Xizhimen Station
   Xizhimen Station 西直门站 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line 2 platform of Xizhimen Station. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Province | Beijing (See other stations in Beijing) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operator(s) | Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 2Line 4Line 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xizhimen Station (simplified Chinese: 西直门站; traditional Chinese: 西直門站; pinyin: Xīzhímén Zhàn) is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside of this station is Beijing North Railway Station.[1] When Line 4 of the Beijing Subway opened and passed through Xizhimen Station, it became the second 3-way transfer station (the first being Dongzhimen Station). Xizhimen Station is also considered one of the most crowded stations of the whole Beijing Subway system. It sees over 170,000 transfers per day between the 3 lines serving the station.[2]
Service Time
Line 2
Outer-ring route: 5:09–22:14
Inner-ring route: 5:33–22:41
Line 4
Towards Anheqiao North: 5:35–23:35
Towards Tiangongyuan: 5:25–22:45
Line 13
Towards Dongzhimen: 5:35–22:42
Transfer
The transfer in Xizhimen Station is complicated. The transfer from Line 2 to Line 13 involves climbing stairs, taking an escalator, and going through the relief area. The total length of the transfer is about 400 meters, which takes more than 7 minutes. The transfer from Line 13 to Line 4 is 310 meters, which takes about 6 minutes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Xizhimen". eBeijing, the Official Website of the Beijing Government. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "我市轨道交通网络化运营效果凸显". 北京市交通委员会. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ↑ "北京西直门地铁站换乘图如迷宫 换乘一趟等于爬10层楼". XINHUANET.com. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
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Coordinates: 39°56′26″N 116°21′18″E / 39.9405°N 116.355°E