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Subway construction started in China's capital in 1965. The first stretch, which opened between the city's railway station and Pingguoyuan, included today's western branch of Line 1 and the southern part of Line 2. In 1987, the circular line was finished (16 km) and both lines started operating separately. In the 1990's an eastern extension of Line 1 was built; the so-called Fu Ba Line, to Sihui East (formerly shown as BA Wang Fan) opened for trial in Oct. 1999 for the People's Republic's 50th anniversary. The new section (13.5 km) was eventually connected to the western section of Line 1 on 24 June 2000 which had been upgraded to ATO operation.
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| Line 1 | ||
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The entire Line 1 from Pingguoyuan to Sihuidong is now 38 km long and provides transfer to Ring Line 2 twice, at Fuxingmen and at Jianguomen. 01
Oct 1969 - Beijingzhan (Railway Station - now Line 2) - Pingguoyuan
(23.6 km, 17 stations, all underground) 28 Dec
1987: Line
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Fuxingmen - Pingguoyuan > Line 2 established as circle line |
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| Batong Line | ||
| 27 Dec 2003: Sihui -Tuqiao (19 km in length - above ground along Beijing-Tianjin Highway, 13 stations) | ||
| Line 2 | ||
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20 Sept 1984 - Beijingzhan - Fuxingmen (as part of original metro
line) 28 Dec 1987: 16 km circle line |
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| Line 4 | ||
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Although planned to open for the Olympics in 2008, Line 4 (28.6 km with 24 stations), which provides a metro link to the new Beijing South Railway Station, only opened in Sept 2009. 28 Sept
2009: Anheqiao
North - Gongyixiqiao |
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| Line 5 | ||
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07 Oct 2007: Tiantongyuan North - Songjiazhuang (27.6 km, 23 stations) |
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| Line 6 | ||
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31 km east-west line running parallel and north of line 1 30 Dec 2012: Haidian Wuluju - Caofang |
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| Line 8 | ||
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The first 4.5 km section of Line 8, the so-called Olympic Branch Line, opened on 19 July 2008. It serves all the important Olympic venues and was initially only linked to Line 10. 19 July
2008: Beitucheng - South Gate of Forest Park (4.5 km) |
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| Line 9 | ||
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Line 9 connects National Library station on Line 4 to Guogongzhuang via Beijing West Railway Station. At the southern end it is linked to the Fangshan Line. 31 Dec 2011:
Beijing
West Railway Station - Guogongzhuang (11.1 km) |
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| Line 10 | ||
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Subway Line 10 was opened on 19 July 2008, in time for the Olympic Games. Its construction had started in Dec. 2003. Line 10, the city's second circular line, is 54.8 km long and fully underground. 19 July
2008: Bagou - Jinsong (25 km) |
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| Line 13 | ||
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Construction of "CityRail" (Line 13 in the overall "rapid transit" planning) started in December 1999. The semicircular line with 16 stations runs from Xizhimen to Dongzhimen (both are stations on the circle Line 2). The 40.8 km line is mainly above ground, either elevated (7.7 km) or at grade (30.3km). After the western section (20.6km) went into operation on 28 Sept. 2002, the eastern section was opened in January 2003. 28 Sept
2002: Xizhimen - Huoying |
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| Line 14 | ||
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In time for the "Ninth China International Garden Expo", the western section of line 14 opened in spring 2013. 05 May 2013: Zhangguozhuang - Xiju (12.4 km) |
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| Line 15 | ||
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Dec 2010: Wangjing West - Houshayu 31 Dec 2011: Houshayu - Fengbo |
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| Airport Express | ||
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in time for the Olympic Games 2008, the Airport Express line (28.1
km) opened on 19 July 2008, linking the city centre to the International
Airport northeast of Beijing. The Airport Express is a fully automatic,
driverless railway, which provides interchange with subway lines 2, 10 and
13. At the airport it stops at Terminal 3 and at Terminal 2 (this stop is
for Terminal 1, too). A special fare is applicable for the Airport Express. |
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| Suburban Subway Lines | ||
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The first sections of four suburban metro lines opened on 30 Dec 2010. The suburban subway lines share the same specifications with the urban lines, but typically have longer average station distances and run partly on the surface:
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| Changping Line | ||
| Daxing Line | ||
| The Daxing Line is connected directly to Subway Line 4, with metro trains running through on the mostly underground suburban route. | ||
| Fangshan Line | ||
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Until metro line 9 was opened, the Fangshan Line was not directly linked to the existing subway network. 31 Dec 2011: Fangshan Line extended from Dabaotai to Guogongzhuang (L9)
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Yizhuang
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Practical
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Links
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Beijing Subway Tips incl. nice map Allen Zagel's China Rail site includes Beijing subway photos Beijing Subway Map at Johomaps Huge Beijing Metro Gallery at nycsubway.org UrbanRail.Net > Beijing Subway Gallery
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Photos
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These pictures by kind permission © Allen Zagel |
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Photo © Jordi Serradell
Thanks to Arnaud
Carpentier!
2007 © Robert Schwandl (UrbanRail.Net)
Subway
Line 5,
the first
north-south metro line in Beijing, is
27.6-km, with 16.9 km and 16 stations underground and 10.7 km and 7 stations
above ground. Platforms are equipped with half-high platform screen doors.
Construction started in Dec. 2002, and the entire line was brought into
service in October 2007.
