Beijing Subway
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| Beijing Subway | |
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| Locale | Beijing |
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| Transit type | rapid transit |
| Began operation | 1969 |
| System length | 142 km (88 mi) |
| No. of lines | 5 |
| No. of stations | 83 (stations connected with interchanges are single-counted) |
| Daily ridership | 3.51 million (February 29, 2008) |
| Track gauge | 1435 mm |
| Operator(s) | Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd |
The Beijing Subway (simplified Chinese: 北京地铁; traditional Chinese: 北京地鐵; pinyin: Běijīng Dìtiě) is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing Municipality. With 5 lines, 142 km of tracks and 83 stations[1] currently in operation and average daily ridership over three million, the Beijing Subway is the busiest in mainland China, and the second longest after the Shanghai Subway. Ridership set a daily record of 4.3 million on April 30, 2008.[2] The existing network cannot adequately meet the city's mass transit needs and is undergoing rapid expansion for the 2008 Olympic Games and beyond. Existing plans call for 19 lines and 561 km of tracks in operation by 2015.[3]
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[edit] Lines
| Line and Colour | Terminals (District) | Line opened |
Newest phase added |
Length (km) | Stations (surface stations) | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1 | Pingguoyuan (Shijingshan) - Sihuidong (Chaoyang) | 1981 | 2006 | 30.4 | 23 (2) | 2, 5, Batong |
| Batong Line | Sihui (Chaoyang) - Tuqiao (Tongzhou) | 1999 | 2000 | 18.9 | 13 (13) | 1 |
| Line 2 (Loop) | Loop line through Beijing Railway Station (Dongcheng) | 1981 | 1987 | 23.1 | 18 (0) | 1, 5, 13 |
| Line 5 | Tiantongyuanbei (Changping) - Songjiazhuang (Fengtai) | 2007 | 27.6 | 23 (7) | 1, 2, 13 | |
| Line 13 | Xizhimen (Xicheng)- Dongzhimen (Dongcheng) | 2004 | 40.9 | 16 (14) | 2, 5 |
[edit] Fares
A flat fare of RMB(¥) 2.00 with unlimited transfers applies throughout the metro system. This flat fare will also apply to all future lines except the planned Airport Line.
All lines now collect fares through an automatic fare collection system (AFC) that accepts electronic tickets and the Beijing SuperPass or Yikatong, an integrated circuit card (ICC card) for commuters. Riders can purchase electronic tickets and add credit to Yikatong at ticket counters in every station. Yikatong is also accepted on many city buses. The use of paper tickets, which were hand checked by clerks, was phased out on May 17, 2008.[4].
Before the flat fare was introduced on October 7, 2007, fares ranged from ¥3 to ¥5, depending on line and number of transfers.
[edit] Hours of Operation
The subway system is closed in the evenings after midnight. The first trains depart terminals at around 5 a.m. and the last trains depart terminals at around 10:45 p.m. For precise hours and frequency of service, check the official schedule [1].
[edit] Lines in Operation
[edit] Line 1
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Tian'anmen East Station on Line 1
Line 1 bisects the city horizontally, running east-west in nearly a straight line beneath the grand Chang'an Avenue. It begins in Pingguoyuan, at the foot of the Western Hills in heart of the industrial Shijingshan District and runs west, past the Military Museum in Haidian District and the banking center of Xidan in Xicheng District before reaching Tiananmen Square in the heart of the city. After stops on either side of the Square, Line 1 continues east, passing major the shopping thoroughfares Wangfujing and Dongdan in Dongcheng District, before entering the Beijing CBD of Chaoyang District, where the Silk Street at Yonganli and office towers at Guomao attract large numbers of foreign visitors and expatriates. Line 1 terminates at Sihuidong (Sihui East), in a residential neighborhood just beyond the Fourth Ring Road, but passengers connecting to the Batong Line can head further east, to the suburban district of Tongzhou.
Current Line 1 stations: Pingguoyuan, Guchenglu, Bajiao Amusement Park, Babaoshan, Yuquanlu, Wukesong, Wanshoulu, Gongzhufen, Junshibowuguan, Muxidi, Nanlishilu, Fuxingmen (interchange to Line 2), Xidan, Tian'anmen West, Tian'anmen East, Wangfujing, Dongdan (interchange to Line 5), Jianguomen (interchange to Line 2), Yong'anli, Guomao, Dawanglu, Sihui (interchange to Batong Line) and Sihuidong (interchange to Batong Line).
Rolling stock maintenance facilities are located at Guchenglu and Sihui.
[edit] Batong Line
The Batong Line, extends Line 1 from Sihui, a highway cloverleaf in Chaoyang District to Tuqiao in the eastern suburban district of Tongzhou. The line derives its name from the first characters of Bawangfan (八王坟), the neighborhood name for Sihui, and Tongzhou (通州). The Batong Line is completely above ground and runs mostly in the median of the Jingtong Expressway.
Current Batong Line stations: Sihui (interchange to Line 1), Sihuidong (interchange to Line 1), Gaobeidian, Broadcasting Institute, Shuangqiao, Guanzhuang, Baliqiao, Tongzhoubeiyuan, Guoyuan, Jiukeshu, Liyuan, Linheli and Tuqiao.
The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Tuqiao.
[edit] Line 2 (Loop Line)
Line 2 runs in a rectangular loop around the city centre, tracing the Ming Dynasty inner city wall, which was demolished and paved over by the 2nd Ring Road and Qianmen Avenue. The entire line runs underground. Twelve of the eighteen stations are named after city gates. These stations end in men (meaning gate) with two in the north (Deshengmen, Andingmen), three each in the east (Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen, Jianguomen) and west (Xizhimen, Fuchengmen, Fuxingmen), and four in the south (Xuanwumen, Hepingmen, Qianmen, Chongwenmen). Line 2 encircles the old city center districts of Dongcheng and Xicheng and skirts the northern of edges of Chongwen and Xuanwu.
Current Line 2 stations: Xizhimen (interchange with Line 13, Chegongzhuang, Fuchengmen, Fuxingmen (interchange with Line 1), Changchunjie, Xuanwumen, Hepingmen, Qianmen, Chongwenmen, Beijing Railway Station, Jianguomen (interchange with Line 1), Chaoyangmen, Dongsishitiao, Dongzhimen (interchange with Line 13), Yonghegong (interchange with Line 5), Andingmen, Guloudajie and Jishuitan.
The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Taipinghu, near Jishuitan station.
[edit] Line 5
On a map, Line 5 runs vertically, beginning with three stops in the far northern suburb of Tiantongyuan in Changping District, well beyond the 5th Ring Road, then crossing Line 13 at Lishuiqiao, and entering into the vast residential swaths of Chaoyang District on either side of the Yuan dynasty city wall. It skirts east of the Temple of Earth and meets Line 2 Loop at the Yonghegong, also known as the Lama Temple. Then Line 5 cuts through the old neighborhoods of Dongcheng District and the old foreign Legation Quarter between Dongdan and Chongwenmen. Further south, Line 5 stops at the eastern entrance to the Temple of Heaven in Chongwen District and eventually reaches Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District south of the city. It takes 49 minutes to cover all the 23 stations. The Zhang Zizhong Street station, named after a general martyred in World War Two, is the only eponymous station of the Beijing Subway.
Line 5 stations: Tiantongyuanbei (Tiantongyuan North), Tiantongyuan, Tiantongyuannan (Tiantongyuan South), Lishuiqiao (Lishui Bridge)(interchange with Line 13), Lishuiqiaonan (Lishui Bridge South), Beiyuanlubei (Beiyuan Road North), Datunludong (Datun Road East), Huixinxijiebeikou (Huixin West Street North Intersection), Huixinxijienankou ((Huixin West Street South Intersection) (interchange with Line 10), Hepingxiqiao, Hepinglibeijie (Hepingli North Street), Yonghegong (Yonghe Lamasery)(interchange with Line 2), Beixinqiao, Zhangzizhonglu (Zhang Zizhong Road), Dongsi, Dengshikou, Dongdan (interchange with Line 1), Chongwenmen (interchange with Line 2), Ciqikou, Tiantan Dongmen (Temple of Heaven East Gate), Puhuangyu, Liujiayao, Songjiazhuang (interchange with Line 10).
[edit] Line 13
Line 13 arcs north of the city centre and connects residential suburbs in Haidian and Chaoyang Districts with the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen. Most of the tracks and stations are located on the surface or elevated above ground. From Xizhimen, Line 13 heads northwest into the university district with bustling stops in Wudaokou and Zhichunlu before turning northeast and eastward, following the Beijing-Baotou rail line, before reaching Beiyuan where it curls southwest onto the Beijing Chengde Expressway to Dongzhimen.
Current Line 13 stations: Xizhimen (interchange to Line 2), Dazhongsi, Zhichunlu, Wudaokou, Shangdi, Xi'erqi, Longze, Huilongguan, Huoying, Lishuiqiao (interchange to Line 5), Beiyuan, Wangjingxi, Shaoyaoju, Guangximen, Liufang and Dongzhimen (interchange to Line 2).
The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Huilongguan.
[edit] Tourist Destinations from Open Lines
LINE 1: Tiananmen East and Tiananmen West stops - Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City
LINE 1: Guomao stop - Template:Panjiayuan Ethnic Market (check hours of operation)
LINES 2 & 13 (junction): Xizhimen stop- Beijing Zoo
LINE 13: Wudaoko stop - The Summer Palace* & Beijing Botanical Gardens*
LINE 5: Tiantan East Gate stop - Temple of Heaven & Beijing Amusement Park
LINE 5: Datunlu East stop - Olympic Park (not yet open to visitors)**
LINE 5: Dongsi stop - Beihai Park*
Perhaps the best advice to finding a tourist destination is to use this guide to get close--then once you arrive outside the destination stop, attempt to take a taxi or ask for directions. The opening of some new lines for the 2008 Olympics will change the closest stop for the attractions that are double-starred. The opening of other lines will affect those destinations that are single-starred. For more information about Beijing tourism, see http://www.unesco.org/ext/field/beijing/whc/chinawhl.htm or http://wikitravel.org/en/Beijing .
[edit] Lines to be opened by the 2008 Summer Olympics
Three more lines, Line 10 (Phase I), the Olympic Spur (Phase II of Line 8) and the Airport Line, are scheduled to be opened to the public by the end of June, ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in August.
Line 8 (Olympics Spur Line)
Line 8 is planned to be built in three phases. The first phase is the 4.53 km Olympic Spur Line, which will connect the Olympic village with Line 10, north of the city. It will run from Beitucheng to Senlingongyuan (Forest Park 森林公园). Construction began in 2004 and the spur is scheduled to open on June 30, 2008.
Phase I stations: Beitucheng, Olympic Park, Olympic Center, Forest Park. Phase II will extend Line 8 northward past Line 13. The Changping District government has commenced land clearing for Line 8's extension.[5] Phase III will extend the line southward through the city center to the southern 4th Ring Road.
[edit] Line 10
Line 10 will begin at Bagou near Wanliu Park in Haidian District and run straight east, following the northern section of the Mongol city wall, before turning south along the 3rd Ring Road. It will connect the university district and Zhongguancun (Beijing’s silicon village) in Haidian with the embassy district and Beijing CBD in Chaoyang District. The first phase, 24.68 km in length, with 22 stations will end at Jinsong, just south of Guomao. Construction began in December 2003 and the first phase is scheduled to open by the end of June 2008. A trip from Wanliu to Jinsong is expected to take 40 minutes.
Planned stations in the first phase (starting from the north west): Bagou, Suzhoujie, Haidian Huangzhuang, Zhizhunli, Zhichunlu (interchange to Line 13), Xitucheng, Mudanyuan, Jiandemen, Beitucheng (interchange to Line 8), Anzhenmen, Huixinxijie Nankou (interchange to Line 5), Shaoyaoju (interchange to Line 13), Taiyanggong, Sanyuanqiao (interchange to Airport Line), Liangmaqiao, Nongye Zhanlanguan (Agricultural Exposition Hall), Tuanjiehu, Hujialou, Jintaixizhao, Guomao (interchange to Line 1), Shuangjing, Jinsong.
After the Olympic Games, Phase II of construction will extend Line 10 further south from Jinsong to Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District, where it be linked to Line 5. Construction on Phase II began on December 9, 2007. Eventually, Line 10 will follow the southern and western 3rd Ring Road and form a second loop line with 45 stations in all with 24 transfer points to other subway and light rail lines. [6]
[edit] Line L1 (Airport Line)
Airport Line is an express rail link that will run from Dongzhimen to the Beijing Capital International Airport northeast of the city. The line will have a 4 km underground section and 23 km of elevated track. It will have only four stops: Dongzhimen (with interchanges to Lines 2 and 13), Sanyuanqiao (interchange to Line 10), and Airport Terminals 2 and 3. Construction began in 2005. The link is scheduled to open on June 30, 2008.
[edit] Other lines planned or under construction
In addition to the five lines currently in operation and the three lines set to open by the Olympics, there are at least another five lines now under construction (Lines 4, 6, 9, Daxing and L2), with work on at least two more (Lines 7 and 14) set to begin by the end of 2008.[7]. Overall, Beijing's rapid transit rail network is expected to reach 561 km in length by 2015.[8]. For 2015 expansion plan, see[2].
[edit] Line 4
Line 4 runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of Beijing. It will be approximately 28.18 km in length with 24 stations. It begins in the northwest by Anheqiao, beyond the Summer Palace and heads south past the Old Summer Palace, through the university district and Zhongguancun Beijing's high-tech silicon village, before cutting eastward at the National Library of China, passing the Beijing Zoo enroute to Xizhimen. After entering the 2nd Ring Road at Xizhimen, Line 4 resumes south at Xiejiekou and traverses the old city through Xisi, Xidan, Xuanwumen, Caishikou, and Taoranting Park. It passes the city's high-speed rail link at the Beijing South Railway Station before reaching the terminus at Gongyixiqiao. Construction began 2004 but delays have pushed back the opening date by two years to September 30, 2009.
Planned stations include Anheqiao North, Beigongmen, Xiyuan, Old Summer Palace, Peking University East Gate, Zhongguancun, Haidian Huangzhuang (interchange for Line 10), Renmin University, Weigongcun, National Library of China (interchange with Line 9), Beijing Zoo, Xizhimen (interchange for Lines 2 & 13), Xinjiekou, Pinganli (interchange for Line 6), Xisi, Lingjing Hutong, Xidan (interchange to Line 1), Xuanwumen(interchange for Line 2), Caishikou (interchange for Line 7), Taoranting, Beijing South Station, Majiapu, Jiaomen West and Gongyixiqiao.
To the south, Line 4 connects with the Daxing Line to urban Daxing District. Planners in Haidian District have proposed extending the line to the north by 8 km with four additional stations.[9]. The proposal has not been approved.[10]
[edit] Line 6
Line 6 will run parallel and to the north of Line 1 and the Batong Line, from Haidian to Tongzhou District. With total planned length of 41.74 km and 27 stations, Line 6 will be the longest subway line in the city’s subway network. Line 6 may be the first to feature express and local stations.[11]. Line 6 is designed to accommodate eight-car trains instead of the four- and six-car trains on the existing lines. [12]
Construction is planned in in two phases. In Phase I, Line 6 will run about 30 km from Wulu to Caoying following Linglong Road, Sanlihe Road, Chaoyang North Rd., the west bank of the Grand Canal, and Grand Canal East Road. Of the 20 planned stations, 12 will offer transfer connections to other lines. Construction began in late 2007. Planned stations include: Wulu (interchange to Line 10, Phase II), Huayuanqiao, Sidaokou (interchange to Line 9), Ganjiayuan Market, Zhanlanguan Lu, Fuchengmen (interchange to Line 2), Baitasi, Xisi (interchange to Line 4), Beihai Park, Dongsi (interchange to Line 5), Chaoyangmen (interchange to Line 2), Dongdaqiao, Hujialou (interchange to Line 10), Jintai Lu, Xinghuo Lu, Qingnian Lu, Dalianpo, Huangqu, and Changying.
Residents in Tongzhou District who live along the 7 km stretch of elevated tracks in Dingfuzhuang and Changying have raised concerns about train noise, prompting planners to consider moving trackage underground. [13] [14]
In Phase II, Line 6 will be extended further east by about 12 km through 7 stations from Caofang to Dongxiaoying in the Tongzhou New City. Planned stations include: Beijing Wuzi University, Beiguan Roundabout, Xinhua Dajie, Yudaihe Dajie, Haojiafu, Tongzhou New City, and Dongxiaoying.
[edit] Line 7
Line 7 will run parallel and to the south of Line 1 and Line Batong from the Beijing West Railway Station in Xuanwu District to Baiziwan in Tongzhou District. Line 7 is slated to have 17 stations over 27.3 km. Planned stations include Beijing West Railway Station (interchange to Line 9), Guang'anmen, Niujie, Caishikou(interchange to Line 4), Hufangqiao, Zhushikou, Ciqikou(interchange to Line 5), Xingfu Dajie, Guangqumen, Shuangjing (interchange with Line 10), and Jiulong. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2008. [15].
[edit] Line 9
Line 9 will run north to south from Haidian to Fengtai District. The line will run 18.3 km south from Baishiqiao (白石桥) to the Beijing World Park. Construction began in April 2007 and is slated to be completed by the end of 2010.
Planned stations include: Baishiqiao (interchange with Line 4), Chegongzhuang Dajie, Military Museum (interchange with Line 1), Beijing West Railway Station, Liuliqiao, Yuyuantan Park, Yimei Gardens, Fengtai Technology Park, Fengtai North Station, Guogongzhuang.
[edit] Line 14
Line 14 is planned to run 42 km with 22 stations from the Lugouqiao (Marco Polo Bridge) in the southwest to Wangjing in the northeast, via Beijing South Railway Station, Jinsong in the southeast, Sihui, and Chaoyang Park. Construction is slated to begin in 2008 and to be completed by 2012. [16].
[edit] Line L2 (Yizhuang light rail)
Line L2 will be 23.4 km in length with 10 stations. It will run from Songjiazhuang, the current southern terminus of Line 5 to Yizhuang Railway Station in Yizhuang (亦庄), an industrial park to the southeast. Construction began on December 8, 2007.
[edit] Daxing Line
Daxing Line will extend from the southern terminus of Line 4 at Majialou to Daxing District in the southern suburbs. It will be approximately 22.2km in length, with 18 km underground, and has 12 planned stations.[17][18] The line begins underground and switches to elevated tracks at the 6th Ring Road. Full-scale construction began on June 1, 2008, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011.[19] The line will run six-car trains and will take 39 minutes to travel from Nanzhao Lu, the southern terminus, to Xidan.
Planned stations include: Majialou (interchange with Line 4), Nanyuan West, 5th Ring Road, Xihongmen, Jinxing Lu, Zaoyuan, Qingyuan Lu, Huangcun Dajie, Huangcun Railway Station, Yihezhuang, Beijing Biomedical Production Base, Nanzhao Lu.
[edit] History
The Beijing Subway was the first to be built in mainland China. It was originally conceived amidst heightened national security concerns during the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s. Chairman Mao Zedong approved the project on February 4, 1965, telling engineers to design and build with care and to be prepared to make adjustments as there was “bound to be plenty of mistakes and setbacks.” [20] Construction began on July 1, 1965 at a ceremony attended by national leaders including Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, and mayor Peng Zhen. The initial line was completed by National Day, October 1, of 1969. It ran 21 km from the army barracks in the Western Hills to the Beijing Railway Station with 16 stations. This line forms the basis for parts of present-day Lines 1 and 2.
On November 11, 1969, an electrical fire caused killed 3 people, injured over 100 and destroyed two cars.[21] Premier Zhou Enlai placed the subway under the control of the People’s Liberation Army in 1970, but technical problems continued to plague the project. On January 15, 1971, the initial line began operation on a trial basis between the Beijing Railway Station and Gongzhufen.[22] Single fare was set at ¥0.10 and only members of the public with credential letters from their work units were permitted entry into the subway. The line delivered 8.28 million rides in 1971 but remained under trial operation despite return to civilian control in 1976. It suffered intermittent closures due to fires, flooding, accidents and political disruption during the Cultural Revolution. It was closed from September 13 to November 6, 1971 in the aftermath of the Lin Biao Incident and on September 18, 1976 for the death of Chairman Mao.
On September 15, 1981, the initial line was finally opened to full public use.[23] It had 19 stations and ran 27.6 km from Fushouling in the Western Hills to the Beijing Railway Station. The subway was placed under the management of the Beijing Subway Company, then a subsidiary of the Beijing Public Transportation Company. Annual ridership reached 72.5 million in 1982. On September 20, 1984, a second line was opened to the public. This horseshoe shaped line ran 16.1 km from Fuxingmen to Jianguomen with 16 stations and corresponds to present-day Line 2. Ridership reached 1.05 million in 1985. On December 28, 1987, the two existing lines were reconfigured into Lines 1, which ran from Pingguoyuan to Fuxingmen and Line 2, in its current loop, tracing the Ming city wall. Fares doubled to ¥0.20 for single-line rides and ¥0.30 for rides with transfers. Ridership reached 307 million in 1988. The subway system was closed from June 3 to June 4, 1989 during the suppression of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations. In 1990, the subway carried more than one million riders per day for the first time, as total ridership reached 381 million. After a fare hike to ¥0.50 in 1991, annual ridership declined slightly to 371 million.[24]
On January 26, 1991, planning began on the eastward extension of Line 1 under Chang’an Avenue from Fuxingmen with the receipt of 19.2 billion yen low-interest, development assistance loan from Japan. Construction began on the eastern extension on June 24, 1992. The Xidan station opened on December 12, 1992, and the remaining extension to Sihuidong was completed on September 28, 1999, so the entire east-west passage became operational on October 20, 2000.[25] Despite little track expansion in the early 1990s, ridership grew rapidly to reach an all-time high of 558 million in 1995, but fell to 444 million the next year when fares rose from ¥0.50 to ¥2.00.[26]. After fares rose again to ¥3.00 in 2000, annual ridership fell to 434 million from 481 million in 1999.
In the summer of 2001, the city won the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and accelerated plans to expand the subway. From 2002 and 2008, the city planned to invest Y63.8 billion (US$7.69 billion) in subway projects. Most new subway construction projects were funded by loans from the Big Four state banks. Line 4 was funded through a joint-venture with the Hong Kong MTR.[27].
Two surface commuter lines opened in 2003. Line 13, a half loop that links the northern suburbs, opened on January 28, 2003. Batong Line, built as an extension to Line 1 to Tongzhou district, was opened as a separate line on December 27, 2003. Ridership hit 607 million in 2004.
Line 5 came into operation on October 7, 2007. It is the first to run entirely north to south with 23 stations over 27.6 km.
On June 9, 2008 the old form of paper tickets where discontinued and a new, state-of-the-art card ticket system began service. Passengers must choose their destination and purchase customized tickets from touch-screen ticket machines at the station, and deposit the ticket at the destination station. Frequent use cards can also be recharged at some of these machines, and must now be scanned at the destination as well as the station where the user got on the train.
[edit] Challenges
All Beijing subway lines are designed entirely according subway and not light rail standards. Currently standardization of the names are a challenge, as the current system provides for ample confusion amongst users new to Beijing's Subway.
[edit] Cellular Network Coverage
Currently, mobile phones can be used on Line 5 and both surface lines (13 and Batong). By mid-June 2008, all lines and stations (including those opening before the Olympic Games) will be outfitted for cellular network coverage.[28]
[edit] Services for the Disabled
At present time, the Beijing Subway is still partially unfit for the disabled. Services and amenities for the disabled, however, are being progressively introduced. Authorities claim completion by 2006, but the fact that some stations were built during the 1960s through the 1980s makes the task daunting.
[edit] Automatic Fare Collection System
Each station has between 2 and 15 ticket machines [29] for users to purchase tickets. The machines on lines 5, 8, 10 and parts of lines 1 and 2 can also be used to top up the Yikatong stored-value transport card.
System Suppliers:
- Line 1, 2: Thales
- Line 4: Samsung SDS
- Line 5: Founder, OMRON
- Line 8 (Olympic Branch) : Samsung SDS
- Line 10: Samsung SDS
- Line 13: Nippon Signal
[edit] Emergency Services
After witnessing disastrous subway accidents in the Republic of Korea (e.g. Daegu), Beijing authorities took prompt action in late 2003 and early 2004 and banned shops inside subway stations. Also, reflective self-illuminating signs were installed in case of emergencies. Finally, the underground mall at the subway station at Xidan was closed in 2003. Despite being very popular, authorities fear that evacuation may be hampered in the case of a subway accident.
[edit] Accidents
On March 29, 2007, a construction site at the Suzhoujie station on Line 10 collapsed, burying six workers. [3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ There are 93 stations if stations connected with interchanges are counted separately
- ^ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/09/content_8136610.htm
- ^ http://intl.2008.cctv.com/html/article/20080121/153232.shtml
- ^ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6400543.html
- ^ http://bj.house.sina.com.cn/news/2008-01-30/0759237453.html
- ^ http://2008.sohu.com/20080201/n255019863.shtml
- ^ http://www.bjsubway.com/cns/dtfz/index.html
- ^ http://intl.2008.cctv.com/html/article/20080121/153232.shtml
- ^ http://www.realestate.cei.gov.cn/files/20081/2008f1d10c6248444.html
- ^ http://www.realestate.cei.gov.cn/files/20081/2008f1d10c9856374.html
- ^ http://news.tom.com/2007-10-30/0020/09005486.html
- ^ http://society.people.com.cn/GB/6639334.htm
- ^ http://news.zhulong.com/dongtai/read79594.htm
- ^ http://house.news.qingnet.cn/200801/2792332.htm
- ^ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6334392.html
- ^ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6334392.html
- ^ http://www.chinanews.com.cn/cj/xfsh/news/2008/05-15/1251281.shtml
- ^ http://www.bjdx.gov.cn/jrdx/dxxw/dxxx/2007n/105338.htm
- ^ http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjpd_sdzx/2008-06/01/content_13422509.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_101.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_102.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_102.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_103.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_107.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_107_1.htm
- ^ http://www.syditie.com/data/2005/1121/article_107.htm
- ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/27/bloomberg/sxmtr.php
- ^ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2008-04/30/content_6654442.htm
- ^ CityWeekend: The Official Beijingology Subway AFC Cheat Sheet (Part 3)/
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Beijing Subway Website
- Beijing Subway Information on UrbanRail.net
- Subway Transfer Information on Enjoysubway
- Beijing Subway Tips
- The Beijing Guide
- Beijing Subway by Tom Carter Newspaper photo essay about the Beijing subway
- Beijing Subway at world.nycsubway.org
- Beijing Subway Fan Site (in Japanese only)
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