Dalianbei (Dalian North) railway station is a railway station of the Harbin–Dalian section of the Beijing–Harbin High-Speed Railway. It is located in Dalian, in the Liaoning province of China. Construction of the station started on April 1, 2010[3] and the station opened to regular rail traffic in late 2012. On December 1, 2012,[4] the station started to receive high-speed rail traffic as part of the newly opened Harbin–Dalian High-Speed Railway.

The station cost 1.54 billion yuan to construct.[5] The main building contains 68,500 square metres (737,000 sq ft) of space. There is a 74,000 square metres (800,000 sq ft) weather shed. Ten platforms of some 63,000 square metres (680,000 sq ft) serve twenty rail lines and can accommodate a maximum of 7,500 passengers.[6] Passengers are transported around the station using 56 escalators, 26 elevators and two bridge approaches.[3]

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  2. ^ Ministry of Railways (China) (2012). 铁路电报站名略号(2012). Beijing: China Railway Publisher. p. 21.
  3. ^ a b "Dalian North Railway Station under construction". Dalian News. February 8, 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Harbin-Dalian high-speed train begins operation". Xinhua. 2012-12-01. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  5. ^ Zhao, Qian (September 6, 2012). "Dalian North Railway Station to open". China Daily. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Ha'erbin-Dalian high-speed railway to be open to traffic". Dalian News. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.