Xizhimen station

Xizhimen
西直门
Beijing Subway
Line 2 platforms
Location Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing
China
Coordinates 39°56′26″N 116°21′18″E / 39.9405°N 116.355°E / 39.9405; 116.355Coordinates: 39°56′26″N 116°21′18″E / 39.9405°N 116.355°E / 39.9405; 116.355
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms 8 (2 island platforms (lines 2 and 4); Spanish solution (line 13) – island platform and 2 side platforms)
Connections Beijingbei Railway Station China Railway
History
Opened September 20, 1984(Line 2)
September 28, 2009(Line 4)
September 28, 2002(Line 13)
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station
Line 2
towards Fuxingmen
Line 4
towards Gongyixiqiao
TerminusLine 13
towards Dongzhimen
Location
Xizhimen
Location in central Beijing

Xizhimen Station (simplified Chinese: 西直门站; traditional Chinese: 西直門站; pinyin: Xīzhímén Zhàn) is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside this station is Beijing North Railway Station.[1] After Subway Line 2, Line 13 opened on January 28, 2003; and Line 4 opened on September 28, 2009. With the addition of Line 13 and Line 4, Xizhimen Station became the second 3-way transfer station (the first was Dongzhimen Station, being the intersection of Line 2, Line 13, and Airport Express). With a peak daily ridership of over 770,000 passengers,[2] Xizhimen Station is also one of the most crowded stations of the whole Beijing Subway system. It sees over 170,000 transfers per day between the 3 lines serving the station.[3]

Transfer

Transfers between lines at Xizhimen have been described as lengthy, requiring a climb equivalent to ten stories via stairs if one does not take the escalators.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Xizhimen. eBeijing, the Official Website of the Beijing Government. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2017年统计报告. 中国城市轨道交通协会. Retrieved 27 April 2018. templatestyles stripmarker in |publisher= at position 1 (help)
  3. ↑ 我市轨道交通网络化运营效果凸显. Beijing Transportation Committee ( 北京市交通委员会). 2013-02-07. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved 2013-09-15. templatestyles stripmarker in |publisher= at position 35 (help)
  4. ↑ 北京西直门地铁站换乘图如迷宫 换乘一趟等于爬10层楼. Xinhua News Agency. 2013-11-13. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2014-03-21.


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