Line 4 (Beijing Subway)

Line 4 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁4号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě sìhào xiàn) is a subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on 28 September 2009,[5] and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It runs from Anheqiao North in the north and ends at Gongyixiqiao in the south, but the 4-Daxing connected line runs all the way to Tiangongyuan in Daxing. All stations are underground except Anheqiao North. It is 28.2 km (17.5 mi)[6] long with 24 stations.[7] Riding on this line starts from a fare of RMB(¥) 3.00 depending on the distance traveled. Line 4's color is teal.

Line 4
Line 4 train entering Anheqiao Bei (N) station in 2021
Beijing MTR
Overview
Other name(s)M4 (planned name)
StatusOperational
LocaleHaidian, Xicheng and Fengtai districts
Beijing
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBeijing Subway
Operator(s)Beijing MTR Corporation Limited
Depot(s)Longbeicun, Majiapu
Rolling stock6-car Type B (SFM05)
Daily ridership1,187,000 (2014 Avg. Line 4 only)[1][2]
1,574,000 (2014 Peak Line 4 only)[3]
Ridership351 million (2012 annual)[4]
History
Opened28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)
Technical
Line length28.165 km (17.501 mi)
CharacterAlmost all underground
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC, third rail
Route map
Longbeicun yard
 Anheqiaobei
Qing river
 Beigongmen
Bei'anhe Right arrow
 Xiyuan
Line 16
Left arrow Wanpingcheng
 Yuanmingyuan Park
Wanquan river
 Peking Univ. East Gate
 Zhongguancun
 Haidian Huangzhuang
Line 10
Left arrow outer – inner Right arrow
connects Line 10
 Renmin Daxue (Renmin Univ.)
Line 12 (to be opened 2023)
Left arrow Sijiqing – Dongfeng Right arrow
 Weigongcun
connects Line 9
 National Library
Line 9
Line 16
Left arrow line 16 Bei'anhe
Nanchang river
Left arrow line 9 Guogongzhuang
Left arrow line 16 Wanpingcheng
 Beijing Zoo
 Xizhimen
Line 2
Left arrow outer – inner Right arrow
Line 13
Dongzhimen Right arrow
 Beijing North railway station
Jingzhang intercity railway etc.
line 19 Mudanyuan Right arrow
 Xinjiekou
 Ping'anli
Line 6 and Line 19
Left arrow line 6 Jin'anqiao – Lucheng Right arrow
Down arrow line 19 Xingong
 Xisi
 Lingjing Hutong
 Xidan
Line 1
Left arrow Gucheng – Sihuidong Right arrow
Line 2
 Xuanwumen
Beijing underground cross-city railway crossing
Left arrow inner – outer Right arrow
 Caishikou
Line 7
Left arrow Beijing West railway station – Huazhuang Right arrow
 Taoranting
South Hucheng river
 Beijing South railway station
Jinghu railway
Jinghu HSR, Jingjin ICR etc.
Line 14
Left arrow Zhangguozhuang – Shangezhuang Right arrow
Liangshui river
Ma'cao river
 Majiapu
 Jiaomenxi
Line 10
Left arrow inner – outer Right arrow
Gongyi Xiqiao
Majiapu depot
Connects Daxing line (through operation to Line 4)
Down arrow Tiangongyuan
Inside the train compartment of Line 4. It shares many design features with MTR trains

Line 4 and Daxing line operate as a single line although they are classified as separate lines.[8] Two different services are run during the day: A full service covering both Line 4 and Daxing line and a shorter service that ends at Xin'gong station, the first station of Daxing line. Combined, the Line 4/Daxing Corridor carries an average of 1.24 million passengers every day in 2017,[9] growing to about 1.4 million passengers per day by 2019.[10]

Hours of operation

The first south-bound trains departs from Anheqiao North at 5:00 AM. The first northbound train departs from Gongyixiqiao at 5:10 AM. The last northbound train leaves Anheqiao North at 10:45 PM. The last southbound train leaves Gongyixiqiao at 11:10 PM.[11] Each train completes the entire journey in 48 minutes.

Route

In the north, Line 4 begins in Anheqiao, just beyond the Summer Palace, and heads south past the Old Summer Palace, through the university district and Zhongguancun, Beijing's high-tech silicon village, before turning east at the National Library of China and passing the Beijing Zoo en route to Xizhimen. After entering the 2nd Ring Road at Xizhimen, Line 4 resumes southwards at Xinjiekou and traverses the old city through Xisi, Xidan, Xuanwumen, Caishikou, and Taoranting Park. It passes the city's high-speed rail link at the Beijing South railway station before reaching the terminus at Gongyixiqiao. Construction began in 2004 but delays have pushed back the opening date by two years to 28 September 2009.[12]

Service routes

List of Stations
Diagram showing distinct line labels for the Daxing Line and Line 4 with through service.

Line 4 and Daxing line stations, from north to south:

Line Name Service
routes		 Station Name Connections Nearby Bus Stops Distance
km[14]		 Location
English Chinese
Line 4 ●● Anheqiaobei 安河桥北 437 575 专28 0.000 0.000 Haidian
●● Beigongmen 北宫门 303 332 346 384 394 563 584 601 观光3 夜8 1.363 1.363
●● Xiyuan 西苑  16  129 303 331 332 333 346 384 393 394 432 437 438 476 508 534 563 579 584 601 608 610 636 644 671 686 688 夜8 1.251 2.614
●● Yuanmingyuan Park 圆明园 129 331 424 432 438 508 579 601 664 观光3 1.672 4.286
●● Peking Univ East Gate 北京大学东门 129 305 307 320 331 355 365 375 438 450 549 579 601 614 681 982 观光3 1.295 5.581
●●● Zhongguancun 中关村 26 145 302 305 307 320 332 355 365 384 392 400 400快 450 466 549 579 584 601 608 613 614 681 686 982 983 夜8 0.887 6.468
●●● Haidian Huangzhuang 海淀黄庄  10  145 302 304 305 307 320 332 355 365 386 584 614 630 634 653 671 681 夜8 夜9 0.900 7.368
●●● Renmin Daxue (Renmin Univ.) 人民大学 26 145 300 300快 302 305 320 323 332 355 361 365 368 425 549 584 614 651 653 658 695 921 夜8 夜30 1.063 8.431
●●● Weigongcun 魏公村 26 145 305 320 332 563 603 609 645 651 653 658 695 夜8 1.051 9.482
●●● Guojia Tushuguan (National Library) 国家图书馆  9   16  86 92 129 305 320 332 481 563 609 653 658 695 夜8 1.658 11.140
●●● Dongwuyuan (Beijing Zoo) 动物园 7 15 16 19 27 56 65 87 102 103 105 107 111 129 305 332 334 347 360 360快 362 534 563 604 632 695 夜8 1.517 12.657 Xicheng
●●● Xizhimen 西直门  2   13 
Huairou–Miyun China Railway Beijing North railway station VAP		 7 16 21 26 27 44 69 80 87 105 111 145 200 305 332 347 360 362 375 387 438 534 563 604 618 632 651 686 693 694 夜8 夜14 夜20 夜21 专6 专216 1.441 14.098
●●● Xinjiekou 新街口 7 47 105 111 508 夜36 1.025 15.123
●●● Ping'anli 平安里  6   19  3 4 7 13 22 38 42 47 88 105 107 111 118 143 409 夜3 夜4 夜10 夜21 夜36 1.100 16.223
●●● Xisi 西四 3 13 22 38 42 88 101 102 103 105 109 124 143 409 612 夜4 夜10 夜13 1.100 17.323
●●● Lingjing Hutong 灵境胡同 22 38 46 68 88 102 105 109 143 夜4 夜10 0.869 18.192
●●● Xidan 西单  1  1 7 15 22 52 70 83 88 102 105 109 143 夜1 夜4 夜10 1.011 19.203
●●● Xuanwumen 宣武门  2  7 9 15 22 44 67 70 83 102 105 109 137 142 143 144 332 夜4 夜5 夜10 0.815 20.018
●●● Caishikou 菜市口  7  5 6 48 57 70 83 102 105 109 144 381 夜4 夜7 夜10 夜18 专13 1.152 21.170
●●● Taoranting 陶然亭 40 59 83 133 381 144 414 夜4 夜18 夜23 专13 专155 1.200 22.370
●●● Beijing South railway station 北京南站  14 
China Railway Beijing South railway station VNP  Jingjin 		 20 25 102 106 133 200 343 381 414 458 485 529 652 665 夜15 夜17 夜24 专18 专53 专155 1.643 24.013 Fengtai
●●● Majiapu 马家堡 51 66 72 134 144 485 501 529 954 夜18 专145 1.480 25.493
●●● Jiaomenxi 角门西  10  30 51 72 144 474 501 529 646 954 夜18 专145 专209 0.827 26.320
●●● Gongyi Xiqiao 公益西桥 377 400 474 511 556 602 646 685 825 954 990 专145 专209 0.989 27.309
Daxing line ●●● Xingong 新宫  19  343 353 354 369 474 556 827 829 946 954 专59 专67 专190 2.798 30.107
●● Xihongmen 西红门 381 454 470 474 483 646 829 937 993 兴13 兴14 兴14区 兴53 兴66 兴68 兴71 兴79 专84 专97 专169 5.102 35.209 Daxing
●● Gaomidianbei 高米店北 631 937 兴12 兴34 兴53 兴66 兴82 1.810 37.019
●● Gaomidiannan 高米店南 913 937 兴11 兴42 兴53 兴66 专24 1.128 38.147
●● Zaoyuan 枣园 410 631快 829 937 954 968 兴47 兴66 X101 X102 X104 X105 1.096 39.243
●● Qingyuan Lu 清源路 456 631 631快 829 913 934 954 968 969 兴23 兴24 兴26 兴27 兴28 兴30 兴33 兴35 兴37 兴48 兴53 兴54 兴66 X101 X103 X105 X107 1.200 40.443
●● Huangcun Xidajie 黄村西大街 456 631 631快 829 840 913 934 954 968 兴11 兴14 兴17 兴19 兴20 兴22 兴28 兴29 兴29区 兴31 兴31区 兴33 兴35 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴48 兴52 兴54 兴55 兴57 兴59 兴61 兴66 X105 X107 1.214 41.657
● Huangcun railway station 黄村火车站 Huangcun railway station HCP 366 366快 369 631 631快 829 913 957 968 969 兴12 兴13 兴15 兴16 兴18 兴20 兴21 兴22 兴25 兴29 兴29区 兴33 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴55 兴59 兴66 X107 0.987 42.644
● Yihezhuang 义和庄 456 934 兴13 兴15 兴16 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴48 兴55 兴65 兴66 兴77 兴81 兴82 2.035 44.679
● Biomedical Base 生物医药基地 456 827 兴15 兴16 兴21 兴27 兴27快 兴28 兴30 兴39 兴41 兴46 兴48 兴52 兴54 兴55 兴55区 兴61 兴61区 兴64 兴65 兴66 兴68 兴77 兴80 兴81 兴82 X102 2.918 47.597
● Tiangongyuan 天宫院 456 827 829 940 兴11 兴21 兴27 兴27快 兴28 兴30 兴39 兴40 兴41 兴44 兴46 兴48 兴54 兴55 兴55区 兴61 兴61区 兴64 兴65 兴66 兴68 兴77 兴80 兴81 X102 X108 X110 1.811 49.408

Planning and construction

Plans for Line 4 date back to the 1950s when Beijing's first subway line was still under construction. It was planned to run from the Summer Palace, east towards Xizhimen, southeast to Zhongshan Park, terminating at the Beijing Stadium, which near today's Tiantandongmen Station.[15] Ultimately, the section between Summer Palace to Xizhimen was built as planned. However, construction only formally started in 2004.[16]

On 3 December 2004 Hong Kong's MTR Corporation, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., and Beijing Capital Group Co., Ltd. signed the Beijing Metro Line 4, investment, construction, operation principle of cooperation agreement, making Line 4 the Mainland China's first rail transit line financed using a public-private partnership framework. Subsequently, on 8 November 2005, a joint venture among the 3 companies was established. The Hong Kong MTRC will invest 735 million RMB to the construction of Line 4 and in return have the right to operate Line 4 for 30 years.[17]

On 11 February 2009, the construction of Line 4 is nearing completion with all tunnels bored.[18] On 6 March, four subway trains begin testing while Hong Kong's then Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, visited the project.[19] On 28 September 2009, Line 4 was officially opened for trial operation. Bringing the number of subway lines in Beijing to 9.[20] On 30 December 2010, the Daxing line started trial operation, with direct service into Line 4. Creating a 50 km (31 mi) long line with 35 stations.[21]

In 2008, planners in Haidian District have proposed extending the line to the north by 8 km (5.0 mi) with four additional stations.[22] The planned stations have been identified as Baiwangshan (百旺山), Xibeiwang (西北旺), Aerospace City West (航天城西), and Yongfeng (永丰).[23] However, by June 2010, Line 4's northern extension was cancelled and replaced by the northern extension of Line 16 which opened in 2016.[24]

SegmentCommencementLengthStation(s)Name
Anheqiaobei — Gongyi Xiqiao 28 September 2009 28.2 km (17.52 mi)[6] 24 (initial phase)
Gongyi Xiqiao — Tiangongyuan 30 December 2010 see Daxing line (through services)

Operation

Unlike the other lines of the Beijing Subway, which are completely state-owned and operated, Line 4 was built and is managed by the Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd., a three-way joint-venture among the Hong Kong MTR Corporation, the Beijing Capital Group ("BCG"), and the Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co. ("BIIC").[25] The Hong Kong MTR, which operates the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway, and the state-owned BCG each holds a 49% stake in the venture and the BIIC has 2%.[25] The JV is responsible for 30% of the investment capital to build Line 4, mainly to finance the purchase of electrical and mechanical equipment, while the Beijing Municipal Government provided the remaining 70%, to cover civil engineering, station, and track work costs.[26]

The Beijing government has also awarded the JV a concession to manage Line 4 for 30 years.[26] The PPP JV model was designed to introduce private capital as well as advanced metro management methods to the growing Beijing Subway.[25] Among the most visible differences in management of Line 4 is a ban on food and beverage consumption inside Line 4 trains and stations.[27]

Rolling Stock
ModelImageManufacturerYear BuiltAmount in ServiceFleet NumbersDepot
SFM05 CRRC Qingdao Sifang 2008, 2010 73 001–040
061–093		 Longbeicun
Majiapu
Nanzhaolu

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