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A map showing Beijing subway lines currently in operation ... has automated service during unstaffed hours. [177] The Beijing Subway has an official mobile ...
The first phase of the Beijing subway project groundbreaking ceremony was held west of Yuquanlu Road. The first section of subway in Beijing officially started trial operation on January 15, 1971. It was 10.7 km (6.6 mi) long and ran between Beijing railway station to Gongzhufen, [b] which today is a section of Line 1 and 2. [15]
On April 20, 1981, the bureau became the Beijing Subway Company, which was a subsidiary of the Beijing Public Transportation Company. [3] The company's logo, the current symbol of the Beijing Subway, was unveiled in 1984, and the company was placed under the oversight of Beijing Planning Commission.
Line 6 is the second longest subway line in Beijing (only Line 10 is longer). A complete journey from end to end takes about an hour and 25 minutes on a local train and express trains reducing end to end travel time by 7 minutes. [9] Line 6 uses 8-car Type B train sets accommodating 1,960 people. Such trains are only found on lines 6 and 7. [10]
The Beijing Subway started operating express trains that ran non-stop between Songjiazhuang to Jinsong to alleviate traffic in the southeastern section of Line 10. These express trains stopped operating after the completion of the loop. [21] The loop was fully enclosed on May 5, 2013 with the opening of Fengtai and Niwa stations, as well as the ...
Platform sign indicating inner loop Line 2 train (going in the clockwise direction) at the Xizhimen (Station No. 201). Because Line 2 is a loop line with no true terminus, trains are identified as either running on the inner loop (内环; nèihuán), going in the clockwise direction, or on the outer loop (外环; wàihuán), going in the counter-clockwise direction.
Line 13 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁13号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě shísānhào xiàn) is a metro line that serves the northern suburbs of Beijing.On a map, Line 13's route is shaped like an inverted U that arcs north of the city and connects residential suburbs in Haidian, Changping, and Chaoyang Districts with the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen.
The line features 6-car trains similar to other lines in the Beijing Subway. [4] Tunnels of Line 15 are up to 38 metres (125 ft) underground, making them the deepest in Beijing's subway system. [4] Trains run every 2–3 minutes during the rush hour with some trains performing express services. [5]