Line 14 of the Beijing Subway

Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. It is owned by the city of Beijing and has two operators, the wholly state owned Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., which operates 12 lines, and the Beijing MTR...

is a rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 rail line under construction in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. It will run across the southern and eastern fringes of Beijing from the Dongheyan Lu on the west bank of the Yongding River

Yongding River

The Yongding River is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is best known as the largest river to flow through Beijing Municipality.-Geography:...

 in the southwest corner of the city to Laiguangying in the northeast corner. It will stop at the Beijing South Station

Beijing south railway station

The current Beijing South Railway Station is a large railway station on the south side of Beijing that opened on August 1, 2008. The new station replaced the old Beijing South Station, first known as the Majiapu Railway Station and later known as the Yongdingmen Railway Station before 1988, which...

, the city’s high speed rail terminus. In all, Line 14 will be 47.7km in length and have 36 stations. It is planned to be built in two phases. Phase I will be about 30km long, with 22 stations, and cost Y18 billion. It comprises the entire southern section and about one-third of the eastern section of the complete line. Construction began on April 29, 2010. Phase I will be completed in 2013 and the rest of the line is expected to be built by 2014.

Route

The precise route of Line 14 has been revised several times and is still subject to change even as construction on Phase I gets underway. Line 14 is certain to begin in the southwest at Dongheyan Lu, just west of the Yongding River, pass through South Station, where platforms for Line 14 have already been built, and eventually reach Wangjing. Phase I calls for construction of a line from Dongheyan Lu to Guangqu Lu.

In Phase I, Line 14 will begin at the Dongheyan Lu in Fengtai District

Fengtai District

Fengtai District is a suburban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the southwest of the urban core of the city.-History:In Qing Dynasty times, Fengtai was where the Imperial Manchu Army had its camps, trained, and held parades on festive occasions.It is 304.2 square kilometers in...

, on the southwestern edge of urban Beijing. It will cross the river to Zhangyi Village and enter the 5th Ring Road. Going due east on Fengtai Nan Lu, it will pass by the Fengtai Sports Center

Beijing Fengtai Stadium

Beijing Fengtai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Beijing, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Beijing Guoan. The stadium holds 33,000.-References:...

, enter the 4th Ring Road and continue eastward on Fengtai Bei Lu, which becomes Lize Lu inside the 3rd Ring Road. Line 14 then meets Line 4

Line 4, Beijing Subway

Line 4 of the Beijing Subway is the 9th subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on September 28, 2009, and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It is...

 at the Beijing South Station, the city’s newly built high-speed rail terminus, near Yongdingmen

Yongdingmen

Yongdingmen was the former front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall. Originally built in 1553, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road system in Beijing. In 2005, the Yongdingmen was reconstructed at the site of the old city gate...

, near the southern tip of Chongwen District

Chongwen District

Chongwen is a former district of the Municipality of Beijing, located relatively southeast to the city center , and was situated between Yongdingmen and Qianmen. It spanned an area of 16.46 square kilometers. It bordered Dongcheng District to the north, Fengtai District to the south, Chaoyang to...

. Going further east, Line 14 re-enters Fengtai District and crosses Line 5

Line 5, Beijing Subway

Line 5 of the Beijing Subway was Beijing's first subway with a north-south route. It runs for 27.6 km, in a near straight line, just east of the city centre from Tiantongyuan North in Changping District to Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District. It entered into operation on October 2007. Line...

 near Puhuangyu. It then follows Pufang Lu through the heavily residential Fangzhuang

Fangzhuang

Fangzhuang is a vast residential area in southern Beijing. It is located in northern Fengtai District and is bounded to the north and south by the 2nd and 3rd Ring Roads and to the west and east by Tiantan Dong Lu and Fangzhuang Dong Lu. Fangzhuang was developed in 1985, and was the first...

 section of Fengtai and emerges outside of the 3rd Ring Road on Hongyan Lu in Chaoyang District

Chaoyang District, Beijing

Chaoyang District is a district of Beijing, China.Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing CBD. The Olympic Park, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang...

. Line 14 ends its eastward journey abruptly at Xidawang Lu, where it turns straight north. After passing by the Beijing University of Technology

Beijing University of Technology

Beijing University of Technology , also called Beijing Polytechnic University or Bei Gong Da , is recognized as one of the Project 211 universities...

, Phase I of Line 14 will end at the junction of Xidawang Lu and Guangqu Lu, due east of Jinsong. Phase I may be completed by early as 2013.

Phase II of Line 14 will continue north on Xidawang Lu, crossing Line 7

Line 7, Beijing Subway

Line 7 of the Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail line under construction in Beijing. It is planned to run parallel and to the south of Line 1 and Batong Line, from the Beijing West Railway Station in Xuanwu District to Jiaohuachang in Tongzhou District...

 near Baiziwang, and Line 1

Line 1, Beijing Subway

Line 1 of the Beijing Subway is the longest, oldest and busiest line of Beijing's mass transit rail network. It 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...

, at Dawang Lu. Further north, Dawang Lu turns into Jintai Lu, which Line 14 will follow to the Chaoyang Park

Chaoyang Park

Beijing Chaoyang Park is a park located on the site of the former Prince's Palace in Beijing's Chaoyang District.The park's construction began in 1984 with it eventually growing to become Beijing's largest park. It is approximately 2.8 km in length and approximately 1.5 km in width. It has a total...

. After cutting through the park, Line 14 will exit the 4th Ring Road via Jiuxianqiao Lu, which then extends straight north to the Capital Airport Expressway

Airport Expressway (Beijing)

The Airport Expressway is an expressway in Beijing, China, which links central Beijing to the Beijing Capital International Airport...

. North of the expressway, Line 14 enters the vast Wangjing

Wangjing

Wangjing may refer to:*Wangjing, Beijing , residential area in Beijing, China*Wangjing, Manipur, town and a nagar panchayat in Manipur, India*Wangjing, Tang County , town in Tang County, Hebei, China...

 neighborhood of Chaoyang District. The Line bisects Wangjing from south to north on Guangshun Nan and Bei Dajie. It then emerges north of the 5th Ring Road and terminates in the Laiguangying section of Chaoyang District. Phase II is expected to be completed in 2014.

History

• Sept. 23, 2008: Construction of Line 14 set to begin by the end of 2008.
• Nov. 6, 2009: Commencement of construction deferred; may begin by the end of 2009
• Jan. 7, 2010: Commencement of construction set to begin in 2010.
• Apr. 29, 2010: Construction begins on Phase I.