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| Background | |
| Locale | Beijing |
| Transit type | Commuter rail |
| Number of stations | 6 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | August 6, 2008 |
| Operator(s) | Beijing Railway Bureau |
| Technical | |
| System length | 82 km (51 mi) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京市郊铁路 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京市郊鐵路 | ||||||
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Beijing Suburban Railway or BCR (Beijing City Railways) 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.
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S-Line in operation [edit]
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]
| line | area served |
route description | length (km) |
status | |
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| Line S2 | northwest suburbs |
From Beijing North Station at Xizhimen to Yanqing County via Shahe, Nankou, Badaling. | 86 | opened Aug. 6, 2008 | |
S-Lines under planning [edit]
The S1 Line, also known as the Mentougou Line , currently in the advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan, the western termini of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway.[2] Construction was originally expected to begin in 2009, but was delayed to February 2011.[3][4][5]
On August 10, 2009, the Beijing Municipal Railway Transport Construction Management Company announced that the Mentougou Line would be completed as a low-speed Maglev line, operating fully Chinese-made sets. Its maximum speed will be 160 km/h (99 mph). The expected date for the start of trial operations is 2015.[6] Construction of the line began on 28 February 2011.[7]
According to plans as of August 2008, there will be six S-Lines by 2020 with a total length of 360 km (220 mi) that will span from the city centre to Mentougou, Miyun, Pinggu, Shunyi, Huangcun, and Fangshan.[8][9] See planning map [1].
| line | area served |
route description | length (km) |
status | |
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| Mentougou Line S1 | western suburbs | From Wulu in Haidian District west to Mentougou District, via Tiancun, Shijingshan | 27 | const. began in Feb 2011 |
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| Line S3 | northeast suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Miyun County via Beijing East Railway Station, Shunyi, Huairou. | 100 | planning | |
| Line S3 (Branch) | Pinggu County | Branches from S3 Line at Renhe Township in Shunyi District to Jinhai Lake in Pinggu County. | 60 | planning | |
| Line S4 | southern suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Huangcun in Daxing District via Caoqiao and Huangtugang. | 23 | planning | |
| Line S5 | southwest suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District via Fengtai, Changxindian, and Liangxiang. | 64 | planning | |
| Line S6 | southern and eastern suburbs | 11 suburban townships including Yizhuang, Tongzhou and Shunyi. | 100+ | planning | |
See also [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 北京城区通往门头沟铁路S1线明年开工 Aug. 13, 2008
- ^ (Chinese) "北京地铁7号线、14号线、S1线及西郊线年内开工" Jan. 7, 2010
- ^ China Daily, "Construction starts on Beijing's maglev line", 1 March 2011; retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ 北京轨道交通S1线确定用中低速磁悬浮 "Xinhuanet.com"
- ^ China Daily, "Construction starts on Beijing's maglev line", 1 March 2011; retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ (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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