The main body of Beijing South Railway Station consists of five floors, namely: elevated waiting hall, platform track floor, transfer hall, subway line 4 and subway 14 line. There are 2 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, and the platform is located at the bottom.
The elevated waiting floor is the second floor above the ground, with an independent waiting room in the center, ticketing office buildings in the four corners, entrance halls on the east and west sides, and waiting areas from north to south in turn, which can accommodate 6,543,800 people at the same time.
In the waiting room on the second floor of the South Railway Station, there are 87 shops, including 42 shops in the business district, and 35 shops are mixed between the ticket gates. In the center of the waiting hall, in addition to a caring service area, there are 10 stores. At the elevator entrance facing the north exit, there is a shop that has not been renovated. When the reporter of Beiqing Daily asked other businesses in the waiting room, a clerk told him, "The location of the shop has been rented out."
There are waiting seats in the center of the extended data elevated waiting hall. From south to north, it is divided into three areas: Beijing-Tianjin Intercity, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and General Speed Train, with a total of 5,000 seats. The whole hall can accommodate more than 10 thousand passengers waiting at the same time. "
As can be seen from the news photos of the media at that time, Beijing South Railway Station not only had wooden benches and rows of leather soft seats for rest, but also a circle of sofas and coffee tables for passengers to rest and work. At the same time, there are no shops such as KFC, Starbucks and Beijing specialty products between the central aisle of the waiting room and the ticket gate.
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