Difference 1: different uses
(1) North Plaza: It mainly undertakes passenger transportation of intercity railways and high-speed railways (including "D, G prefix trains and three pairs of non-motorized trains Z49/Z50, Z257/Z258 and K503/K504).
(2) South Square: the operation of special trains and express ordinary trains (such as "T, K prefix, Z96 ordinary train"). )
Difference 2: Light rail stations are different.
(1) North Square: Passengers taking Rail Transit Line 3 to Chongqing North Square and Longtousi North Bus Station still need to get off at Longtousi Station.
(2) South Square: The South Square Light Rail Station has been renamed as "Chongqing North Station South Square", which was previously "Chongqing North Station".
South square
The South Square Project of Chongqing North Railway Station covers an area of 1.400 mu with a total investment of more than 700 million yuan. The total area of the station building is 16 12 1 m2, and its appearance is silver gray, with glass curtain wall and light color material. The ticket hall covers an area of 430 square meters, and the manual ticket window is 2 1 ticket; The waiting room covers an area of nearly 5,000 square meters and has more than 2,000 seats, which can accommodate 5,000 people at the same time. A distribution hall of 1805 square meters is set at the entrance of the waiting room. ?
The platform of the South Square of Chongqing North Railway Station adopts a long-span column-free canopy, and the railway in the station is a ballastless track. The exit is designed as two floors, and two escalators are connected with an elevator. The lower floor is directly connected with the underground passage and rail transit in the square in front of the station, realizing zero-distance transfer between the exit and urban traffic.
The main building of the South Square of Chongqing North Railway Station is two floors, and the local building is three floors. The entrance to the waiting room is the distribution hall, which instructs passengers to go everywhere.
The waiting room is divided into two floors, with four escalators, two pedestrian ladders and two vertical elevators for the disabled. There are two ordinary waiting rooms and seven waiting rooms on the first and second floors, including disabled waiting rooms, soft sleeper waiting rooms, military waiting rooms, maternal and child waiting rooms and VIP waiting rooms. There is also a game room on the second floor for waiting passengers. Passengers waiting for the bus on the second floor can get in and get off at the platform through the overpass connecting the waiting room.
The ticketing hall is located next to the waiting room, with 16 ticketing windows.
There is an elevator at the exit, and the lower floor is directly connected with the underground passage of the square in front of the station to realize the direct transfer between the exit and the rail transit and bus hub station.