Future Lines
In addition to 15 lines in operation, there are at least eight lines now under construction with work on several more lines set to begin in 2012. The network is set to reach 420 km (260 mi) by the end of 2012. According to expansion plans announced in January 2011, the subway network in 2015 is expected to reach track density of 0.51 km per square kilometer inside the Fifth Ring Road where residents would on average have to walk 1 km to the nearest subway station.
The new lines will significantly expand the subway's coverage, especially south and west of the city. Flanking either side of Line 1 will be Line 6 and Line 7. Line 10, when fully completed, will form a second ring outside the Line 2 loop. Line 8 will extend the Olympic Branch Line north to Line 13 and south to Line 2. Line 9 and Line 16 will run parallel and to the west of Line 4. Line 14 will run from the southwest to the northeast. The Western Suburban and Yanfang Lines will connect outlying districts to the Beijing Subway.
To address the city's worsening traffic congestion problem, in December 2010 city planners moved the construction of several lines from the 13th Five Year Plan to the 12th Five Year Plan. This means Lines 8 (Phase III), 3, 12, 16, the Yanfang Line, as well as additional lines to Changping, Tiantongyuan, and Haidian will begin construction before 2015. Subway planning authorities had indicated that Lines 3, 11, 12 and 16 were being planned for the more distant future.
In January 2010, the government of Shijingshan District disclosed plans for a Line 11 in western Beijing that would traverse the Beijing Capital Steel complex and intersect with Lines 1 and 4. Construction is set to begin in 2020. Line 17 is planned to run underneath Guanghua Road in the Central Business District with transfers to Lines 4 and 5. In February 2012, the city government confirmed that six new lines, including Lines 3, 12, R1, R2 and R3, were under planning.
| Details of future subway lines | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sched. opening |
Line | Phase & Section | Terminals |
Route Description | Construction since |
Length (km) |
Stations | Refs | |
| Dec 28, 2012 | Line 6 | Phase I | Haidian Wuluju |
Caofang |
east-west line north of Line 1 | Apr. 2008 | 31 | 21 | |
| Line 8 | Phase II South |
Beitucheng |
Guloudajie |
Extends further south to Drum Tower on Line 2 | Dec. 2007 | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| Line 9 | North Section | National Library |
Beijing West Railway Station | Extends north to Line 4 | Apr. 2007 | 5.7 | 4 | ||
| Line 10 | Phase II | Jinsong |
Shoujingmao | Nearly completing the Line 10 loop. | Apr. 2007 | 30.1 | 23 | ||
| Xiju | Bagou |
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| Mar 2013 | Line 14 | Phase I | Zhangguozhuang |
Xiju | Connecting the south-west suburbs of Beijing | Apr. 2010 | 12.0 | 6 | |
| H1 2013 | Line 10 | Phase II | Shoujingmao | Xiju | completing the missing portion of the Line 10 loop, though Fengtai Railway Station | Apr. 2007 | 2.1 | 2 | |
| Dec 2013 | Line 8 | Phase II North, Section 2 | Zhuxinzhuang | Huilongguan East |
Extends further north to Changping Line | Dec. 2007 | 5.9 | 3 | |
| Line 8 | Phase II South |
Guloudajie |
Museum of Art |
Extends further south to National Art Museum inside Line 2 | Dec. 2007 | 3.7.3 | 6 | ||
| Western Suburban Line |
Bagou |
Fragrant Hills |
light rail or tram from the northwest corner of Line 10 to the Fragrant Hills. | 9.1 | 7 | ||||
| Yanfang Line | Main Line | Cheliangduan |
Yanhua | extends Fangshan Line west to Yanshan Sinopec Center. | 2012 | 15.2 | 9 | ||
| 2014 | Line 6 | Phase II | Cangfang | Dongxiaoying |
extends Line 6 further east into Tongzhou District. | 2010 | 12.4 | 7 | |
| Line 7 | Beijing West Railway Station | Jiaohuachang |
east-west line south of Line 1 | Jan. 2010 | 23.9 | 21 | |||
| Line 14 | Phase II | Xiju | Shangezhuang |
J-shaped line, from the southwest corner of the city to the southeast corner, through Beijing South Station and then turning north to Guangqu Lu. | Apr. 2010 | 35.7 | 24 | ||
| Line 15 | Phase I Section 3 |
Tsinghua University East |
Wangjing West | Chaoyang section of Line 15 (western section) | Apr. 2009 | 10.2 | 7 | ||
| 2015 | Line 6 | Phase I | Pingguoyuan |
Haidian Wuluju |
8.9 | 5 | |||
| Line 8 | Phase III | Museum of Art |
Wufutang |
extends Line 8 Phase II south thru Qianmen and Yongdingmen along central north-south axis to Daxing District. | 17.3 | 14 | |||
| Changping Line |
Phase II | Nanshao | Ming Tombs Scenic Area |
extends Changping Line to Ming Tombs. | 2011 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Haidian Shanhou Line | Suzhoujie |
Baianhe | Northern extension of line 16 | 23.4 | 13 | ||||
| New Airport Line | Beijing South Railway Station | Beijing New Airport | Connecting to a proposed new Beijing Airport | 37 | 4 | ||||
| 2016 | Line 16 | Suzhoujie |
Wanping |
north-south line west of Line 4. | 16 | 17 | |||
| Before 2020 | Line 3 | Tiancun | Dongba | East-west line parallel to line 6 | 37 | 29 | |||
| Line 8 | Phase III, South Extension | Wufutang | Yinghaizhen | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Line 12 | Tiancun | Jiuxianqiao | Following the North Third Ring Road | 24 | 20 | ||||
| Line R1 | Shang'ancun |
Songzhuang |
An express line, running under Line 1 | 55 | 15 | ||||
| Line R2 | Weilai kejicheng | Yizhuang Railway Station | 49 | 21 | |||||
| Pinggu Line | Dongba | Pinggu | Extension of line 3 | 52 | 5 | ||||
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