The wrong station is closer, how to make high-speed railway station's site selection no longer a joke?

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and China Railway Corporation jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Rational Development and Construction of the Surrounding Areas of high-speed railway station, proposing that the newly-built high-speed railway station should be located in the central city or near the urban built-up area as far as possible to ensure the convenience for people to travel by high-speed rail.

Behind the joint document issued by the four ministries and commissions is the strange phenomenon that some cities in China, high-speed railway station, choose the location of "the far is near". In some cities, high-speed rail travel is not convenient, but it has become a "toss" again and again. Xiaogan North Station, dubbed by netizens as "the farthest high-speed railway station from the urban area", is close to the urban area100km. This can no longer be explained by factors such as technology, cost and noise.

In fact, there are many factors in the site selection of high-speed railway station at present. For a long time, high-speed rail has been regarded as one of the important means to promote urbanization. With the rapid development of high-speed rail construction in many places, the new word "high-speed rail new city" came into being. Some local governments build high-speed railway station in the suburbs, hoping to promote the development of the suburbs through high-speed railway station, and then rebuild a new high-speed rail city. According to incomplete statistics, at present, there are more than 70 new high-speed rail cities planned and built in various places. Instead of becoming new economic growth points, some suburban high-speed railway station and new high-speed rail cities have become "empty high-speed rail cities", dragging some local governments into debt quagmire.

In addition to the economic "political impulse", some local governments along the high-speed rail also regard the high-speed rail project as a "popular project". Over the years, the phenomenon of "competing for roads" has risen to a game between neighboring cities and between cities and railway departments, showing an irrational trend, directly ignoring the reality that not all regions are suitable for building high-speed railway station, and we will go if we have the conditions, and we will go if we don't have the conditions.

The result of irrational competition is that the location of high-speed rail lines and high-speed railway station cannot be scientifically planned, and sometimes some embarrassing or even funny cases appear. For example, Tianmen South Station of Hanyi Railway is only about 7 kilometers away from Xiantao City, but it is more than 40 kilometers away from Tianmen City. Xiantao West Station is only15km away from Tianmen City, but it is about 40km away from Xiantao City. This has become a popular saying among train fans: "The next stop of the train is Tianmen South Station, please get ready to get off;" Passengers going to Tianmen City, please get off at the next stop Xiantao West Station. "

In fact, whether it is the economic "political impulse" or the popular "achievement project", there is a shadow that local governments and people blindly worship the "high-speed rail economy". It is clearly stated in the Guiding Opinions that the location of the newly-built high-speed railway station should be located in the central city or near the urban built-up area as far as possible, and it is forbidden to blindly expand the city in the name of the development and construction around high-speed railway station, which is a rectification and regulation of the blind worship of the current "high-speed rail economy".

However, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on a "guiding opinion". Next, specific implementation rules should be issued as soon as possible. Through the detailed rules, high-speed railway station will completely restore its original appearance as a transportation hub, curb the investment impulse of some local governments, and prevent high-speed railway station and its surrounding areas from becoming flashy achievements projects. Avoid jokes like Tianmen South Station and Xiantao West Station that "getting off at the wrong station may be a shorter way".

Moreover, the space design and supporting facilities construction of the newly-built high-speed railway station should be fully considered, especially the needs of users, rather than meeting the will and personal preferences of the Chief Executive. The existing high-speed railway station has accumulated a lot of lessons in this respect, and it seems that some measures should be taken-some well-known high-speed railway station in China have been repeatedly complained by the media and tourists because of improper design and poor management, but those obvious problems have been delayed. Who is ignoring these criticisms?