There’s been a lot of speculation. And stuff which wasn’t true. But now we know for sure. Nanjing North Railway Station, our City’s biggest transportation-infrastructure construction project since its southerly sister 15 years ago, should be welcoming its first travellers by 2028.
有很多猜测。还有一些不真实的事情。但现在我们确定了。南京北站是我市继南方姐妹站 15 年来最大的交通基础设施建设项目，预计将于 2028 年迎来第一批旅客。
It’s all beginning to look a bit like a decade or more ago in Nanjing, at least in terms of the construction of rail links. A plethora of metro lines are racing to be completed, new high-speed lines linking Nanjing with other cities hitherto underserved are underway and now, work is finally about to begin on Nanjing North Railway Station.
南京的一切开始看起来有点像十年前，至少在铁路建设方面是这样。大量的地铁线路正在竞相竣工，连接南京和其他尚未得到服务的城市的新高速线路正在建设中，而现在，南京北站的工程终于即将开工。
Before going in to detail, the basics are that Nanjing North Railway Station is to reportedly form the core of the new Economic Zone that shall also comprise a residential, conference, catering and entertainment complex. One can look to the area around Nanjing South which has sprung up of late for an idea of how that will pan out.
在详细介绍之前，基本情况是南京北站将成为新经济区的核心，还将包括住宅、会议、餐饮和娱乐综合体。人们可以看看近来崛起的南京南周边地区，看看这将如何发展。
As to the specifics, PSA Nanjing (南京发布) reported yesterday, 6 March, that the “Preliminary Design of the Nanjing North Railway Station Station Building & Related Projects” was jointly approved by the China Railway Group and the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government recently, after being submitted for review last November.
具体情况，南京PSA昨天3月6日报道称，《南京北站站房及相关工程初步设计方案》继去年11月报送审查后，于近日获得中铁集团和江苏省人民政府联合批复。
Supposedly shaped like the head of the Yangtze River and the flowers blooming in Nanjing, the Station is touted as being unique in terms of optimised-transfer efficiency, integrating the station and the city, and its interior environment. That translates to shorter transfer times between high-speed trains and urbane public transport, five metro lines and a station hall that is green and well lit.
该站造型似长江头、南京花开，在优化换乘效率、站城融合、室内环境等方面堪称独一无二。这意味着高速列车和都市公共交通之间的换乘时间更短，还有 5 条地铁线路以及绿色且光线充足的车站大厅。
Nanjing North Railway Station is to measure 710 by 637 metres, comprising a total of six floors, four above ground and two below. While less tall, less deep and smaller overall than its counterpart down south, the Station is to employ a model not indistinct from many other such stations in China.
南京北站高710米，高637米，共六层，地上四层，地下两层。虽然与南方的同类车站相比，该车站的高度、深度和整体规模较小，但其采用的模式与中国许多其他此类车站没有什么不同。
The ground floor is to be largely given over to road transportation, including parking, bus links and passenger drop-off points. Above this shall be arrivals, departures and the waiting hall.
底层主要用于道路交通，包括停车场、公交线路和乘客下车点。其上方为到达厅、出发厅和候机厅。
But underground is where it starts getting by interesting. For Nanjing North shall be where five metro lines intersect, namely Lines 3, 4, 15, 18 and S4. Of these, Line 3 shall be located on the first basement level, accompanied by ride hailing points, while the level below shall be the meeting point of the remaining four lines.
但地下才是它开始变得有趣的地方。对于南京北来说，是5条地铁线路的交汇处，即3号线、4号线、15号线、18号线和S4号线。其中，3号线位于地下一层，并设有叫车点，下一层为其余4条线的交汇点。
As for other rail links, it shall be possible to take trains between Nanjing North and the Nanjing Railway Station, thanks to the Shangyuan Men Railway Crossing which traverses the Yangtze at present under construction. Nanjing North is also planned to be opened for operation simultaneously with the North Riverside High Speed Railway.
至于其他铁路线路，由于目前正在建设的横贯长江的上元门铁路道口，南京北与南京火车站之间可以乘坐火车。南京北也计划与北滨江高铁同步开通运营。
The Nanjinger first reported on progress as to this giant undertaking in October of 2019, a time when it was envisaged that Nanjing North would begin operations in 2025. Then the world went pear shaped, putting the project 3 years behind schedule. More recently, construction of the Station building itself was tentatively planned to commence during the fourth quarter of 2023.
《南京人》于 2019 年 10 月首次报道了这一庞大工程的进展情况，当时南京北站预计将于 2025 年开始运营。随后，世界各地的情况都发生了变化，该项目比原计划晚了 3 年。最近，车站大楼本身的建设暂定于 2023 年第四季度开始。
So there may be, on the face of it, much about which to be skeptical. But time is running out. If the newly revealed and revised timeline can be more or less adhered to, meaning shovels in the ground by July, we have a shot at having Nanjing North up and running by 2028.
因此，从表面上看，可能有很多值得怀疑的地方。但时间已经不多了。如果新公布和修订的时间表能够或多或少地得到遵守，这意味着在 7 月之前将铲土动工，我们就有机会在 2028 年让南京北建成并投入运行。
Nanjing North Railway Station shall be 10 kilometres from Jiangbei New Area’s city centre, some 18 kilometres distant from Xinjiekou and 50 kilometres from Nanjing Lukou International Airport. A long-term annual passenger volume of 36.5 million is predicted.
南京北站距江北新区市中心约10公里，距新街口约18公里，距南京禄口国际机场约50公里。 预计长期年客运量将达到 3650 万人次。
