Line 5, Beijing Subway
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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 5's color is rich maroon.
in Changping District
, well beyond the 5th Ring Road, then crossing Line 13 at Lishuiqiao Station
, and entering into the vast residential swaths of Chaoyang District
on either side of the Yuan dynasty city wall
. At Huixinxijie Nankou Station
, it links up with Line 10
. Further south, it skirts east of the Temple of Earth
and meets Line 2
Loop at the Yonghegong
, also known as the Lama Temple. Then Line 5 cuts through the old neighborhoods of Dongcheng District
and the old foreign Legation Quarter
between Dongdan
and Chongwenmen
. Further south, Line 5 stops at the eastern entrance to the Temple of Heaven
in Chongwen District
and eventually reaches Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District
south of the city, where the station actually lies west-east, in contrast to other stops (where it lies north-south). It takes 49 minutes to cover all the 23 stations. Zhangzizhonglu Station
, named after a general
martyred in World War II
, is the only eponym
ous station of the Beijing Subway.
The depots are located after Tiantongyuan North Station and Songjiazhuang Station
in underground stations and automatic platform gates in elevated stations that prevent riders from falling on to the tracks. Line 5 stations also have LCD screens that display the wait times for the next train. Line 5 trains have digital voice announcements and LCD passenger information display.
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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...
was Beijing's first subway
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...
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
Tiantongyuan
Tiantongyuan is an apartment complex and neighborhood in northern Beijing's Changping District. As of April 2008 it was reported to have over 400,000 residents, and is one of the largest such complexes in Beijing...
in Changping District
Changping District
Changping District , formerly Changping County , is situated in the suburbs of northwest Beijing.Changping District, covering an area of 1,430 square kilometers, has 2 subdistricts of the city of Changping and 15 towns with total population of 614,821...
to Songjiazhuang
Songjiazhuang Station
Songjiazhuang Station is a station on Line 5 and the Yizhuang Line of the Beijing Subway....
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...
. It entered into operation on October 2007. Line 5's color is rich maroon.
Hours of Operation
The first south-bound trains departs from Tiantongyuan North at 4:59am. The first north-bound train departs from Songjiazhuang at 5:19am . The last south-bound train leaves Tiantongyuan North at 10:47pm. The last north-bound train leaves Songjiazhuang at 11:10pm. For the official timetable, see http://www.bjsubway.com/chinese_ver/cczn/TimeTableDetails.asp?TimeID=17.Route
On a map, Line 5 runs vertically, beginning with three stops in the far northern suburb of TiantongyuanTiantongyuan
Tiantongyuan is an apartment complex and neighborhood in northern Beijing's Changping District. As of April 2008 it was reported to have over 400,000 residents, and is one of the largest such complexes in Beijing...
in Changping District
Changping District
Changping District , formerly Changping County , is situated in the suburbs of northwest Beijing.Changping District, covering an area of 1,430 square kilometers, has 2 subdistricts of the city of Changping and 15 towns with total population of 614,821...
, well beyond the 5th Ring Road, then crossing Line 13 at Lishuiqiao Station
Lishuiqiao Station
Lishuiqiao Station is a station on Line 5 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway....
, and entering into the vast residential swaths of 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...
on either side of the Yuan dynasty city wall
Khanbaliq
Khanbaliq or Dadu refers to a city which is now Beijing, the current capital of the People's Republic of China...
. At Huixinxijie Nankou Station
Huixinxijie Nankou Station
Huixinxijie Nankou Station is a station on Line 5 and Line 10 of the Beijing Subway.At this station, Line 10 uses side platforms on the upper underground level, while Line 5 uses a central platform a level beneath. The two platforms are at right angles...
, it links up with Line 10
Line 10, Beijing Subway
Line 10 of the Beijing Subway is the second loop line in Beijing's rapid transit network.Half of the Line 10 loop, north and east of the city centre, has been in operation since July 19, 2008. The other half of the loop, in the south and west, is now under construction. In the north, south and...
. Further south, it skirts east of the Temple of Earth
Temple of Earth
The Temple of the Earth in Beijing, China, is located in the northern part of central Beijing, around the Andingmen area and just outside of Beijing's second ring road. It is also located just a few hundred yards north of Yonghe Temple...
and meets Line 2
Line 2, Beijing Subway
Line 2 of the Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail line that runs in a rectangular loop around the city centre. It traces the Ming Dynasty inner city wall, which was demolished and paved over by the 2nd Ring Road and Qianmen Avenue. It is second oldest and busiest of Beijing's subway lines and...
Loop at the Yonghegong
Yonghegong Lama Temple Station
Yonghegong Lama Temple Station is an interchange station on Line 2 and Line 5 of the Beijing Subway....
, also known as the Lama Temple. Then Line 5 cuts through the old neighborhoods of Dongcheng District
Dongcheng District
Dongcheng District may refer to the following two districts in China:*Dongcheng District, Beijing, district in Beijing*Dongcheng District, Dongguan, district in Dongguan, Guangdong...
and the old foreign Legation Quarter
Beijing Legation Quarter
The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Peking where a number of foreign legations were located between 1861 and 1959. In Chinese, the area is known as Dōng jiāomín xiàng , which is the name of the hutong running through the area...
between Dongdan
Dongdan
Dongdan is a crossing on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue and also a part of eastern central Beijing.In the Dongdan region one finds the Oriental Plaza, and Dongdan North Street, termed "silver street" for being next to Wangfujing Street. Like Wangfujing, Dongdan is also home to many shops.The Beijing...
and Chongwenmen
Chongwenmen
Chongwenmen is the name of a gate that was once part of Beijing's city wall. The gate stood in the southeastern part of Beijing's inner city, immediately south of the old Beijing Legation Quarter. In the 1960s, the gate was torn down to make room for Beijing's second ring road. It has given its...
. Further south, Line 5 stops at the eastern entrance to the Temple of Heaven
Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest...
in 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...
and eventually reaches Songjiazhuang 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...
south of the city, where the station actually lies west-east, in contrast to other stops (where it lies north-south). It takes 49 minutes to cover all the 23 stations. Zhangzizhonglu Station
Zhangzizhonglu Station
Zhangzizhonglu Station is a station on Line 5 of the Beijing Subway. Zhangzizhonglu, literally meaning Zhang Zizhong Road, is named after general Zhang Zizhong, who died in the Second Sino-Japanese War....
, named after a general
Zhang Zizhong
Zhāng Zìzhōng was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in Linqing in Shandong province, he was the highest-ranked officer and the only Army group commander of the NRA to die in the war...
martyred in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, is the only eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous station of the Beijing Subway.
The depots are located after Tiantongyuan North Station and Songjiazhuang Station
Stations (North to South)
| Station Name |
Chinese Name Chinese character Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages... |
Travel Time (hrs) |
Distance (km) |
Transfers | Nearby Bus Stops | District |
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| 天通苑北 tiāntōngyuán běi |
0:00 | 0.0 | — | 428 441 465 487 522 533 537 643 643 751 758 985 昌平23 昌平51 昌平52 昌平59 Airport8 | Changping Changping District Changping District , formerly Changping County , is situated in the suburbs of northwest Beijing.Changping District, covering an area of 1,430 square kilometers, has 2 subdistricts of the city of Changping and 15 towns with total population of 614,821... |
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| 天通苑 tiāntōngyuán |
0:02 | — | 464 465 758昌平27昌平52 昌平59 | |||
| 天通苑南 tiāntōngyuán nán |
0:04 | — | 417 426 430 432 464 465 517 751 758 836 852 949 966 984 985 昌平9 昌平10 昌平27 | |||
| 立水桥 lìshuǐqiáo |
0:06 | 417 426 430 464 465 479 517 558 629 751 758 836 849 852 949 966 984 985 运通117 昌平22 昌平27 昌平52 | Chaoyang 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... |
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| 立水桥南 lìshuǐqiáo nán |
0:09 | — | 417 426 464 465 479 517 558 629 751 758 836 849 852 949 966 984 985 运通117 昌平22 昌平27 昌平59 | |||
| 北苑路北 běiyuán běi |
0:11 | — | 415 417 426 430 464 466 479 484 540 558 596 629 653 695 751 758 803 836 849 949 984 985 运通117 | |||
| 大屯路东 dàtúnlù dōng |
0:15 | — | 415 464 479 538 558 596 628 849 | |||
Huixin West St. North Intersection |
惠新西街北口 huìxīn xījiē běikǒu |
0:17 | — | 18 379 386 406 408 419 479 656 658 660 689 696 740 753 939 944 983 984 特9 运通110 运通113 Airport5 | ||
Huixin West St. South Intersection |
惠新西街南口 huìxīn xījiē nánkǒu |
0:19 | 125 361 422 430 464 470 515 运通101 运通201 | |||
Heping West Bridge |
和平西桥 hépíng xīqiáo |
0:21 | — | 75 117 125 361 367 407 422 430 464 547 641 671 718 801 839 967 985 特8 运通101 运通104 运通201 | ||
| Hepingli North St. |
和平里北街 hépínglǐ běijiē |
0:23 | — | 104快 125 430 | Dongcheng Dongcheng District Dongcheng District may refer to the following two districts in China:*Dongcheng District, Beijing, district in Beijing*Dongcheng District, Dongguan, district in Dongguan, Guangdong... |
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Yonghe Temple Yonghe Temple The Yonghe Temple , also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most... |
雍和宫 yōnghégōng |
0:26 | 13 18 44 62 75 116 117 125 606 684 800 909 特2 | |||
| 北新桥 běixīnqiáo |
0:28 | — | 13 106 107 116 117 612 635 684 | |||
Zhang Zizhong Zhang Zizhong Zhāng Zìzhōng was a Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Born in Linqing in Shandong province, he was the highest-ranked officer and the only Army group commander of the NRA to die in the war... Rd. |
张自忠路 zhāngzìzhōng lù |
0:30 | — | 13 42 106 113 115 118 684 701 758 823 | ||
| 东四 dōngsì |
0:32 | — | 101 106 109 110 112 116 420 684 685 810 846 | |||
| 灯市口 dēngshìkǒu |
0:34 | — | 106 108 110 116 111 684 685 814 | |||
| 东单 dōngdān |
0:36 | 1 10 20 25 37 39 41 52 106 108 110 111 116 684 685 728 802 814 | ||||
| Chongwen Gate |
崇文门 chóngwénmén |
0:38 | 8 9 12 25 29 39 41 43 44 59 60 103 104 104快 106 108 110 111 116 434 525 610 673 674 684 685 692 723 814 929 957 特2 | Chongwen 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... |
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| 磁器口 cíqìkǒu |
0:40 | — | 23 25 39 41 43 57 60 106 116 525 610 684 685 715 723 814 Airport7 | |||
Temple of Heaven Temple of Heaven The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest... East Gate |
天坛东门 tiāntán dōngmén |
0:42 | — | 6 25 34 35 36 39 41 60 116 525 610 684 685 686 707 723 814 957 958 | ||
| 蒲黄榆 pǔhuángyú |
0:44 | — | 25 37 39 43 53 122 685 686 723 800 803 957 986 特3 | Fengtai 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... |
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| 刘家窑 liújiāyáo |
0:46 | — | 7 17 39 43 51 300 368 434 627 652 654 665 686 723 741 826 927 954 957 973 988 998 特8 运通107 运通202 | |||
| 宋家庄 sòngjiāzhuāng |
0:48 | 27.6 | 7 12 17 39 43 511 524 684 |
Technology
Line 5 is the first subway line in Beijing to have platform screen doorsPlatform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
in underground stations and automatic platform gates in elevated stations that prevent riders from falling on to the tracks. Line 5 stations also have LCD screens that display the wait times for the next train. Line 5 trains have digital voice announcements and LCD passenger information display.
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with platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
|Platform doors.
|Articulated
Articulated car
Articulated cars are rail vehicles which are consist of a number of smaller, lighter cars which are semi-permanently attached to each other and which share common trucks. They are much longer than single passenger cars, and on the TGV Réseau, for example, 8 cars are joined this way...
, interconnected cars
on Line 5.
|LCD display inside Line 5
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History
Construction work on Line 5 got underway in late 2002 and the line opened to the public on October 7, 2007.Timeline
- December 28, 2002: Construction on Line 5 began.
- March 28, 2004: Underground tunneling started underneath Yonghegong and Hepinglibeijie stations, marking the start of Line 5 construction in urban Beijing. The underground tunnel would pass the Temple of Heaven.
- May 20, 2004: The underground tunnel between Yonghegong and Zhangzizhonglu stations broke through.
- November 11, 2005: Railway tracks were laid at Huixinxijie Beikou station.
- July 2006: The entire underground railway was completed.
- September 2006: Platform screen doors began installation in Line 5 stations.
- April 2007: Line 5 started trial runs without passengers.
- October 7, 2007: Line 5 opened to the public at 2p.m. in the afternoon.
- November 23, 2007: Sound insulation were installed on the elevated parts of Line 5 following complaints of excess noise from nearby residents.
- July 19, 2008: The entire Huixinxijie Nankou station opens up, including the interchange with Line 10Line 10, Beijing SubwayLine 10 of the Beijing Subway is the second loop line in Beijing's rapid transit network.Half of the Line 10 loop, north and east of the city centre, has been in operation since July 19, 2008. The other half of the loop, in the south and west, is now under construction. In the north, south and...
, following the inauguration of Line 10 services.