Beijing Chaoyang railway station

Beijing Chaoyang railway station[1] (Chinese: 北京朝阳站; pinyin: Běijīng Cháoyáng Zhàn), formerly known as Xinghuo railway station (Chinese: 星火站; pinyin: Xīnghuǒ Zhàn), is a railway station in Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Beijing Chaoyang 北京朝阳[1]
Beijing Chaoyang railway station under construction in June 2020
Other names	Xinghuo
Location	Chaoyang District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39°56′50″N 116°30′29″E
Line(s)	China Railway: Shuangqiao–Shahe Railway, Beijing–Baotou Railway, Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway Beijing Suburban Railway:      Northeast Ring line (opens in late 2020) Beijing Subway:      Line 3 (opens in 2022[2])
Other information
Station code	12161 (TMIS code) XUP (telegram code) XHU (pinyin code)
Classification	2nd class station
History
Opened	1968 (Old Railway Station) 2020 (New Railway Station)[3] 2022 (Line 3 of Beijing Subway)[2]
Services
Preceding station   China Railway High-speed   Following station Terminus Beijing–Shenyang High-Speed Railway Part of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway Shunyi West towards Shenyang China Railway Beijing East towards Beijing Beijing–Baotou Railway Wangjing towards Baotou
Location
Beijing Chaoyang Location in central Beijing

Name

Current name

The current name is named after Chaoyang District in Beijing.

Old name

The old name of the railway station, Xinghuo railway station, is named after the Xinghuo People's commune[4] (Chinese: 星火人民公社) (now Liulitun Subdistrict), and the Xinghuo People's commune is named after a famous article written by Mao Zedong, A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire[5] (Chinese: 星星之火，可以燎原).

Description

Before renovation, the railway station is a small freight station with no passenger train services.

It will be the starting point of the Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway.[3][6]

Beijing Subway

The under construction Line 3 of Beijing Subway will serve the railway station.

References

1. "京沈高铁始发站星火站正式更名为"北京朝阳站"".
2. "轨道交通3号线一期东坝车辆段实现进场围挡". 2019-01-07. 3号线一期工程计划于2022年底完工
3. "京沈高铁星火站年内开建 计划2020年年底竣工". 2018-09-13.
4. 刘春瑞 (2013-08-03). "47岁的星火站". 新京报. 源于车站当时所在的星火人民公社。后来星火公社改回六里屯乡，车站仍保留了这个名字
5. "A SINGLE SPARK CAN START A PRAIRIE FIRE". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
6. http://www.ecns.cn/2013/08-02/75798.shtml "Beijing to Shenyang in 2 hours"