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Line 16 of the
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() is a
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line in
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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, 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 to Huaxiang in Fengtai District. 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 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 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 to the
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. Points of interest that the line may pass along the route to Xiaoyueyuan in the south include the Summer Palace, Haidian Gymnasium,
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, Purple Bamboo Park,
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, 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. Nongda Nanlu opened on 30 December 2017. In April 2020, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform decided to build an
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 31 December 2020, the middle section from Xiyuan to Ganjiakou opened. ( Suzhou Jie and Erligou stations were not opened) On 31 December 2021, a one-station extension to opened. On 31 December 2022, the southern section of Line 16 (from to ) opened. ( station was not opened) On 18 March 2023, station started operation. On 30 December 2023, the extension from to , and the infill station , started operation. On 19 January 2025, station opened.


List of stations

List of stations from north to south. , , , 1.721 , 27.884 , - , , , , , 1.589 , 29.473 , align=center rowspan="3" bgcolor=#F8F9FA, Haidian /  Xicheng , - , , , , , 1.046 , 30.519 , - , , , , , 0.970 , 31.489 , - , , , , , 0.565 , 32.054 , align=center , Haidian , - , , , , , 2.004 , 34.058 , align=center rowspan="2", Xicheng , - , , , , , 1.552 , 35.610 , - , , , , , 1.241 , 36.851 , align=center rowspan="9" bgcolor=#F8F9FA, Fengtai , - , , , , , 1.803 , 38.654 , - , , , , , 1.794 , 40.448 , - , , , , , 1.420 , 41.868 , - , , , , , 1.187 , 43.055 , - , , , , , 1.226 , 44.281 , - , , , , , 1.442 , 45.723 , - , , , , , 1.681 , 47.404 , - , , , , , 1.713 , 49.117 , - style = "background:#; height: 2pt" , colspan = "7" ,


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Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd
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