Yujiapu Station to extend Beijing-Tianjin economic circle to Binhai

Located in Tanggu district of North China's Tianjin, Yujiapu Station of the extended line of the inter-city railway between Beijing and Tianjin is under construction. About 90 percent of the construction of the shell-shaped station’s membrane structure ceiling has been completed.

Located in Tanggu district of North China’s harbor city of Tianjin, Yujiapu Station resembles a shell. [Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua]

Undertaken by China Railway Construction Engineering Group, the indoor finishing and construction will be completed by the end of next April.

Yujiapu Station will expand the economic circle formed by Beijing South Railway Station and Tianjin Railway Station towards Tianjin's Binhai New Area.

The time spent traveling from Beijing South Railway Station to the Yujiapu area and from Tianjin Railway Station to Yujiapu will be shortened to 45 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively.

 

Staff members install glass to the ceiling of Yujiapu Station on Nov 7. [Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua]

Staff members work inside Yujiapu Station on Nov 7. [Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua]