Fangshan Line, Beijing Subway

Fangshan Line, Beijing Subway
Fangshan Line train entering Changyang Station.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Operational
Termini	Suzhuang Guogongzhuang
Stations	11
Daily ridership	102,600 (2014 Avg.) 132,100 (2014 Peak)[1]
Operation
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Technical
Line length	24.79 km (15.40 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
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The Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁房山线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě fángshān xiàn) is a subway line in western Beijing that runs from Suzhuang in Fangshan District north and east to Guogongzhuang in Fengtai District. The line is 24.79 km (15.40 mi) long, has 11 stations (9 surface; 2 underground) and opened on December 31, 2010. The line is mainly elevated, same as the reverse point at Suzhuang. By function, it is very similar to commuter rail as it starts from a Line 9 terminal (Guogongzhuang Station). So, if you were to travel to Suzhuang from West Railway Station: you will take Line 9 to Guogongzhuang Station and transfer at Guogongzhuang Station to Fangshan Line.

As of March 15, 2014, the Fangshan Line connects with only one other subway line, Line 9 at Guogongzhuang. The line will be extended further north to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road, and will connect with Line 10 at Shoujingmao (Capital University of Economics) and with Line 16 at Fengyiqiao South. The southern terminus at Suzhuang will serve as the northern terminus for the Yanfang Line.

Route

Daotian Station on the Fangshan Line.

The Suzhou Dajie station is located at the intersection of Changhong Xi Lu and Suzhuang Dajie in the Liangxiang section of Fangshan. The line makes four stops in Liangxiang including at the Fangshan Campus of the Beijing Institute of Technology. The line then heads north to the towns of Guangyang and Changyang. After crossing the Yongding River, the Fangshan Line enters Fengtai District where the line makes its two most northern stops, at Dabaotai near the Beijing World Park, and at Guogongzhuang, also the southern terminus of Line 9.

From Guogongzhuang, where the line currently terminates, the Fangshan Line will be extended further to the northeast for 4.6 km to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road.^[2] The line will have four additional stations—Fanyang Lu (樊羊路), Huaxiangqiao East (花乡桥东), Shoujingmao (Capital University of Economics) and Fengyiqiao South (丰益桥南), and will connect with Line 10 at Shoujingmao and with Line 16 at Fengyiqiao South.^[2] The Fangshan Line's current southern terminus, Suzhuang will serve as the northern terminus for the Yanfang Line.

Stations

Stations from the northeast to the southwest:^[3]

Station Name English	Station Name Hanzi	Transfer	Bus Transfer	Location
Fengyiqiao South	丰益桥南	16		Fengtai
Shoujingmao	首经贸	10	67
Huaxiangqiao East	花乡桥东
Fanyanglu	樊羊路
Guogongzhuang	郭公庄	9	470
Dabaotai	大葆台		480 840 912 967 969
Daotian	稻田		391	Fangshan
Changyang	长阳		646 832 956 993 专93 专94
Libafang	篱笆房		646 907 951 993
Guangyangcheng	广阳城		956
Liangxiang University Town North	良乡大学城北
Liangxiang University Town	良乡大学城		896
Liangxiang University Town West	良乡大学城西		895
Liangxiangnanguan	良乡南关		833 835 895 897 956
Suzhuang	苏庄		833 897 907 971 993

History

Construction of the Fangshan Line was originally set to begin in 2012^[4] but was moved up to April 1, 2009 to use stimulus funding provided by the government to counter the Financial Crisis of 2007-08.^[3] On April 1, 2009 eleven station names were initially unveiled,^[3] but most of the stations were subsequently renamed on March 23, 2010.^[5]

On December 30, 2010, the line began operating from Suzhuang to Dabaotai, but was not connected to any other line of the subway system. One year later, on December 31, 2011, the Dabaotai to the Guogongzhuang section opened, linking the Fangshan Line with Line 9 and the rest of the subway network.

References

1. "2014年4月30日综合交通总体运行情况". 北京市交通信息中心 北京市交通运行监测调度中心. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
2. (Chinese) 梁琦, "房山线北延 衔接16号线" 北青网-北京青年报 2014-03-01
3. "地铁房山线11座站名确定" 京华时报 Jan. 7, 2009 (Chinese)
4. "北京轨道交通房山线提前至年内开工", 北京晨报 June 29, 2008 (Chinese)
5. 北京地铁房山线规划方案公布 设车站11座 Mar. 24, 2010 (Chinese)