Huixin Xijie Nankou station
Huixin Xijie Nankou station[1] (Chinese: 惠新西街南口站; pinyin: Huìxīn Xījiē Nánkǒu zhàn) is a station on Line 5 and Line 10 of the Beijing Subway. The station handled a peak passenger traffic of 241,700 people on May 5, 2013.[2]
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Location | Huixin West Street (惠新西街) and Beitucheng East Road (北土城东路) Chaoyang District, Beijing China | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 4 (1 island platform and 2 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 7, 2007 (Line 5) July 19, 2008 (Line 10) | |||||||||||||||
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Huixin Xijie Nankou[1] Location in central Beijing |
The two parts of the station opened separately: Line 5 and part of the concourse opened October 7, 2007, while the rest opened along with Line 10 on July 19, 2008.
Station layout
Both the line 5 and 10 stations are underground. The line 5 station has an island platform, while the line 10 station has 2 side platforms.
Exits
There are 4 exits, lettered A, B, C, and D. Exits B and C are accessible.
Accidents
On November 6, 2014, a woman was killed when she tried to board the train at Huixinxijie Nankou Station on Beijing Subway's Line 5. She became trapped between the train door and the platform edge door and was crushed to death by the departing train. The accident happened on the second day of APEC China 2014 meetings in the city during which the municipal government has banned cars from the roads on alternate says to ease congestion and reduce pollution during the summit – measures which the capital's transport authorities have estimated would lead to an extra one million extra passengers on the subway every day.[3]
Gallery
- Line 10 counter-clockwise platform
- North concourse
- South concourse
References
- "北京地铁线路图". 北京地铁. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.
- 北京地铁10号线"O"了 客流破170万. 人民网. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1634392/beijing-subway-passengers-tried-raise-alarm-accident-victim-was-dragged "South China Morning Post - Beijing subway passengers tried to raise alarm before accident victim was dragged to her death"