Beijing South Railway Station to be ready in August

The roof of the main hall of Beijing’s southern railway station

(BEIJING, January 22) -- The expanded southern railway station in Beijing is expected to be operational on August 1 this year, as its main structure was completed recently.

The station, the largest in Asia, is the starting point of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and the Beijing-Tianjin inner-city line.

(Photo credit: China Foto Press)

A bullet train passes through the main structure of Beijing's southern railway station.

The waiting hall of the passengers bound for Shanghai and Tianjin in Beijing's southern railway station.