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China : TIANJIN airport connects to Beijing rail
Publish Date : 25-Apr-2014
A ticketing facility at Beijing South Railway Station is constructed by Tianjin Binhai International Airport, with the aim of attracting passengers who want to avoid the one-hour travel time between the station and the Tianjin airport.
Passengers will be capable to acquire air tickets and complete check-in procedures at the Beijing station, and then take the 30-minute bullet train to Tianjin Railway Station free of charge. A bus will then carry passengers to the Tianjin Binhai International Airport, also free.
Xu Lijuan, a senior official of the Tianjin airport said, "The cost of the train and bus will be returned to passengers after their journey".
The new ticketing and check-in facility underwent a trial run at the end of March, Xu said, and saw "an increasing number of passengers from southern Beijing choosing the new system."
Xu said, "After it opens in May, about 1.4 million passengers will be expected to take off from Tianjin instead of Beijing this year".
In 2013, the Tianjin airport processed handled more than 10 million passenger trips, about 12 percent of the passenger count of Beijing Capital International Airport.
Zhang Hu, sales manager of the marketing department of the Tianjin airport said, "It is a new model to link the railway and the airline, building a faster and more convenient travel line for some travelers".
Tianjin Binhai airport has in addition worked with Beijing's airport to jointly develop more flights and airlines, with the aim to boost a better development of Tianjin airport.
To fulfill the travel demand for residents in Hebei province, the Tianjin airport has established terminals in Cangzhou and Huanghua in the neighboring province, and is planning to expand its operating model to Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Beidaihe.
Terminal 2 of the Tianjin airport is likely to be prepared by August. It is likely to manage 30 to 50 million passenger trips in the next year.
