In 2010, the Ministry of Railways proposed that Fengtai Railway Station should be renovated and expanded to become a bigger intercity rail terminal for Beijing, in order to ease intercity traffic pressure on Beijing West Railway Station.
The planning department proposed that the original Mengjiacun and Niwa subway stations be merged into the new Fengtai Railway Station, known as the ‘three stops into one’ programme.
But local residents opposed the plan; and as a result, Niwa Station was moved 300m north to its current position and Mengjiacun 100m north, to be renamed Fengtai Railway Station. The original station shells were demolished and new stations built in their respective new locations.
The mural here looks much more impressive in real life than this picture would imply, with raised relief work giving the coloured rainbow a surreal 3D effect.
Chedaogou
Cishousi
Xidiaoyutai
Gongzhufen
Lianhuaqiao
Liuliqiao
Xiju
Fengtai Railway Station
Shoujingmao
Jijiamao
Caoqiao
Jiaomen East
Dahongmen
Songjiazhuang
Chengshousi
Fenzhongsi
Shilihe
Panjiayuan
Guomao
Jintaizhizhao
Hujialou
Tuanjiehu
Agricultural Exhibition Centre
Liangmaqiao
Sanyuanqiao
Jiandemen
Xitucheng
Zhichunli