Of the four the train stations in Beijing (Beijing Railway Station, Beijing West Station, Beijing South Station and Beijing North Station), Beijing South Railway Station serves as the terminal for the high speed trains, including Tianjin, Shanghai and more cities which have railway stations for high speed trains.
If you are leaving Beijing by taking a high speed train, please check “Departure Hall of Beijing South Railway Station” for detailed information.
If you come to Beijing by high speed train, a lttle knowledge about the Arrival Hall of Beijing South Railway Station will help you facilitating your train transfer in Beijing South Railway Station.
Your platform is on the ground floor totaling 24 platforms in Beijing South Railway Station. Just follow the throng and go down by using an escalator to the underground floor, the arrival hall of Beijing South Railway Station.
So the Departure Hall of Beijing South Railway Station is on the second floor, the platform on the first floor and the underground floor (B1) is for arrival.
When you arrive at Beijing South Railway Station, you will come to the underground floor ( B1), the transportation hub for transferring the disembarking passengers to the city area of Beijing. Beijing South Railway Station is served by Subway Line 4, city buses, taxis…
The entrance to Subway Line 4 is located in the middle of the arrival hall (B1) of Beijing South Railway Station.
The bus lines at the south bus hub (f1): 529, 652, 72, T5, T8, 665 and 208 (night)
There are two taxi waiting areas in B1, east and west. At the time of my writing, the west taxi waiting area has more taxis than the east taxi terminal.
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Any questions, just drop a line.
Good evening,
I am going to leave to Shanghai tomorrow from Beijing South Railway Station. I must collect the tickets that I bought on Internet (I only have the reservation number). Can you tell me at which floor of the station I can find the correct window for this operation? Thank you!
Dear Giorgia,
Don’t worry. Just go to the south station a bit earlier. The departure floor ( second floor ) will have the window for collecting the online tickets. Just take a taxi and your taxi driver will take you to the departure floor. Take it easy. Basically the ticket collecting only starts 15 minutes before departure. Have a good time!
Any problem, just ask people in rail staff uniform for assistance.
We will be arriving at the Beijing South Railway on June 22 from the PEK airport and will be traveling by bullet train to Tianjin. We are not sure where to go to purchase our bullet train tickets to Tianjin when we arrive at the station.
Can we purchase our tickets now, online, to avoid confusion?
Dear Melanie Hubbard,
Thanks for your inquiry! No worry. There are several ticketing offices inside the waiting hall of the railway station. Many local people
buy tickets on the ticket vending machines. Have a good time in China!