyed by the related ministries and commanded by thePremier, the station formally changed its name to Beijing Chaoyang railway station^[7] in June 2020, and the former Chaoyang railway station inLiaoning Province changed its name toLiaoning Chaoyang railway station.

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  Former Xinghuo railway station hall (2018)
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  Former basic platform of Xinghuo railway station (2018)
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  Former station yard and sidings of Xinghuo railway station (2015)
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  A test train running on the National Railway Track Test Center's loop track
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  A test train stopped in the NRTTC. All new train models need to be examined in the NRTTC at Beijing Chaoyang railway station.

The Beijing Chaoyang railway station has seven platforms and 15 lines (excluding two freight lines outside the station building) for a building area of 183,000 square metres (1,970,000 sq ft) after renovation. The station is collaborated designed byAREP andChina Railway Design Corporation since 2016.^[8] The construction began in 2018 byChina Railway 6th Bureau Group andChina Railway Construction Engineering Group, and capped on 30 May 2020 and finished decoration in the end of 2020.

The new station began operation on 22 January 2021.^[3]

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  Construction site in 2019
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  Construction site in 2019
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  Construction site in the early 2020
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  The station under decoration in 2020

Beijing Chaoyang station building can be divided into the central part and the west part, in which the central part covers 110,000 square meters, and the west part covers 70,000 square meters. The architectural design theme shows the vitality of the city, satisfying the general requirements of becoming an integrated, green, warm, economic, and convenient transportation hub. The outside facade is a three-segment shape that blends traditional culture and modernity. The glass curtain wall on the north side of the building not only broadens the view and for day lighting, but also hints at the direction of Shenyang, the other end of the line.^[8] The upper roof image is derived from the roofs of the ancientForbidden City.

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  West lobby
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  Waiting hall
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  Exterior of Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub
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  Interior of Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub

Chaoyang Railway Station 朝阳站
Subway platform
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	朝阳站
Traditional Chinese	朝陽站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cháoyáng zhàn
General information
Location	Underneath Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station West Square,Dongfeng Area Chaoyang District,Beijing China
Coordinates	39°56′35″N116°30′01″E / 39.94303°N 116.50038°E /39.94303; 116.50038
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line	Line 3
Platforms	2 (1island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 15, 2024; 14 months ago (2024-12-15)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Shifoying towardsDongsi Shitiao Line 3 Yaojiayuan towardsDongbabei
Location Chaoyang Railway Station Location in Beijing

TheLine 3 ofBeijing Subway began to serve the railway station from 15 December 2024.^[9][2] in long-term planning,Line 20 will also serve this station.

There are 2 one-way exits to the national railway station at the east of the Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub, 1 subway entrance at the west of the hub, and 1 entrance and exit to the online car-hailing pick-up point and the taxi dispatch station on the basement floor at the north of the hub, all of which are not numbered. In addition, there are two independent exits, Exits A and B, on the south side of the station body of Line 3, both of which are located on the southwest side of the national railway station building and the south side of the hub, and there is also Exit C on the north side of the west wall of the concourse.

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  Exit A
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  Exit B
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  Exit C (reserved interface)
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  North exit
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  Exit elevators
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  South exit
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  Main entrance
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  Entrance elevators

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  Concourse south section
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  Entrance escalators
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  Concourse north section
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  South exit interface towards main railway station
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  North exit interface towards main railway station
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  Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub basement 1
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  Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub basement 1
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  Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub taxi stand
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  West facade entrance of Chaoyang Railway Station Transport Hub

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