Line 16 of the
Beijing Subway
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() is a
rapid transit
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line in
Beijing
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. It is in length
with 30 stations. The line is fully underground.
Construction began in December 2013. The northern section, from to , was opened on 31 December 2016.
An infill station, , was opened on 30 December 2017.
It extended to on 31 December 2020, and extended to on 31 December 2021. The southern section to opened on 31 December 2022.
[ The remainder of the line to opened on 30 December 2023.][
The line is operated by the Beijing MTR Corporation Limited and uses CNR Changchun DKZ93 and CSR Sifang SFM40 eight-car high-capacity wide-body Type A trains. Line 16's color is dark-moderate green.
]
Route
The line starts at the west end of Beiqing Road (北清路), just outside of the 6th Ring Road
The 6th Ring Road () is an expressway ring road in Beijing, China, which runs around the city approximately from the center of the city. The 6th Ring Road is approximately long.
The road is numbered G4501 and is considered a peripheral seg ...
, and follows the road east to Yongfeng Road (永丰路) where it turns south towards the city. Line 16 follows Yongfeng Road south to , then continues south to the and . It then continues south, passing through , , and turns west through , then west-southwest through before traversing slightly west north-west to end at .
History
In 2009, Line 16 was among the 198 major urban planning projects listed by Beijing's development and reform commission.[(Chinese]
"北京地铁16号线初定重要站点 拟过动物园、国图等" ''北京晚报''
2010-06-29 At that time, Line 16 was slated to run about , from Huilongguan in Changping District
Changping District (), formerly Changping County (), is a district situated in the suburbs of north and northwest Beijing. Changping has a population of 2,269,487 as of November 2020, making it the most populous suburban district of Beijing.
Hist ...
to Huaxiang in Fengtai District
Fengtai District ( zh, s=丰台区, p=Fēngtái Qū) is a district of the city of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the 6th Ring Road, Sixth Ring Road, but also to th ...
.[
According to the June 2010 plans, the northern section of Line 16 will replace the originally planned Line 4 northern extension and run from Bei'anhe in ]Haidian District
Haidian () is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering Xicheng, Beijing, Xicheng and Fengtai, Beijing, Fengtai.
It is in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing area (after Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang), and is home ...
, south to Xiaoyueyuan, near the Lugou Bridge
The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge () is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District. It bridges the Yongding River, a major tributary of Hai River. Situated at the eastern end of the bridg ...
in Fengtai District.[(Chines]
"北京地铁16号线城西贯通南北" ''法制晚报''
2010-06-29 The line would begin near Bei'anhe, and provide access to parts of Haidian, north of the foothills the Western Hills
The Western Hills () are the hills and mountains in the western part of Beijing.
Geography
Being an extension of the Taihang mountain range from the Hebei Province, the Western Hills cover approximately 17% of the Beijing municipality, incl ...
that extend into Haidian District. For this reason, that section of the line was also referred to as the Haidian Shanhou (literal translation: ''Haidian Back Mountain'') Line because it begins on the backside of the low-lying range that extends from the Fragrant Hills
Fragrant Hills Park or Xiangshan Park (香山公园) is a public park and former imperial garden at the foot of the Western Hills in the Haidian District, Beijing, China. It was also formerly known as Jingyi Garden or "Jingyiyuan" (靜宜園). ...
to the Summer Palace
The Summer Palace () is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden during the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill () Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of , three-quar ...
.[ Points of interest that the line may pass along the route to Xiaoyueyuan in the south include the Summer Palace, Haidian Gymnasium, ]National Library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public library, public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, ...
, Purple Bamboo Park, Beijing Zoo
Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is the oldest zoo in China and oldest public park in northern China. The zoo is also a center of zoological research that ...
, Chegongzhuang West Road, Sanlihe, Wanshou Temple, (Lize Business District), and the Beijing Fengtai railway station.[ The proposal was scaled back with the removal of the Haidian Shanhou section in December 2010, reducing the line to just , from to . But the northern section was subsequently restored months later, bringing the line length .][(Chinese]
"北京地铁16号线规划方案获批复 起点为苏州街站" ''人民网(北京)''
2010-12-29
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning released the plans for several subway stations in 2013.[(Chinese]
2013-4-25 Construction of the line began in December 2013.[(Chinese]
2013-12-11
The northern section, from Bei'anhe to Xiyuan, except for Nongda Nanlu, opened on 31 December 2016.infill station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ...
on the southern section of Line 16: (now renamed to ).[
On 19 January 2025, station opened.]
List of stations
List of stations from north to south.
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Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xi ...
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, align=center rowspan="2", Xicheng
Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xi ...
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Notes
References
Sources
External links
Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd
official site
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Beijing Subway lines
MTR Corporation
Railway lines opened in 2016
2016 establishments in China
1500 V DC railway electrification