Under the huge "Beijing Sail" roofs, the comprehensive transportation hub of the Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station is taking shape. According to the plan, this super hub is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025 to realize the synergy of a railway station and its surrounding urban areas.

Visitors entering the hub from the west side under a "Beijing Sail" will be amazed after going downstairs. The milky white ceiling panels and streamlined light troughs have been installed. Soon, the walls of the station will feature glass curtain decorations that highlight cultural and artistic elements.

As of June 30, the installation of supporting equipment for the transportation hub has been completed. This includes various professional devices, including the electrical system, water supply and drainage systems, air conditioning, elevators, and platform doors. The project is moving into the phases of single-machine commissioning as well as joint commissioning and testing.

According to the plan, the comprehensive transportation hub of the Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station is set to be completed by the end of 2025. Currently, equipment installation and station decoration is progressing rapidly.

This transportation hub will provide passengers with easy access to two major airports in Beijing and vital cities including Tianjin and those in Hebei.

In addition, this underground hub will feature four rail transit lines (M6, M101, Pinggu Line and Line S6), two intercity railways (Beijing-Tangshan Railway and Huairou-Daxing Airport Intercity Railway), one suburban railway, and 15 bus shuttle lines. The plan also prescribes that the hub will function as an urban airport terminal.

In the future, Line S6 will connect Beijing's two airports, allowing flight passengers to check in at this hub and conveniently take rail transit to either of the two airports.

Once its construction is completed, this comprehensive transportation hub will become a modern super urban complex that functions as, more than a transportation hub, a cultural facility, business space, office area, life facility, and venue of leisure activities.

The Wanli project located in the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (BMC) will feature a micro-resort town designed to resemble a "sky garden" above the subway depot, to seamlessly meet residents' daily life needs with urban functions.

The Wanli project under construction (stock photo)

(Source: Beijing Tongzhou Fabu)