How the Chinese moved the 30,000-ton bus stop to make way for the new train line

Earlier this month, engineers in the Xiamen city of Fujian, China, successfully moved the entire bus terminal weighing more than 30,000 tons to make way for a new high-speed train.

The main station building of Houxi , Xiamen long-distance Bus Station has a construction area of ​​22,800 square meters and a total weight of more than 30,000 tons. The main station has a total of five floors, including three floors above ground and two floors underground. This project moves the bus stop at a distance of 288 meters and rotates 90 degrees.

At this weight, the bus stop is as heavy as nearly 200 Boeing planes, but somehow ingenious, after turning a 90 degree angle, this huge bus stop is still intact. There is not even a single pane in the station that is broken.

To ensure stability on the move, the project team has applied the technology of alternating push and pull, this is the first application of this technology in the technology of moving large structures in China. Quoc.

The displacement project of the main station of Houxi long-distance bus station in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China has been certified by Guinness World Records as the longest translational arc of the way massive structures, with distances teleport is 288.24 meters.

Below the main station, more than 500 jacks can translate the length of a piston and are divided into two groups, A and B. The building is supported by rotation and the frame is moved on a set rail.