NIcole Zhang

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FUTIAN Railway Station, the second-largest underground railway station after New York’s Grand Central Station in the United States, cost about 3.95 billion yuan (US$600 million) to build.

It consists of three subterranean levels, providing train services to Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and also links with Shenzhen’s Metro network. A Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp. official said Futian station has a floor area of 147,000 square meters, the size of 21 soccer fields.

Ticket counters and self-help ticket machines are located on floor B1, where passengers can transfer to Metro Lines 2 and 3 as well as to the future Line 11 inside the station. Passengers can transfer to Lines 1 and 4 at nearby Metro stations. The waiting hall on floor B2 has 1,200 seats and can accommodate 3,000 passengers. Four train platforms are located on floor B3.

There are three bus stops near the Fuitan CBD railway station, served by 33 bus routes, including seven routes put into operation Dec. 28. The routes go across the city and include service to Shekou and Nantou Checkpoint.

The station has three entrances on the ground floor with passages to floor B2, meaning passengers can enter the waiting hall directly without going to floor B1. One entrance is located near the intersection of Fuhua No. 1 Road and Yitian Road, with the second one around the crossway of Shennan Boulevard and Yitian Road and the third one near the Jiangsu Bank Building.