Xizhimen station
Beijing Subway interchange station
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Xizhimen station[1] (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.[2] Line 2 opened on September 20, 1984; Line 13 opened on January 28, 2003; and Line 4 opened on September 28, 2009. With the addition of Line 13 and Line 4, Xizhi Men 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,[3] Xizhi Men 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.[4]
China
- Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd (Lines 2 and 13)
- Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd (Line 4)
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| Location | Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.9405°N 116.355°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 8 (2 island platforms (Lines 2 and 4); Spanish solution (Line 13) – island platform and 2 side platforms) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Beijingbei railway station | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground (Lines 2 and 4) Elevated (Line 13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 201 (Line 2) 1301 (line 13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 20, 1984 (Line 2) September 28, 2009 (Line 4) September 28, 2002 (Line 13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Transfer
Lines 2 and 4 are very close together, offering short but potentially crowded transfers. The walk from Lines 2 and 4 to Line 13 is considerably further. The transfer between Lines 2 and 13 once required 15 minutes to complete during rush hours.[5] In 2011, this station was rebuilt to reduce the transfer distance to about 170 m (560 ft) long.[6][7]
Station layout
Lines 2 and 4 both have underground island platforms. Line 13 has elevated side platforms using the spanish solution.
Exits
There are six exits, lettered A, B, C, D, E, and F. Exits C and F are accessible.