Beijing Travel Essentials: Beijing West Station

Beijing West Station 北京西客站

Beijing West Station is on Lianhuachi Donglu in Fengtai District.

Beijing West Station opened in 1996 and is China's largest railway station and monolithic in size.

Trains for Vietnam, Tibet, Urumqi, Guangzhou and Hong Kong (Kowloon) leave from Beijing West Station. There are also rail services from Beijing West Station to Xi'an, Chongqing and Chengdu.

Other stations in Beijing include Beijing Station (Tel: 6563 3263), Beijing North Train Station (Tel: 6563 6122; 6563 6223) and Beijing South Train Station (Tel: 6563 5222).

Read more about Beijing to Lhasa trains.

Getting To Beijing West Station

The nearest subway station serving Beijing's West Station is presently Junshibowuguan (Military Museum Station) on the East-West Line (Blue Line) just opposite the Military Museum, about 2km away. There are a number of buses that connect the two stations.

Eventually Beijing West Station will have its own subway station on Line 9 and will also link to Beijing Station by underground shuttle one day. The foreigners' ticketing office is on the 2nd floor.

Train tickets can be booked up to four days in advance and often your hotel can help you with advanced bookings.

Beijing West Train Station (Tel: 5182 6253)

Station Sound

Listen to an announcement at Beijing Train Station

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