Wednesday, December 30, 2015

High speed railway station Ready for Action

High speed railway station Ready to act

It is Asia's largest underground Railway Station

BEIJING: Asia's largest underground railway station will open on Wednesday, 30th December 2015 in the China's Shenzhen city. It will enable high-speed trains to slash the travel time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong to half an hour.

The Futian High-speed Railway Station covers a total area of 147,000 sq. metres, or the size of about 21 football fields.
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Its three underground floors are installed with more than 1,200 seats, allowing 3,000 passengers to wait simultaneously says Guangzhou Railway Corporation, which operates the station.

With the opening of the new station, travel time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong will be slashed to half an hour.

Residents in Shenzhen only need 15 minutes to go to Hong Kong.  According to the operation table, there will be 11 pairs of high-speed trains running in and out of the station from Wednesday to January 9. Twelve more pairs will be added to the schedule from January 10. 

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