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Preface
The height of the high-speed rail per capita is not more than two meters, so why should the high-speed rail station be built to a height of nearly 60 meters? Is it a face-saving project or is there another hidden meaning? As one of the important symbols of the mainland's modernization construction, the high-speed rail is favored by many Chinese people for its convenience and comfort, and the emergence of the high-speed rail has not only shortened the distance between the two places, but also benefited the people who traveled a lot and saved a lot of travel time.
Architectural style
I believe that many people have taken the high-speed rail, but have you ever paid attention to the building of the high-speed rail station? The previous railway station was generally only two floors, and the current high-speed rail station is generally tens of meters high. The construction of a city's high-speed rail station is often the first impression of the city by outsiders.
It can also be said to be a landmark building of the city, so the architectural style and luxury of the high-speed rail station can well show the development level of a city's economic strength, and can also reflect the local cultural characteristics from the side.
For example, Nanjing South Railway Station, its shape is like a huge "phoenix wings", which is a combination of traditional architectural elements of the mainland and the characteristics of modern architecture, and was once known as the largest high-speed railway station in Asia is Nanjing South Railway Station, the building is 59.96 meters high, close to 60 meters.
Coupled with its huge 458,000 square meters of ground, people will feel particularly empty after entering the station, and now Nanjing South Railway Station has been covered by the Xiong'an Station covering an area of 475,200 square meters, but he is still a god-like existence in the high-speed rail station.
According to the local customs, the construction of the high-speed rail station will be different, Chengdu East Railway Station adopts the style of western Sichuan residents, mainly with gray tiles and white walls as the main color, the overall look is very cordial, so that there is a special high-speed rail station can not only attract tourists, but also open up the city's popularity.
For the sake of face
It is true that the high-speed rail station can indeed make the local face shine, but just because of this, the high-speed rail station is built so high, will it be a bit too extravagant and wasteful?
Judging from the average height of the mainland, the average height of men aged 18-44 is 169.7cm, and that of women is 158cm, although this data is in 2020 and may grow in recent years, but no matter how long you look, the average height will probably not exceed two meters.
Of course, this statement is not true, if it is really just for the sake of face, then there is no need to build so high, there is a luxury of ten meters and then decoration can also produce good results.
In addition to the appearance, the safety of the high-speed rail station is also an important factor that cannot be ignored, the general high-speed rail station is mainly divided into two floors, the first level is mainly used for ticket sales, ticket inspection and inspection of personal belongings, and there is also a small part of the waiting area.
The second floor is generally a waiting room and some convenient life services, such a design, in order to separate the passenger flow, after clarifying the use of each area, can better divide the passenger flow, to bring passengers a better waiting experience.
safety
The daily flow of people at the high-speed rail station is very large, taking Guangzhou South Railway Station as an example, on January 27, 2023, the number of passengers received was 435,000, and the waiting room could accommodate more than 9,000 people at the same time, so many people were crammed into one building.
If the space is not large enough, only a few meters high, then the internal oxygen is not enough, and the passengers of the train may be in a hypoxic coma at any time, so in order to ensure air circulation and good lighting, the high-speed rail station must be built higher, so as to be able to operate safely.
At the beginning, the design and planning of Humen Station carried an average of 3,000 passengers per day, but I did not expect that after completion, the passenger flow of Humen Station reached an average of 15,000 passengers per day, which greatly exceeded the original carrying capacity.
This kind of planning mistake makes many travelers can't help but complain, Dongguan, as a new first-tier city, its transportation hub is like a waiting room in an eighteenth-tier city, which is unacceptable to everyone.
As a result, the image of Dongguan has been skewed, but the Dongguan government is also aware of the seriousness of the problem and is replanning and expanding the Humen high-speed rail station, preparing to build it into a landmark high-speed rail station that can accommodate an average of 200,000 passengers per day.
In fact, the high-speed rail station and the airport have similarities, both require a large amount of height adjustment space, and the airport needs to walk some distance on the way to each boarding gate, and the common point of the two buildings is that they need to go up and down constantly.
In addition, buildings with large space can also reduce accidents, high-speed rail stations have more people, more likely to occur, and large building space will accommodate more people, and dispersed people can reduce the risk of stampede.
And such a large building as the high-speed rail station, it is necessary to make a long-term plan, the construction cost of the high-speed rail station itself is high, and the one-time construction of a larger one-time can also avoid the expansion in the future, which not only saves cost but also saves time.
economy
China's high-speed rail network coverage is the largest in the world, has formed four vertical and four horizontal high-speed rail trunk lines, connecting many important cities, convenient for people's travel, now the mainland has more than 40,000 kilometers of high-speed rail lines put into use, in all operating sections, more than 3,200 kilometers of the section is in accordance with the standard of 350 kilometers per hour operation.
Objectively speaking, when the high-speed rail network in a region is dense, the economy here will be more developed, such as Zhengzhou as a high-speed rail hub station, the rise of this city can be said to be inextricably linked with high-speed rail.
With the high-speed railway, Zhengzhou and many surrounding cities are closely linked, and a "one-hour traffic circle" has been built, like Zhoukou next to Zhengzhou, because of the "radiation effect" of high-speed rail, which has greatly improved the local transportation.
At the investment conference held a year after the opening of the high-speed railway, a total of 31 projects were signed, with a total investment of up to 42.97 billion, Zhengzhou's success is not accidental, high-speed rail as a convenient means of transportation, greatly improved the exchange of people between cities. The high-speed rail network is like the blood vessels of a city, with a different blood flowing into the city every day, making the city vibrant.
Architects believe that people's perception of space is very sensitive, and this sensitivity comes from the height of the building, so buildings with the right length, width and height are more likely to be recognized, which is one of the reasons why high-speed rail stations should be built larger.
Moreover, if the height of the high-speed rail station is too low, it will affect nearby residents, because the speed of high-speed rail in the mainland generally exceeds 230 kilometers per hour, and when the high-speed rail enters the station, it will bring a lot of vibration and noise.
If there is no concrete and steel building that is tens of meters high to buffer, then the vibration waves and noise will radiate to nearby residents, bringing inconvenience to everyone's life, and if the high-speed rail station is small and old, it will bring a sense of depression to passengers.
The development of China's railways is obvious to all, and there is no country in the world that can compare with us, we are not only working hard to improve the domestic transportation network, but also to help other countries improve the transportation environment, and the high-speed rail project that other countries cannot take, the mainland can be completed perfectly.
At the same time, the high-speed rail station also carries the future development potential of the city, and there are many aspects that need to be taken into account when designing and decorating, mainly aiming for safety, convenience and sustainable development, and we have been developing in this direction.
I believe that in the future, we will have new breakthroughs in the research of high-speed rail, and continuously improve the intelligence, automation level, safety and comfort of high-speed rail, only in this way can China's high-speed rail continue to lead the world, everyone will wait and see!