Qinglongqiao railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Yanqing, Beijing, China}}
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| native_name = 青龙桥
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| address = Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing
| country = China
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| line = Beijing-Baotou railway
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Qinglongqiao railway station ({{zh|s=青龙桥站|p=Qīnglóngqiáo Zhàn}}) (also known as Ching-lung-chiao railway station) is a historic station of Jingbao Railway located in Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing. It was built in 1908, and includes the famous zigzag railway designed by the Chinese railroad engineer Zhan Tianyou (Jeme Tien-Yow).{{cite news|title=Century-old station sees railyway evolution|url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0428/c205040-9050849.html|access-date=29 April 2016|publisher=People's Daily|date=28 April 2016}} The station also contains the tomb of Zhan Tianyou and a statue of his,{{cite book|last=Gao|first=James Z.|title=Historical Dictionary of Modern China 1800-1949|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=425|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVzLG1aqlNkC&q=Qinglongqiao+Railway+Station&pg=PA425|isbn=9780810863088}} along with milestones in Suzhou numerals.
Note that there are two stations with "Qinglongqiao" in their names: Qinglongqiao and Qinglongqiao West. In the northbound direction, the Line S2 suburban trains from {{stl|CR|Huangtudian}} to {{stl|CR|Badaling}} & {{stl|CR|Yanqing}} use the western switchback, changing direction in Qinglongqiao West railway station. Only in the southbound direction do the trains use the eastern switchback, reversing at Qinglongqiao railway station.
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Category:Railway stations in Beijing
Category:Railways with Zig Zags
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