Line 16 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit line in Beijing. It is in length with 30 stations. The line is fully underground.
Construction began in December 2013. The northern section, from to , was opened on 31 December 2016. An infill station, , was opened on 30 December 2017. It extended to on 31 December 2020, and extended to on 31 December 2021. The southern section to opened on 31 December 2022. The remainder of the line to opened on 30 December 2023.
The line is operated by the Beijing MTR Corporation Limited and uses CNR Changchun DKZ93 and CSR Sifang SFM40 eight-car high-capacity wide-body Type A trains. Line 16's color is dark-moderate green.
Route
The line starts at the west end of Beiqing Road (北清路), just outside of the 6th Ring Road, and follows the road east to Yongfeng Road (永丰路) where it turns south towards the city. Line 16 follows Yongfeng Road south to , then continues south to the and . It then continues south, passing through , , and turns west through , then west-southwest through before traversing slightly west north-west to end at .
History In 2009, Line 16 was among the 198 major urban planning projects listed by Beijing's development and reform commission.(Chinese) "北京地铁16号线初定重要站点 拟过动物园、国图等" 北京晚报 2010-06-29 At that time, Line 16 was slated to run about , from Huilongguan in Changping District to Huaxiang in Fengtai District.
According to the June 2010 plans, the northern section of Line 16 will replace the originally planned Line 4 northern extension and run from Bei'anhe in Haidian District, south to Xiaoyueyuan, near the Lugou Bridge in Fengtai District.(Chinese)"北京地铁16号线城西贯通南北" 法制晚报 2010-06-29 The line would begin near Bei'anhe, and provide access to parts of Haidian, north of the foothills the Western Hills that extend into Haidian District. For this reason, that section of the line was also referred to as the Haidian Shanhou (literal translation: Haidian Back Mountain) Line because it begins on the backside of the low-lying range that extends from the Fragrant Hills to the Summer Palace. Points of interest that the line may pass along the route to Xiaoyueyuan in the south include the Summer Palace, Haidian Gymnasium, National Library, Purple Bamboo Park, Beijing Zoo, Chegongzhuang West Road, Sanlihe, Wanshou Temple, (Lize Business District), and the Beijing Fengtai railway station. The proposal was scaled back with the removal of the Haidian Shanhou section in December 2010, reducing the line to just , from to . But the northern section was subsequently restored months later, bringing the line length .(Chinese) "北京地铁16号线规划方案获批复 起点为苏州街站" 人民网(北京) 2010-12-29
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning released the plans for several subway stations in 2013.(Chinese) "北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示" 2013-4-25 Construction of the line began in December 2013.(Chinese) 北京地铁16号线丰台段正式开工 共设8座车站 2013-12-11
On 28 November 2015, the Concession Agreement for Line 16 was signed by the Beijing Municipal Government and BJMTR. Line 16 is a PPP project and BJMTR would participate in the investment, operations and maintenance of the new line. Under the Concession Agreement, BJMTR would undertake the operations and maintenance of Line 16 for a term of 30 years. The Beijing Municipal Government is responsible for the investment and construction of Part A (tunnels, station structure etc.), while BJMTR invested 14.5 billion RMB and is responsible for investing in and constructing Part B of the Line 16 project (rolling stocks, signaling systems, ticket machines etc.).
The northern section, from Bei'anhe to Xiyuan, except for Nongda Nanlu, opened on 31 December 2016. Nongda Nanlu opened on 30 December 2017. In April 2020, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform decided to build an infill station on the southern section of Line 16: (now renamed to ).
On 31 December 2020, the middle section from Xiyuan to Ganjiakou opened. (Suzhou Jie and Erligou stations were not opened)
On 31 December 2021, a one-station extension to opened.
On 31 December 2022, the southern section of Line 16 (from to ) opened. ( station was not opened)
On 18 March 2023, station started operation.
On 30 December 2023, the extension from to , and the infill station , started operation.
On 19 January 2025, station opened. SegmentCommencementLengthStation(s)Name Bei'anhe — Xi Yuan 31 December 2016 9 Northern section Nongda Nanlu 30 December 2017 Infill station 1 Xi Yuan — Ganjia Kou 31 December 2020 5 Middle section Ganjia Kou — Yuyuantan Park East Gate 31 December 2021 1 Yuyuantan Park East Gate — Yushuzhuang 31 December 2022 9 Southern section Erligou 18 March 2023 Infill station 1 Middle section Yushuzhuang — Wanpingcheng 30 December 2023 2 Southern section Suzhou Jie Infill station 1 Middle section Lize Shangwuqu 19 January 2025 Infill station 1 Southern section
List of stations List of stations from north to south. Station Name Connections Nearby Bus Stops Distance Location 0.0000.490 Haidian2.6533.1432.3105.4532.3527.8051.9609.7651.31511.0802.10813.188 2.19515.3831.51716.9002.69019.5901.98021.5701.48623.0561.49724.5531.61026.163 1.72127.8841.58929.473 Haidian / Xicheng1.04630.5190.97031.4890.56532.054Haidian2.00434.058Xicheng1.55235.610 1.24136.851 Fengtai1.80338.654 1.79440.4481.42041.8681.18743.0551.22644.2811.44245.7231.68147.4041.71349.117
Rolling stock ModelImageManufacturerYear builtAmount in serviceFleet numbersDepot DKZ93 CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles2016 35 301–335Beianhe SFM40 CRRC Qingdao Sifang 29 336–364 Formation Car No.12345678 Designation Tc1 Mp1 M1 Mp3 M3 M2 Mp2 Tc2
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External links
Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd official site