| Beijing Suburban Railway | |
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| Info | |
| Locale | Beijing, China |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of stations | 6 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | August 6, 2008 |
| Operator(s) | Beijing Railway Bureau |
| Technical | |
| System length | 82 km (51 mi) |
Beijing Suburban Railway (simplified Chinese: 北京市郊铁路; traditional Chinese: 北京市郊鐵路; pinyin: běijīng shìjiāo tiělù) is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts and counties beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The "S"-numbered suburban rail lines are managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, an agency of the Ministry of Railways that is not affiliated with the Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, the municipal company that operates the subway. Hence, the S-Lines run on separate tracks and stations and have a different fare schedule from the subway. There is only one suburban railway line currently in operation, the S2. A total of six S-lines are planned to be built by 2020.
S-Line in operation
The S2 Line, which runs from Beijing North Railway Station to Yanqing County was the first S-line to enter into operation. It opened on August 6, 2008.[1]
S-Lines under planning
The S1 Line, currently in advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan and Wulu, the western termini of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway.[2] Construction is expected to begin in 2009.[3]
On August 10th 2009, the Beijing Municipal Railway Transport Construction Management Company announced that the S1 Wulu-Mentogou route would be completed as a low-speed Maglev line, operating fully Chinese-made sets. Maximum speed will be 160km/h. The expected date for the start of trial operations is 2015. [4]
According to current plans, there will be six S-Lines by 2020 with a total length of 360 km that will span from the city centre to Mentougou, Miyun, Pinggu, Shunyi, Huangcun, and Fangshan.[5][6] See planning map[2].
| line | area served |
route description | length (km) |
status |
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| S1 Line | western suburbs | From Wulu in Haidian District west to Mentougou District, via Tiancun, Shijingshan | 27 | const. to begin in 2009 |
| S2 Line | northwest suburbs |
From Beijing North Station at Xizhimen to Yanqing County via Shahe, Nankou, Badaling. | 86 | opened Aug. 6, 2008 |
| S3 Line | northeast suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Miyun County via Beijing East Railway Station, Shunyi, Huairou. | 100 | planning |
| S3 Branch Line | Pinggu County | Branches from S3 Line at Renhe Township in Shunyi District to Jinhai Lake in Pinggu County. | 60 | planning |
| S4 Line | southern suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Huangcun in Daxing District via Caoqiao and Huangtugang. | 23 | planning |
| S5 Line | southwest suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District via Fengtai, Changxindian, and Liangxiang. | 64 | planning |
| S6 Line | southern and eastern suburbs | 11 suburban townships including Yizhuang, Tongzhou and Shunyi. | 100+ | planning |
Notes
- ^ Beijing's suburban railway Line S2 opens, People's Daily Aug. 7, 2008
- ^ (Chinese) 市郊铁路S2线即将开通-北京北站到延庆全程80分钟 Beijing Daily July 8, 2008
- ^ [1]Aug. 13, 2008
- ^ 北京轨道交通S1线确定用中低速磁悬浮 "Xinhuanet.com"
- ^ (Chinese) 市郊S2线明起运营 Beijing Youth Daily Aug. 6, 2008
- ^ "Beijing to build longest rail transit line" People Daily Online Nov. 7, 2008
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