Dalianbei Station
Dalian North Station
大连北站
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 and the station opened to regular rail traffic in late 2012. On December 1, 2012, 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.The main building contains 68,500 square metres (737,000 sq ft) of space. The 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. Passengers are transported around the station using 56 escalators, 26 elevators and two bridge approaches.
How to get to station
By Bus
To/From North Square
Bus Line 1, 8, 518, 909, Dalian North Railway Station – Fujiaxincheng Line, Lugang wuliu – Xinxing lucheng
To/From South Square
Dalian Bay – Jiefang Road Line, Dalian Railway Station – Development Zone Line
By Subway
Take subway line 3 to Houyan Station and interchange to a taxi to the north station. The taxi fare is around CNY10 to 15. If one wants to take a bus from Houyan Station to the north station, they can take bus Fujiaxincheng – Dalianbeizhan Line from Fast Track Houyan Station Bus Stop to its terminal at north square of north station. The public bus takes around 40 to 50 minutes with fare around CNY1.
By Taxi
The taxi fare is not very expensive from the city proper to the north station and it is around CNY 30 to 35 from Renmin Square and the Bayi Road area.
Transfer between the railway station and the north station
Take Dalian Railway Station – Development Zone Line to its 14th stop at North Railway Station or take bus line 909 to transfer between two stations directly. Or take local subway line 3 to Houyan Station and then a taxi to north station. The Railway Station can be used as an interchanging station for travelers from the other places of city proper area to the north station.
Transfer between the airport and the station
Free shuttle buses are in service between Ticket Office B1 of the north station and No. 3 Gate of Arrival Hall of the airport. Those who have high speed train tickets or flight tickets can use them. Buses leave north station at 10:30, 14:00 and 17:00, while they depart from airport at 09:00, 12:00 and 15:30. Or one can take a taxi directly with operating time around 20 to 30 minutes and fare around CNY 30 to 35.
Transfer between the north station and the Passengers Port
If one wants to take a ferry from Dalian to Yanta, Weihai, Tianjin and some nearby islands, one can take the Railway Station – Development Zone Line from the North Station to the Railway Station and change to bus Line 13 to its 5th stop at Matou Bus Stop to walk to Passengers Port.
