Dongsi Shitiao station

Dongsi Shitiao
东四十条
Beijing Subway
Location Dongsi Shitiao Bridge (East 2nd Ring Road and Ping'an Avenue)
Dongcheng District, Beijing
China
Operated by Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Line(s)      Line 2
History
Opened September 20, 1984
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station
towards Jianguomen
Line 2
Location
Dongsi Shitiao
Location in central Beijing

Dongsi Shitiao Station, or Dongsishitiao Station (simplified Chinese: 东四十条站; traditional Chinese: 東四十條站; pinyin: Dōngsì Shítiáo Zhàn), is a station on Line 2 of the Beijing Subway. A platform exists below the existing Line 2 platforms reserved for the planned Line 3 when the station was first built. The connections between the platforms currently fenced off, but will finally open in 2021 when Line 3 becomes operational, almost 40 years after the station itself opened.

Name

Dongsi is an area in the northeastern side of the old town of Beijing. Hutongs are sorted numerically from south to north, and are called "tiao" in local parlance. Shitiao therefore refers to the tenth hutong counted from south to north in the Dongsi area.

Use

The station is particularly busy during Beijing Guo'an matches, due to its proximity to Workers' Stadium.

Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 116°26′03″E / 39.933801°N 116.434133°E / 39.933801; 116.434133


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