Line 9, Beijing Subway

Line 9, Beijing Subway
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Operational
Termini	National Library Guogongzhuang
Stations	12
Daily ridership	460,800 (2014 Avg.) 637,900 (2016 Peak)[1]
Operation
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Character	Underground
Technical
Line length	16.5 km (10.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC Third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h
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Line 9 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁9号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě jiǔhào xiàn) is rapid transit line in western Beijing. The line runs 16.5 km from the National Library to Guogongzhuang in Fengtai District with nine stations. The line has 13 stations. Line 9's color is      chartreuse.

History

Line 9's route drawn to scale.

In 1989, the State Council decided to build Beijing West Railway Station on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway. Subway planning had determined that Beijing West Railway Station shall be the interchange between Lines 7 and 9. However, no provision for an interchange station was added in the railway station's design. The railway station was completed in 1996.^[2] 15 years later Beijing West Station was rebuilt and expanded with provisions were added to the basement of the station for Lines 7 and 9.^[3] In 2002, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was proposed that the first section of Line 9 should be built between Baishiqiao to Beijing West Railway Station (today's National Library to Beijing West Railway Station section). The entire length of the proposed line was 5.8 kilometers.^[4] However the line only started construction in April 2007,^[5] with a planned opening date of 2010^[6] and the original northern section between Baishiqiao to Beijing West Station was further delayed until 2012,^[7] making an opening before the Olympics unlikely.

In December 31, 2011 the 11.1 km, 9 station southern section from Guogongzhuang to Beijing West Railway Station opened.^[8][9] At the time the line was only connected to the Fangshan Line, isolated from the rest of the Beijing Subway network.^[10] Passengers had to transfer to shuttle buses that connected to the main subway network to continue their journey.^[11] That is why in 2011, the line was sparsely used. The situation did not improve in April 29, 2012 when the Beijing subway exceeded a record 8 million daily riders, with the daily ridership of Line 9 being only 46,300.^[12]

On December 30, 2012, the original northern section from the Beijing West Railway Station to the National Library Station entered into operation. This finally connected Line 9 and the Fangshan Line to the rest of the subway network and made all major Beijing train stations accessible by subway.^[13] The underground connections for the transfer between Line 9 and Line 1 was not completed at the opening of the Line 9 extension.^[14] Between December 2012 and December 2013, Line 9 skipped Military Museum Station.^[15] Line 9's passenger traffic began to grow rapidly after the northern section went into operation. As of January 2013, the average daily passenger traffic was already three times higher than in December 2012,^[16] at 220,000 rides.^[17] The Line 1 - Line 9 transfer was completed at the Military Museum Station on December 21, 2013.

List of Stations

Station Name English	Station Name Hanzi	Transfer	Bus Transfer	Location
National Library	国家图书馆	4	86 92 332 563 588 653 658 695 697 717 特4 特18 特19 夜8 运通105 运通106	Haidian
Baishiqiao South	白石桥南	6	27 61 86 92 114 118 653 693 701 717 特18 夜3
Baiduizi	白堆子		10 56 61 92 121 612 BRT4(快速公交4) 夜13 运通106
Military Museum	军事博物馆	1	1 21 40 52 65 68 78 85 94 99 308 414 特18 夜1 夜5 夜8
Beijing West Railway Station	北京西站	7	3 9 21 40 52 53 65 67 89 96 109 122 309 349 373 374 387 410 414 616 661 662 663 673 694 741 820 821 843 890 901快 941 941快 982 997 特2 特6 特13 特14 特17 特18 特19 夜5 夜8 夜14 夜15 夜22 夜23 夜36 运通102 专3	Fengtai
Liuliqiao East	六里桥东		6 38 57 74 76 133 309 321 349 390 477 691 820 821 832 835 835快 836 838 890 895 917 917快 941 941快 982 特7 夜7 运通120 专3
Liuliqiao	六里桥	10	57 309 477 568 941 941快 982 运通201
Qilizhuang	七里庄	14	77 83 323 458 477 480 483 531 830 839 840 896 958 969 973 998 特7 特9 夜16 夜36
Fengtai Dongdajie*	丰台东大街		335 349 395 459 477 678 845 912 夜16
Fengtainanlu	丰台南路		351 353 602 627 691 692 736 845 夜7
Keyilu	科怡路		83 694 特7
Fengtai Science Park	丰台科技园		470 专63
Guogongzhuang	郭公庄	Fangshan	470

• As of January 2, 2012, Line 9 was skipping the Fengtai Dondajie Station, which was finally opened on October 12, 2012.^[18]

Fleet

Line 9 is served by a fleet of 24 6-car trains built by CNR Changchun.^[19]

Future development

Line 9 was originally proposed to be extended future north and west to Haidian Shanhou,^[20] but this proposal has since been abandoned with the opening of Line 16. It is currently planned to be extended to the north ending at Xi'erqi Station where it will interchange with Line 13 and Changping Line.^[21]

Gallery

• Line 9
• 
  Liuliqiao Station platform
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  Liuliqiao Station concourse
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  Guogongzhuang Station platform
• 
  a train arriving at Military Museum Station

Notes

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10. 邓杭 (2011-03-30). "北京地铁9号线南段9月试运行 12月底开通运营". Retrieved 2013-01-18.
11. 刘冕 (2011-12-08). "北京地铁9号线南段本月底将开通试运营". Retrieved 2013-01-18.
12. "北京地铁昨天全路网日客运量首破800万高达839.1万人次". 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
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14. (Chinese) "北京地铁公布最新线路全图" [Beijing Subway releases a map of the full Beijing subway network.]. 北青网.
15. (Chinese) "北京地铁4新线周日开通 9号线军博不停车". 新京报. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
16. "轨道新线逐步发挥优化均衡全线网客流结构作用". 北京市交通委员会. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
17. "四条新线开通试运营后发挥作用明显". 北京市重大项目建设指挥部办公室. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
18. (Chinese) "9号线丰台东大街站将于明天（10月12日）正式启用". 北京地铁. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
19. "北车制造近千辆地铁车辆支撑北京四条地铁开通运营". 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
20. "北京地铁9号线有望北延 连接海淀北部与中心区". 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
21. 邓杭 (2011-05-14). "北京地铁规划15号线一期多通两座车站". Retrieved 2013-01-18.