Beijing Subway - Lines in Operation

Lines in Operation

Line & Colour	Terminals		Opened	Newest Extension	Length	Stations	Transfers
Line 1	Pingguoyuan	Sihui East	1971	1999	30.4	23 (2)	2, 4, 5, 10, Batong
Line 2			1971	1987	23.1	18	1, 4, 5, 13, Airport
	Xizhimen	Beijing Railway Station
Line 4	Anheqiao North	Gongyixiqiao	2009	2010	28.2	24 (1)	1, 2, 10, 13, Daxing
Line 5	Tiantongyuan North	Songjiazhuang	2007	—	27.6	23 (7)	1, 2, 10, 13, Yizhuang
Line 8	Beitucheng	Huilongguang Dongdajie	2008	2011	15.2	10	10, 13
Line 9	Guogongzhuang	Beijing West Railway Station	2011	—	10.8	9	Fangshan
Line 10	Bagou	Jinsong	2008	—	24.7	22	1, 4, 5, 8, 13, Airport
Line 13	Xizhimen	Dongzhimen	2002	2003	40.9	16 (15)	2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, Changping, Airport
Line 15	Wangjing West	Fengbo	2010	2011	30.2	13 (4)	13
Batong Line	Sihui	Tuqiao	2003	—	18.9	13 (13)	1
Changping Line	Xi'erqi	Nanshao	2010	—	21.24	7 (6)	13
Daxing Line	Gongyixiqiao	Tiangongyuan	2010	—	21.7	11 (1)	4, Fangshan
Fangshan Line	Suzhuang	Guogongzhuang	2010	2011	24.79	11 (9)	9, Daxing
Yizhuang Line	Songjiazhuang	Yizhuang Railway Station	2010	—	23.3	14 (8)	5
Airport Express	Dongzhimen	Terminal 2	2008	—	28.1	4 (1)	2, 10, 13
		Terminal 3

Line 2 platform at Xizhimen Ticket entry gates at Yuanmingyuan Station Airport Express train

Beijing's subway lines generally follow the checkerboard layout of the city. Most lines run parallel or perpendicular to each other and intersect at right angles.

Lines serving the urban core:

• Line 1, a straight east-west line underneath Chang'an Avenue, which bisects the city through Tiananmen Square. Line 1 connects major commercial centres, Xidan, Wangfujing, Dongdan and the Beijing CBD.
• Line 2, a rectangular loop line, traces the Ming-era city wall that once surrounded the inner city, and stops at 11 of the wall's former gates (ending in men), now busy intersections, as well as the Beijing Railway Station.
• Line 4, a mainly north-south line running west of city centre with stops at the Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, Peking and Renmin Universities, Zhongguancun Technology Park, National Library, Beijing Zoo, Xidan and Beijing South Railway Station
• Line 5, a straight north-south line just east of the city centre. It passes the Temple of Earth, Lama Temple and the Temple of Heaven.
• Line 8, a north-south line directly north of city centre from Huilongguan through the Olympic Green to Beitucheng.
• Line 9, a north-south line in the southwest of the city centre from the Beijing West Railway Station.
• Line 10, an inverted L-shaped shaped route to the north and east of Line 2. It runs east-west, following the Yuan-era city wall in the north, passing just south of the Olympic Green and turns south at Sanyuanqiao, northeast of the city, and follows the eastern 3rd Ring Road through the embassy district and Beijing CBD.

Lines to outlying suburbs:

• Line 13 arcs across suburbs north of the city and channels commuters to Xizhimen and Dongzhimen, at the northwest and northeast corners of Line 2.
• Line 15 branches off Line 13 at Wangjing West and runs northeast to suburban Shunyi District.
• Batong Line extends Line 1 eastward from Sihui to suburban Tongzhou District.
• Changping Line branches off Line 13 at Xi'erqi and runs north to suburban Changping District.
• Daxing Line extends Line 4 south to suburban Daxing District.
• Fangshan Line extends Line 9 south from Guogongzhuang to Fangshan District in the southwestern suburbs.
• Yizhuang Line extends from Line 5's southern terminus to the Yizhuang Economic & Technological Development Zone in the southeastern suburbs.
• Airport Express connects the Beijing Capital International Airport, 27 km northeast of the city, with Line 10 at Sanyuanqiao and Lines 2 and 13 at Dongzhimen.