Line 12, Beijing Subway

Line 12, Beijing Subway
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Planned
Operation
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Line 12 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁12号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě shíèr hàoxiàn) is a rapid transit rail line under planning in Beijing. Construction is scheduled to begin before 2015.^[1]

History

Line 12's route has undergone substantial changes on the planners' drawing board. In the late 1990s, one draft of the subway plan showed Line 12 running from the Beijing South Railway Station to Huangcun.^[2] The Beijing South Station was then built with subway platforms for only Lines 4 and 14. As of January 2012, Line 12 was under preliminary planning and is slated to run from Tiancun in Haidian District east to Dongba in Chaoyang District, following the northern Third Ring Road.^[3]

In June 2012, there were several media reports listing the planned Line 12 stations.^[4]

1. Suzhouqiao 苏州桥 (Line 16)
2. Renmin University 人民大学 (Line 4)
3. Shuangyushu 双榆树
4. Dazhongsi 大钟寺 (Line 13)
5. Jimenqiao 蓟门桥
6. Beitaipingzhuang 北太平庄
7. Madian 马甸
8. Anhuaqiao 安华桥 (Line 8)
9. Anzhenqiao 安贞桥
10. Hepingxiqiao 和平西桥 (Line 5)
11. Guangximen 光熙门 (Line 13)
12. Taiyanggong 太阳宫 (Line 10)
13. Siyuanqiao 四元桥
14. Fangyuanli 芳园里
15. Gaojiayuan 高家园 (Line 14)
16. Jiuxianqiaodianzicheng Park 酒仙桥电子城

References

1. (Chinese)"北京10条地铁五年内开建 远郊进市区1小时(图)" Xinhua 2010.12.31
2. (Chinese) 新闻行业资讯正文精彩关注北京地铁规划一览 Feb. 2, 2004
3. (Chinese) "2015年轨道交通长度达708公里 4条“增强版”地铁线2012年开建" 《北京日报》 2012-01-13
4. (Chinese) "北京将再增3条新地铁" 《新京报》 2012-06-16