S-Lines Under Planning
The S1 Line, also known as the Mentougou Line, currently in the advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan, the western termini of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway. Construction was originally expected to begin in 2009, but was delayed to February 2011.
On August 10, 2009, the Beijing Municipal Railway Transport Construction Management Company announced that the Mentougou Line would be completed as a low-speed Maglev line, operating fully Chinese-made sets. Its maximum speed will be 160 km/h (99 mph). The expected date for the start of trial operations is 2015. Construction of the line began on 28 February 2011.
According to plans as of August 2008, there will be six S-Lines by 2020 with a total length of 360 km (220 mi) that will span from the city centre to Mentougou, Miyun, Pinggu, Shunyi, Huangcun, and Fangshan. See planning map .
| line | area served |
route description | length (km) |
status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentougou Line S1 | western suburbs | From Wulu in Haidian District west to Mentougou District, via Tiancun, Shijingshan | 27 | const. began in Feb 2011 |
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| Line S3 | northeast suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Miyun County via Beijing East Railway Station, Shunyi, Huairou. | 100 | planning | |
| Line S3 (Branch) | Pinggu County | Branches from S3 Line at Renhe Township in Shunyi District to Jinhai Lake in Pinggu County. | 60 | planning | |
| Line S4 | southern suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Huangcun in Daxing District via Caoqiao and Huangtugang. | 23 | planning | |
| Line S5 | southwest suburbs | From Beijing South Station to Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District via Fengtai, Changxindian, and Liangxiang. | 64 | planning | |
| Line S6 | southern and eastern suburbs | 11 suburban townships including Yizhuang, Tongzhou and Shunyi. | 100+ | planning | |
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