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Beijing Suburban Railway
BCR (''Beijing City Rail'') also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The suburban rail services run on existing China Railway lines. The suburban rail services are managed by the China Railway Beijing Group, an agency of the Ministry of Railways that is not affiliated with the operators of Beijing Subway. There are 4 suburban railway corridors currently in operation: Line S2, Sub-Central line, Huairou–Miyun line and Tongmi line. In operation History * 6 August 2008: Line S2 opened. * 21 December 2012: Line S2 (branch) opened * 1 November 2016: Line S2 (main line and branch line) — was diverted from Beijingbei (North) to Huangtudian. * 31 December 2017: Sub-Central line and Huairou–Miyun line opened. * 30 April 2019: Huairou–Miyun line — Yanqihu station (formerly known as Fangezhuang) opened, and the northern destination w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongmi Line
Tongmi line of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR) ( zh, s=北京市郊铁路通密线, p=Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù Tōngmì Xiàn), formerly known as Jingcheng line, is a commuter rail line in Beijing. It opened on 30 June 2020. The main line runs on the existing Beijing–Chengde Railway, and the branch line runs on the existing Beijing–Tongliao Railway. It runs from to (main line) or (branch line). The line is in length. Stations References Railway lines in China Rail transport in Beijing Standard-gauge railways in China Railway lines opened in 2020 {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Benz
Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Beijing, China, and a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Mercedes-Benz Group. It was initially established in January 1984 as a joint venture with BAIC Motor of Beijing, China, and American Motors Corporation (AMC) of Michigan, USA; therefore named Beijing Jeep Corporation (). It was the first Chinese auto-making joint venture with a Western partner. The joint venture was unaffected by Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, Chrysler's merger with German automaker Daimler-Benz AG in 1998, and continued after DaimlerChrysler Corporation sold its Chrysler division to Cerberus in 2007. History The history of this company goes back to Beijing Jeep Corporation (BJC), which was the first Sino-foreign automobile joint venture in China. It became a prototype for future cooperative projects and BJC became a test case revealing problems, both political and economic, that would appear for other in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanqing Railway Station
Yanqing railway station () is the terminus of the Yanqing branch of the Line S2 of the Beijing Suburban Railway. Yanqing railway station was used as a freight station since 1983, and in 2003 it closed due to the fall of shipments. In 2008, the station finished its first renovation and resumed passenger services. From 2019, a new station hall began construction for the coming Winter Olympics. Since 1 December 2020, The new station hall as well as Yanqing branch of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway begin serve the station. Design Yanqing railway station has been expanded for several major events hosted by Yanqing District. An upgrade of the bus transportation hub has been conducted for the Expo 2019 Horticultural Exhibition and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badaling Railway Station
Badaling railway station is a station of Jingbao Railway in Beijing. The station opened in 1979. It is a stop on Line S2 of the Beijing Suburban Railway BCR (''Beijing City Rail'') also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The suburban rail services run on existi .... It should not be confused with the high-speed rail station Badaling Great Wall railway station which opened in December 2019. See also List of stations on Jingbao railway References Railway stations in Beijing Railway stations in China opened in 1979 {{Beijing-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Northeast Ring Railway
The Beijing Northeast Ring railway (), also known as Shuangqiao–Shahe railway or Shahe railway, is a link railway in Beijing railway hub. The line has a total length of and connects the railway lines in Beijing, including Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway, Beijing–Baotou railway, Beijing–Tongliao railway, Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway and Beijing–Harbin railway. History The rail starts at Baiziwan station on the southeast ring railway, crosses the Beijing–Harbin railway and Tonghui river to the north, turns to the west of Wangjing, and connects with the Beijing–Baotou line between Qinghe and Shahe Station, with a total length of . The line was designed by the China Railway Third Design Institute and constructed by the Beijing Railway Bureau. Construction began on January 13, 1960, and in 1961 the track was laid to the north of Xinghuo. In 1961, the construction of Baiziwan was suspended due to the difficulty of relocation and land purchasing. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing–Harbin Railway
The Beijing–Harbin railway, or the Jingha Railway (), is the railway that connects Beijing with Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province. It spans . It is a very prominent route in the provinces of northeastern China. History Construction of the section between Tangshan and Tianjin began in 1881 as the Kaiping Tramway. This section is the second-oldest railway in China and the oldest still in use. (The oldest railway in China was the Woosung Railway in Shanghai, built in 1876 but dismantled and removed to Taiwan the next year.) Later this section was extended west to Beijing and east to Shanhaiguan. It was further extended to the east and reached Mukden (modern Shenyang) in Fengtian province (modern Liaoning) by 1912. The railway operated under or was known by several names, including: * the Imperial Railroad of North China, * the Guanneiwai Railway (literally "Shanhaiguan Inner & Outer Railway"), * the Jingfeng Railway, or Peking−Mukden Railway in English, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
