Line 3 (Beijing Subway)

Line 3
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Construction site of Workers' Stadium station in January 2018
Overview
Other name(s) M3 (planned name)
Type Rapid transit
System Beijing Subway
Status Under Construction (Phase I)
Operation
Operator(s) Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Line 3 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁3号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě sān hàoxiàn) is a rapid transit rail line under construction in Beijing. The line is part of the planned network of the Beijing Subway for 2021, and is slated to run east–west through the city centre, parallel to Line 6.[1]

Stations (Phase I)

Station Name Connections Distance
km
English Chinese
Dongsi Shitiao 东四十条  2     
Workers' Stadium 工人体育场  17     
Tuanjiehu 团结湖  10     
Chaoyang Park 朝阳公园  14     
Shifoying 石佛营      
Xinghuo railway station 星火站 Xinghuo railway station XUP    
Chaoyang Sports Center 朝阳体育中心      
Pingfangcun 平房村      
Dongbazhongjie 东坝中街      
Dongfeng 东风  12     
Guanzhuangluxikou 管庄路西口  12     
Louzizhuangqiao West 楼梓庄桥西      
Louzizhuang 楼梓庄      
Gaoxinzhuang 高辛庄      
Caogezhuang North 曹各庄北  Pinggu     

History

Line 3's route has undergone substantial changes on the planners' drawing board. In the late 1990s, one draft of the subway plan showed Line 3 running from Xiaomeichang to Cuigezhuang. Half of that route was then folded into Line 6.[1][2] In 2010 and 2011, Line 3 was mentioned in the development plans of other subway lines.[3]

  • The plan for Line 16 as of May 2011 indicated that the Ganjiakou Station (formerly known as Fuwai Dajie Station) will be a transfer station for Line 3.[1]
  • The plan for Line 9 as of September 2011 indicated that the Baiduizi Station will be a transfer station for Line 3.[4]

By January 2012, the Line 3's western section was slated to run east from Tiancun Station in Haidian District under Fushi Road to Fuchengmen Station.[5] In March 15, 2012, Line 3 was reportedly planned to run from Tiancun to the eastern suburbs of Beijing in Gaoxinzhuang and Pingfang and to be built by 2020.[6]

In June 2012, Beijing media reported the station plan of Line 3.[7]

In January 2013, subway planners were examining whether to extend the Line 3 through the city centre given the concentration of historic relics in the area.[8][9] In January 2014, it was reported that Line 3 will have 27 stations, with up to 16 transfer stations, including Ganjiakou on Line 16 and Zhangzizhonglu on Line 5.[10] The station plan for Ganjiakou had been released in 2013 by Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, which depicted the Line 3 platform built over that of Line 16.[11] In February 2014, an official was quoted as saying that "Line 3 would run along Di'anmen Street, not Jingshan Front Street, with paralleling from Ping'anli to Nanluoguxiang."[12] Line 3 could begin construction by the end of 2014 and enter operations in 2020.[9] Line 3 originally planned to use 6 car B type trains, but was revised to use high capacity 8 car A type trains to cope with the high passenger demand projected for the line.[13] On April 19, 2016, the first phase of Line 3 started construction.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 北京地铁16号线设10个地下换乘站 (in Chinese). 2010-05-06.
  2. ↑ 北京地铁西郊线确定设五站 (in Chinese). The Beijing News. January 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ 6号线一期开始“挖地道” (in Chinese). The Beijing News. 2010-03-23.
  4. ↑ 北京地铁9号线南段将空载试运行 年底有望通车 (in Chinese). 北京晨报. 2011-09-22.
  5. ↑ 2015年轨道交通长度达708公里 4条“增强版”地铁线2012年开建 (in Chinese). Beijing Daily. 2012-01-13.
  6. ↑ 首都第二机场地铁或达160公里/时 新设地铁新线3号线 (in Chinese). The Beijing News. 2012-03-15.
  7. ↑ 北京将再增3条新地铁 (in Chinese). The Beijing News. 2012-06-16.
  8. ↑ 北京地铁3号线东段将延伸至东坝 (in Chinese). The Beijing Evening News. 2013-01-04.
  9. 1 2 北京地铁3号线有望明年底开工 北京青年报 (in Chinese). 2013-02-14.
  10. ↑ 京地铁3号线最快年底开建 (in Chinese). The Beijing News. 2014-01-11.
  11. ↑ 北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示 (in Chinese). 2013-04-25.
  12. ↑ 北京地铁17号线年内开工 2017年通到望京 (in Chinese). Legal Daily. 2014-02-11.
  13. ↑ lj. 规划60年后 地铁3号线开工_北京_新闻中心_北京晨报网. www.morningpost.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  14. ↑ 地铁3号线开工 拟2020年通车. finance.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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