Line 16 (Beijing Subway)

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Overview
Other name(s)	M16 (planned name)
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Operational
Locale	Haidian District Beijing
Termini	Bei'anhe Xiyuan (Current) Wanpingcheng (Future)
Stations	10
Daily ridership	114,000 (2018 Peak)[1]
Operation
Operator(s)	Beijing MTR Metro Line 16 Corp., Ltd.
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
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The exterior of the Malianwa Station

Line 16 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁16号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě shíliù hàoxiàn) is a rapid transit rail line in Beijing.

Line 16's route will run 49.7 km (30.9 mi) in western Beijing, parallel and to the west of Line 4. Construction began in December 2013.

The North section, from Bei'anhe to Xiyuan was opened on 31 December 2016.^[2] An infill station, Nongdananlu was opened on December 30, 2017.^[3]

The line is managed by the Beijing MTR Corporation Limited and uses CNR Changchun DKZ93 and CSR Sifang SFM40 eight-car high-capacity wide-body Type A trains.^[4] Line 16's color is      dark-moderate green.

History

In 2009, Line 16 was among the 198 major urban planning projects listed by the city’s development and reform commission.^[5] At that time, Line 16 was slated to run about 35 km (22 mi) from Huilongguan in Changping District to Huaxiang in Fengtai.^[5]

According to the June 2010 plans, the northern section of Line 16 will replace the originally planned Line 4 northern extension and run 48 km (30 mi) from Bei'anhe in Haidian District south to Xiaoyueyuan near the Marco Polo Bridge in Fengtai District.^[6] The line would begin near Bei'anhe, and provide access to parts of Haidian, north of the foothills the Western Hills that extend into district. For this reason, that section of the line was also referred to as the Haidian Shanhou (literal translation Haidian Back Mountain) Line because it begins on the backside of the low-lying range that extends from the Fragrant Hills to the Summer Palace.^[6] Points of interest that the line may pass along route to Xiaoyueyuan in the south include the Summer Palace, Haidian Gymnasium, National Library, Purple Bamboo Park, Beijing Zoo, Chegongzhuang West Road, Sanlihe, Wanshou Temple, Lize Business District, and the Fengtai railway station.^[6] The proposal was scaled back with the removal of the Haidian Shanhou section in December 2010. Reducing the line to just 23 km (14 mi), from Suzhoujie to Wanping, but the northern section was subsequently restored months later, bringing the line length 49 km (30 mi).^[7]

The Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning released the plans for several subway stations in 2013.^[8] Construction of the line began in December 2013.^[9]

The northern section of the line from Bei'anhe to Xiyuan, except for Nongdananlu Station, opened at the end of 2016.^[9][2] Nongdananlu station opened on December 30, 2017.^[3]

Route

The line starts at the west end of Beiqing Road (北清路) just outside of the 6th Ring Road and follows the road east to Yongfeng Road (永丰路) where it turns south towards the city. Line 16 follows Yongfeng Road south to Xiyuan, its current terminus.

List of Stations

List of stations from north to south.^[10]

References

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