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Beijing's West Railway Station, abb. Beijing West (Hanyu Pinyin: Beijing Xikezhan, Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 北京西客站, abb. Beijing Xi 北京西) is located in the west of Beijing. Opened in early 1996 after three hard years of work, it is the biggest railway station in Asia. It was expanded in 2000 and can now handle 300,000 passengers daily. It also has vast parking lots. Beijing listen? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the...
Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...
Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...
A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ...
2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
When it was first built it suffered from a leaky roof. It was built on mud and is currently sinking. Broken windows are scattered around the building. The building was poorly built due to corruption and bribery. It is expected to have a shortened life due to its poor construction.
Trains departing from Beijing West leave for destinations to the west and south, except for coastal destinations; these are served from Beijing Railway Station. Beijing Railway Station (September 2004 image) Beijing Railway Station (Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 北京站, Hanyu Pinyin: Beijing Zhan) is railway station, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). ...
The well-known Jingjiu Railway, or Beijing-Kowloon Railway line, begins from this railway station. In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍, Mandarin: Jiulong, lit. ...
In the future, it will be served by the Beijing subway, which will ultimately link it up to the main Beijing Railway Station. The Beijing Subway, Beijing Underground or Beijing Metro (北京地铁) is a subway system that serves the greater Beijing area and its various outlying suburbs. ...
Beijing Railway Station (September 2004 image) Beijing Railway Station (Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 北京站, Hanyu Pinyin: Beijing Zhan) is railway station, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). ...
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