The main departure hall on level 2 of the Hongqiao Railway Station. This huge hall has an area of 11,300 square metres and can support up to 10,000 passengers at the same time - around Chinese New Year it can become quite crowded, the picture shows it basically empty...
The building itself (not the hall) is 420 metres long and 200 metres wide.
The station was designed as "sustainable" building, the roof features a set of 20,000 solar panels with a total area of 61,000 square metres.
Hongiao Railway Station serves only high speed trains (classes G and D), other train classes depart from Shanghai Station or
Shanghai South Station.
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