Line 1 (Beijing Subway)

Line 1 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁1号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě yīhào xiàn) is the oldest and one of the busiest lines of Beijing's mass transit rail network. Line 1 runs underneath Chang'an Avenue, the city's grand east–west thoroughfare, right through the heart of Beijing with stops on either side of Tiananmen Square. Line 1's color is red. As the oldest line of the Beijing Subway, Line 1 was also the most heavily used from the time the subway opened in 1969 until January 2013, when the near-completion of the Line 10 loop caused ridership on that line to surge past Line 1. Recent traffic relief efforts have been completed in recent years. The opening of the first phase of the parallel Line 6, caused an 8.46% decrease in daily demand and a 10-20% reduction in peak flow during rush hour.[8] In addition Beijing BRT line 2 parallels the eastern section of Line 1. However, during peak hours, sections of the line were reported in 2013 to still operate above 100% capacity.[8]

Line 1
1
Tiananmen East station
Overview
Other name(s)	M1 (planned name) Fuba line (Chinese: 复八线)
Status	Operational
Locale	Chaoyang, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Haidian, and Shijingshan districts Beijing
Termini	Gucheng (Pingguo Yuan reopens in 2021) Sihui Dong (E)
Stations	23
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd.
Depot(s)	Guchenglu, Sihui Depots [1][2]
Rolling stock	6-car Type B (DKZ4, SFM04)
Daily ridership	1,234,900 (2014 Avg.)[3] 1,536,900 (2014 Peak)[4][5]
History
Opened	January 15, 1971
Technical
Line length	31.04 km (19.29 mi)[6]
Character	Underground, at-grade[lower-alpha 1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h (maximum service speed)
Route map connects Fengsha railway to Sanjiadian 101 Gaojing 102 Fushouling (under renovation[7]) Yongding River diversion canal no regular train services above S1 line (to be opened 2021) Shichang Line 6 (not opened) Jin'an Qiao – Lucheng 103 Pingguo Yuan (closed for renovation) connects Jingmen railway Gucheng deopt 104 Gucheng 101 railway (for military purpose only) 105 Bajiao Amusement Park 106 Babaoshan 107 Yuquan Lu 108 Wukesong 109 Wanshou Lu 110 Gongzhufen Line 10 outer – inner 111 Military Museum Line 9 Guogongzhuang – National Library Yongding River diversion canal 112 Muxidi Line 16 (to be opened 2021) Wanpingcheng – Bei'anhe 113 Nanlishi Lu connects Line 2 114 Fuxing Men Line 2 outer – inner Line 19 crossing Line 4 115 Xidan Tiangong Yuan – Anheqiao Bei (N) 116 Tian'anmen Xi (W) 117 Tian'anmen Dong (E) 118 Wangfujing Line 8 (to be opened 2021) Yinghai – Zhuxinzhuang connects Line 5 Line 5 119 Dongdan Songjiazhuang – Tiantongyuan Bei (N) 120 Jianguo Men Line 2 inner – outer connects Line 2 121 Yong'an Li Line 17 (to be opened 2022) Yizhuang Zhanqianqu South – Future Science Park North 122 Guomao Line 10 inner – outer 123 Dawang Lu Line 14 Beijing South railway station – Shan'gezhuang 124 Sihui Batong line connects Batong line (for depot trains only) Sihui depot planned train-operating connection with Batong line 125 Sihui Dong (E) Batong line Shuangsha railway Huazhuang

Hours of operation

The first east-bound trains departs from Gucheng at 4:58 am and Pingguoyuan at 5:10 am. The first west-bound train departs Sihui at 4:56 am and Sihui East at 5:05 am. The last east-bound train leaves Pingguoyuan at 10:55 pm. The last west-bound train leaves Sihui East at 11:15 pm. For the official timetable, see.[9]

Route

Line 1's western terminus is Pingguo Yuan, located in Shijingshan District. The line heads southeast to its second stop at Gucheng and from there runs straight east, following Chang'an Avenue all the way to its eastern terminus, Sihui Dong (E) in Chaoyang District, just beyond the 4th Ring Road. The line passes through Xidan, Wangfujing and Dongdan, among other important commercial centers of Xicheng and Dongcheng Districts, as well as the Beijing CBD near the China World Trade Center. The line is 31.04 km (19.29 mi)[6] in length with 23 stations in operation. All stations except for Sihui and Sihui East are underground.

Stations

Station No.	Station Name		Connections	Nearby Bus Stops[10]	Travel Time	Distance km[11]		Location
	English	Chinese
103	Pingguo Yuan	苹果园		325 336 358 370 396 399 472 527 597 664 876 892 929 931 932 941快 948 961 972 977 977快 981	0:00	0.000	0.000	Shijingshan
104	Gucheng	古城		318 327 337 399 597 941 958 959 992 夜5 专61 专108	0:04	2.606	2.606
105	Bajiao Amusement Park	八角游乐园		325 327 337 373 436 472 527 545 574 597 598 663 914 941 958 959 965 992 夜5 专46 专86 专91	0:07	1.921	4.527
106	Babaoshan	八宝山		1 76 337 373 527 545 546 574 597 610 914 941 951 961 979 夜1 专69 专109	0:10	1.953	6.480
107	Yuquan Lu	玉泉路		1 76 78 337 338 370 373 389 436 452 472 473 481 507 610 612 644 736 941 941快 979 夜1 专11	0:12	1.479	7.959
108	Wukesong	五棵松		1 64 76 97 337 370 400 400快 436 568 585 624 952 967 982 983 夜1 专127	0:15	1.810	9.769	Haidian
109	Wanshou Lu	万寿路		1 32 33 64 68 76 77 89 308 335 337 370 624 627 夜1 夜5 夜16	0:18	1.778	11.547
110	Gongzhufen	公主坟	10	1 32 33 40 52 62 64 68 74 76 77 89 94 134 300 300快 308 323 335 337 368 370 374 394 437 603 624 631快 698 977 977快 夜1 夜5 夜30	0:20	1.313	12.860
111	Military Museum	军事博物馆	9	1 21 40 52 65 68 78 85 94 308 414 夜1 夜5 夜8	0:22	1.172	14.032
112	Muxidi	木樨地		1 21 32 52 65 68 78 85 94 114 308 320 夜1 夜8	0:23	1.166	15.198	Xicheng
113	Nanlishi Lu	南礼士路		1 3 10 15 19 42 46 49 52 56 夜1 夜8 夜12	0:25	1.291	16.489
114	Fuxing Men	复兴门	2	1 10 15 44 49 52 69 200 332 387 395 423 694 夜1 夜20	0:26	0.424	16.913
115	Xidan	西单	4	1 15 22 52 70 83 88 102 105 109 143 夜1 夜4 夜10	0:28	1.590	18.503
116	Tian'anmen Xi (W)	天安门西		1 5 52 观光1 观光2 夜1	0:30	1.217	19.720
117	Tian'anmen Dong (E)	天安门东		1 2 52 82 120 观光1 观光2 夜1 夜2 夜17	0:32	0.925	20.645	Dongcheng
118	Wangfujing	王府井		1 41 52 103 120 141 观光2 夜1 夜17 夜18 夜21	0:33	0.852	21.497
119	Dongdan	东单	5	1 39 41 52 84 104 106 108 110 111 116 120 128 140 夜1 夜10 夜17	0:34	0.774	22.271
120	Jianguo Men	建国门	2	1 20 39 43 44 52 58 63 120 122 126 139 140 142 200 403 637 638 639 804 夜1 夜10 夜19 夜20 夜24 夜28 夜29	0:36	1.230	23.501	Dongcheng[lower-alpha 2]
121	Yong'an Li	永安里		1 9 28 43 58 120 126 140 403 619 639 668 夜1 夜24	0:38	1.377	24.878	Chaoyang
122	Guomao	国贸	10	1 9 11 28 57 58 72 98 113 348 368 382 388 402 405 421 488 619 647 650 666 667 668 669 687 804 805快 806 807 808 809 814 816 817 818 818快 846 848 930 938快 976 夜1 夜27 夜30 专5 专10 专164	0:40	0.790	25.668
123	Dawang Lu	大望路	14	1 11 30 31 54 57 58 138 382 388 405 421 486 605 647 666 667 668 812 815 815快 816 817 818 818快 930 973 985 988 夜1 夜25 夜27 夜34 专141 专165	0:42	1.385	27.053
124	Sihui	四惠	Batong	1 57 58 322 363 397 405 455 468 475 496 506 517 553 605 657 666 671 865 988 989 夜1 夜27 专113 专167	0:44	1.673	28.726
125	Sihui Dong (E)	四惠东	Batong	363 397 468 475 506 517 553 666 夜27 专141	0:47	1.714	30.440

1. The section from Sihui to Sihui East is at-grade.
2. The Line 1 platform of Jianguomen Station lies entirely within Dongcheng District. The Line 2 platform straddles the border between Dongcheng and Chaoyang Districts.

History

Yuquanlu Station, Opened on August 5, 1971. The first phase of the Beijing subway project groundbreaking ceremony was held west of Yuquanlu Road.

The first section of subway in Beijing officially started trial operation on January 15, 1971. It was 10.7 km (6.6 mi) long and ran between Beijing railway station to Gongzhufen,[lower-alpha 1] which today is a section of Line 1 and 2.[12] A few months later, on August 15, 1971 the line was extended 3 stations west, to Yuquan Lu. The line was extended again to Gucheng in November. On April 23, 1973, the line was extended Pingguo Yuan, at this point the line is 23.6 km (14.7 mi) long with 17 stations.[12] On September 15, 1981 the line was again extended westward to Fushouling creating a 27.6 km (17.1 mi) long line with 19 stations. The line was transferred to the newly created Beijing Mass Transit Operation Corporation and was officially opened to the public, ending the decade long trial operation period. By 1981, the annual passenger volume of Beijing Subway was 64.66 million passengers, with a daily average of 177,000 passenger trips.[13]

On August 15, 1986, the second phase of subway construction started and a feasibility study on the construction of the new line between of Fuxingmen to Bawangfen (Today's Beijing CBD) was carried out. A new branch heading east to a new station, Fuxing Men, was completed between Nanlishi Lu and Changchun Jie stations on December 28, 1987. The section between Changchun Jie and Beijing railway station was transferred to the newly created Line 2 and Line 1 ran between Pingguoyuan and Fuxingmen stations. In January 1991, the feasibility study report on the construction of a new line between Fuxingmen to Bawangfen was approved with construction of the new "Fuba line", starting in June 1992. On December 12, 1992, Line 1 was extended east for one station to Xidan. In 1994, Line 1's signals were upgraded to automatic train protection system.[14] On September 28, 1999, the first section of the Fuba line between Tian'anmen Dong (E) to Sihui Dong (E) was opened. On June 28, 2000, the section between Xidan and Tian'anmen Dong (E) stations opened, merging Line 1 and the Fuba Line to create a 31 km (19 mi) line with 23 stations.[14]

Due to platform congestion and suicides, a proposal was made in 2010 to refit all stations on Line 1 with platform screen doors.[15] However, the ventilation system in the older stations of Line 1 was incompatible with full-height platform screen doors, so half height platform screen doors were chosen instead.[16] In the meantime between 2014 and 2015, Line 1 again upgraded its signals to a communications-based train control system allowing trains to run headways down to 2 minutes during rush hour. In July 2016, the operator began installing platform screen doors on Line 1.[17] In 2016, the platform screen doors was installed at Yong'anli station.[18] By the end of 2017, all stations except Pingguo Yuan were retrofitted with half-height platform screen doors, and all the screen doors were put into operation for the first time.[19]

Line 1 train at Wangfujing in 2007.

In 1992, Line 1 was extended east one station to Xidan.

Platform of Tian'anmen East station

In 2017, safety doors were installed on the platform of Line 1.

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Gongzhufen — Beijing Railway Station	1 October 1969[lower-alpha 2]	10.7 km (6.65 mi)	10	Phase 1 (initial section)
Yuquanlu — Gongzhufen	5 August 1971	4.9 km (3.04 mi)	3	Yuquanlu extension
Gucheng — Yuquanlu	7 November 1971	5.4 km (3.36 mi)	3	Gucheng extension
Pingguoyuan — Gucheng	23 April 1973	3.7 km (2.30 mi)	1	Pingguoyuan extension
Nanlishilu — Fuxingmen	28 December 1987	0.4 km (0.25 mi)	1	Line 1 & 2 realignment project
Changchunjie — Beijing Railway Station		−6.1 km (−3.79 mi)	-6
Fuxingmen — Xidan	12 December 1992	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	1	Xidan extension
Tian'anmen West — Sihui East	28 September 1999	10.1 km (6.28 mi)	10	Fuba line
Xidan — Tian'anmen West	28 June 2000	1.3 km (0.81 mi)	2	Line 1 & Fuba line merging project

1. In 1970s, Gongzhufen was called Lixin (立新)
2. 15 January 1971 - Initial line began operation on a trial basis.

Other facilities

Rolling stock for Line 1 is maintained at Gucheng and Sihui.

Restricted stations

Beyond Pingguo Yuan, Line 1 extends further northwest where it has several other stations including 54# Heishitou (黑石头), 53#/No. 101 Gaojing (高井) and 52#/No. 102 Fushouling (福寿岭). Gaojing and Heishitou are in the military region. Fushouling is actually outside the military region. These stations are not open for public use.

Fushouling station will open to public in several years.[20] The station will also serve the nearby Beijing Banking & Insurance Business Park (北京银行保险产业园).[21]

Future plans

Through operations with the Ba Tong Line

In 2010, a CPPCC member Chen Dingwang, proposed that services on Line 1 and the Ba Tong line should directly link, with through operations, reducing travel times and removing the unnecessary forced transfers at Sihui Dong (E) or Sihui.[22] However, the Beijing Subway responded that Line 1's and Batong's signal systems are completely different, so through-operation will be more difficult to achieve, from an engineering standpoint. As of 2016, preliminary design and feasibility studies are underway to allow for through operations between Line 1 and Ba Tong.[23] On June 12, 2020, the project of the through operation of Line 1 and Ba Tong line was approved by Beijing Development and Reform Commission.[24] Completion of this project is scheduled for late 2022.[25]

Increasing capacity

The platforms of some Line 1 stations are much longer than the trains used on the line.

Due to Line 1's severe overcapacity problem, there are plans to introduce seven-car or longer trains.[26] In order for this plan to proceed the oldest section of Line 1 between Pingguoyuan and Nanlishilu, which only has platforms long enough to accommodate six-car trains, will need to be lengthened. The newer section between Fuxingmen and Sihui East has platforms long enough for 8 car trains. Due to the high cost of extending the platforms of the underground stations the plan is currently put on hold. In the future a parallel express line called Line 18 will run beside or under Line 1 stopping only at major stations.

Rolling Stock

Current

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Year Refurbished	Amount in Service	Fleet Numbers	Depot
DKZ4		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	1998	2007	31	S401–S431	Sihui
SFM04		CRRC Qingdao Sifang Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	2006	Never	39	G432–G470	Gucheng

Former

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Year Retired	Number Made	Fleet Numbers	Depot
DK2		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1969	1984 (Refurbished into DK11)	19	201–219	Gucheng
DK3		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1971	2005	7	G101–G107	Gucheng
DK8		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1984	1986 (Refurbished to DK16)	15	T101–T104, T106–T108, T1093, T1094, T3023, T3024, T304	Taiping Lake
DK11		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1984	2008	13	G201–G213	Gucheng
DK20		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1994	2012	7	G108–G114	Gucheng
BD1		Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	1990	2008	4	T129–T132	Taiping Lake
BD2		Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	1994	2012	12	G115–G126	Gucheng
BD3		Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	1996	1999	1	G2081, G2086	Gucheng

See also

• Restricted stations of Line 1, Beijing Subway

Notes

References

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External links

• Media related to Line 1, Beijing Subway at Wikimedia Commons