Xizhimen station

Xizhimen station (simplified Chinese: 西にし直ただし门站; traditional Chinese: 西にし直門じきもん站; pinyin: Xīzhímén zhàn) is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside this station is Beijing North railway station. Line 2 opened on September 20, 1984; Line 13 opened on January 28, 2003; and Line 4 opened on September 28, 2009. With the addition of Line 13 and Line 4, Xizhi Men Station became the second 3-way transfer station (the first was Dongzhimen Station, being the intersection of Line 2, Line 13, and Airport Express). With a peak daily ridership of over 770,000 passengers, Xizhi Men Station is also one of the most crowded stations of the whole Beijing Subway system. It sees over 170,000 transfers per day between the 3 lines serving the station.

Xizhimen 西にし直ただし门
Line 2 platform Line 4 platform Line 13 platform
General information
Location	Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39.9405°N 116.355°E / 39.9405; 116.355
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd (Lines 2 and 13) Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd (Line 4)
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4      Line 13
Platforms	8 (2 island platforms (Lines 2 and 4); Spanish solution (Line 13) – island platform and 2 side platforms)
Tracks	6
Connections	Beijingbei railway station
Construction
Structure type	Underground (Lines 2 and 4) Elevated (Line 13)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	201 (Line 2) 1301 (line 13)
History
Opened	September 20, 1984 (1984-09-20) (Line 2) September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28) (Line 4) September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28) (Line 13)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Chegongzhuang outer loop / anticlockwise Line 2 Jishuitan inner loop / clockwise Beijing Zoo towards Anheqiaobei Line 4 Xinjiekou towards Tiangongyuan Terminus Line 13 Dazhong Si towards Dongzhimen
Location Xizhimen Location in central Beijing

Transfer

Lines 2 and 4 are very close together, offering short but potentially crowded transfers. The walk from Lines 2 and 4 to Line 13 is considerably further. The transfer between Lines 2 and 13 once required 15 minutes to complete during rush hours. In 2011, this station was rebuilt to reduce the transfer distance to about 170 m (560 ft) long.

Station layout

Lines 2 and 4 both have underground island platforms. Line 13 has elevated side platforms using the spanish solution.

Exits

There are six exits, lettered A, B, C, D, E, and F. Exits C and F are accessible.

Gallery

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  Line 13 station
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  Interchange corridor between lines 2/4 and 13
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  Central interchange hall
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  Line 2 north concourse
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  Line 2 south concourse
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  Line 4 east concourse
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  Line 4 west concourse
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  Line 13 concourse

External links

• Media related to Xizhimen Station at Wikimedia Commons