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Survey of Xizhimen Station of Beiping-Suiyuan Railway in 1928–1949 and the Relationship Between the Station and Urban Space

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Through the interpretation of a particular era and city background, the paper reviews Beiping-Suiyuan Railway Xizhimen station building process. The text is written according to time sequence, which start from relatively active period of 10 years construction time to stagnating period of 8-year war, then momentary recovery period of postwar. The author introduced the building and functioning history of Xizhimen station in the Beiping-Suiyuan Railway period, as well as the political environment and urban decision-making on the important influence of Xizhimen station at that time. And then the author offered analysis of the relationship between Xizhimen Station and the surrounding urban space.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. (Grant No. 2009JBM131).

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Gao, W., Zhao, M., Zhou, X. (2014). Survey of Xizhimen Station of Beiping-Suiyuan Railway in 1928–1949 and the Relationship Between the Station and Urban Space. In: Xia, H., Zhang, Y. (eds) The 2nd International Symposium on Rail Transit Comprehensive Development (ISRTCD) Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37589-7_32

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