Archive for August, 2009

Guangzhou New Railway Station

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

It’s time to follow up the construction of the new Guangzhou Railway station, one of the largest in Asia. :)

SOME RENDERS

  • located in Shibi, Guangzhou Fanyu, 14km from city center.
  • Cost: 4.1b ~ 5.1b yuan
  • Daily capacity: 310,000 passengers
  • There’ll be 4 subway lines connecting the new station: Guangzhou Subway Line 2, 7, 12 and Foshan Line 2.
  • Wuhan-Guangzhou expressrail will use the new station.
  • Area: 580m x 475m. Its size, 565,827 sq meters is larger than Guangzhou Baiyun airport T1.
  • It uses 1.7 times of steel than Bird Nest.
  • 15 platforms, 28 rail tracks
  • 1808 parking lot.
  • The new station will be completed by 2010, after 5 years of construction.
  • It will be the 4th largest transportation hub of China
  • LINES

    REPOTITION BASELINE

    here is a PROGRESS … taken from the top

    PROGRESS