Line 5, Beijing Subway

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Line 5 platform at Dongdan station, with platform screen doors

Line 5 is a line of Beijing Subway which has finished its construction at the end of September, 2007. It opened on 7 October 2007. Line 5 is Beijing's first north-south underground railway line.

Construction work on Line 5 got underway in late 2002. A number of roads around Beijing are being bolted up for the construction of underground railway stations during construction phase. The tracks were laid in January of 2006 and operations commenced on October 7, 2007.

The line runs from Tiantongyuanbei / Tiantongyuan North (near the northern 5th Ring Road) through to Songjiazhuang in the southern part of Beijing, where it is expected to link up with the Yizhuang Light Rail.

This line is the first subway line in Beijing to feature Platform Screen Doors in underground stations, Automatic Platform Gates in elevated stations, LCD screens in every stations, and modern trains that have Digital Voice Announcements and Passenger Information System that uses LCD screens.

It runs through central Beijing, passing by places of interests like Dongdan, Tiantan Dongmen (Temple of Heaven East Gate), Yonghegong and Chongwenmen. It links up with other underground lines 1 at Dongdan, 2 at Chongwenmen and Yonghegong, and 13 at Lishuiqiao.

Yikatong card, the prepaid smart card used in Beijing's transportation system, is accepted at Line 5 as well.

1 History
2 Using techniques
3 Stations
4 References

[edit] History

December 28, 2002: Construction on Line 5 began.^[1].
March 28, 2004: Underground tunneling started underneath Yonghegong and Hepinglibeijie stations, heralding 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, 14:00: Line 5 opened to the public.
November 23, 2007: Sound insulation were installed on the elevated parts of Line 5 following complaints of excess noise from nearby residents.^[2]

[edit] Using techniques

[edit] Stations

Tiantongyuanbei 天通苑北
Tiantongyuan 天通苑
Tiantongyuannan 天通苑南
Lishuiqiao 立水桥 (interchange with Line 13)
Lishuiqiaonan 立水桥南
Beiyuanlubei 北苑路北
Datunludong 大屯路东
Huixinxijiebeikou 惠新西街北口
Huixinxijienankou 惠新西街南口(interchange with Line 10)
Hepingxiqiao 和平西桥
Hepinglibeijie 和平里北街
Yonghegong 雍和宫 (interchange with Line 2)
Beixinqiao 北新桥
Zhangzizhonglu 张自忠路
Dongsi 东四
Dengshikou 灯市口
Dongdan 东单 (interchange with Line 1)
Chongwenmen 崇文门 (interchange with Line 2)
Ciqikou 磁器口
Tiantan Dongmen 天坛东门
Puhuangyu 蒲黄榆
Liujiayao 刘家窑
Songjiazhuang 宋家庄(interchange with Line 10)

v • d • e Beijing Subway

Lines in operation	1 · 2 (Loop Line) · 5 · 13 · Batong Line

Lines under construction	4 · 6 · 7 · 8 (Olympic Branch Line) · 9 · 10 · 14 · Airport Line · Yizhuang Line

See also Transportation in Beijing