Daxing Airport Express

Daxing Airport Express[7][lower-alpha 1] of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁大兴机场线; pinyin: Běijīng Dìtiě Dàxīng Jīchǎng Xiàn) is an airport rail link from Caoqiao (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored      Blue on subway maps.[8] The line opened on September 26, 2019.[1]

Not to be confused with Capital Airport Express.

Not to be confused with Daxing line.

Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport
A Daxing Airport Express train passing Beiwangchang Village, Panggezhuang Town
Overview
Type	Airport rail link
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Operational
Locale	Fengtai, Daxing districts (Beijing) & Guangyang district (Langfang, Hebei Province)
Termini	Caoqiao Daxing Airport
Stations	3
Operation
Opened	September 26, 2019[1]
Operator(s)	Beijing Metro Operation Administration (BJMOA) Corp., Ltd.[2]
Character	Underground and elevated
Depot(s)	Cigezhuang, New Airport North
Rolling stock	8-car Type D[3][4][5]
Technical
Line length	41.36 km (25.70 mi)[6] (in operation)
Track gauge	1435 mm
Electrification	Overhead lines, AC 25 kV 50 Hz
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum speed)
Route map Line 14 Zhangguozhuang Line 14 and Line 16 Line 16 Wanpingcheng - Bei'anhe Lize Business District (to be opened 2021~2022) Lianhua river Line 14 Shangezhuang Liangshui river Jinghu railway and Jinghu HSR line 19 Mudanyuan Ma'cao river Caoqiao Line 19 (to be opened 2021) Line 10 line 10 inner - outer Line 19 Xingong Fengshuang railway Daxing line crossing Feng river Daxing Xincheng Cigezhuang depot Xinfeng river Dalong river Jinghu railway Jinghu HSR Jingxiong ICR Xiaolong river New Airport North yard Planned Line 20 reserved for future subway lines Intercity railway connector Tiantang river Daxing Airport PKX North Terminal planned phase 2 below Daxing Airport South PKX South Terminal

It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The other line is the Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, a high-speed rail operated by China Railway.

Description

Phase 1

Phase 1 of the line is 41.36 km,[5] including 17.71 km of elevated track and 23.65 km of underground track.[5] All stations are underground.

Phase 2 (Northern extension)

A 3.5 km northern extension to Lize Business District station is currently under planning. The extension is fully underground.[9][10] The northern extension is scheduled to begin construction in 2020[11] and finish in 2022.[12]

Fare

Ordinary Class one-way fare is ¥10, ¥25 or ¥35 (see below) and Business Class one-way fare is ¥50.[13]

Ordinary Class (¥)

Lize Business District (under planning)
10	Caoqiao
10	10	Daxing Xincheng
35	35	25	Daxing Airport

Rolling stock

The train sets of Daxing Airport Express are built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang.

	← Caoqiao Daxing Airport →
Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Designation	Tc	M	Tp	M	M	Tp	M	Xc
Numbering	JC xxx1	JC xxx2	JC xxx3	JC xxx4	JC xxx5	JC xxx6	JC xxx7	JC xxx8

• Car 7 is a business class car.
• Car 3 has a wheelchair space.
• Car 8 is a baggage car.

Stations

Section	Station Name		Connections	Nearby bus stops	Distance km[14]		Location
	English	Chinese
Phase 2 (Northern extension) (under planning)	Lize Business District	丽泽商务区	14  (U/C)  16  (U/C)		0.000	0.000	Fengtai	Beijing
Phase 1	Caoqiao	草桥	10   19  (U/C)	381 410 423 434 456 483 497 529 676 679 夜22	4.066[15]	4.066
	Daxing Xincheng	大兴新城		946	13.028[14]	17.094	Daxing
	Daxing Airport	大兴机场	Jingxiong  PKX		25.303[14]	42.397	Guangyang	Langfang, Hebei Province
Long-term planning	Daxing Airport South	大兴机场南					Daxing	Beijing

History

The Daxing Airport Express was originally planned to start from Mudanyuan, and be routed in parallel with Line 19 from Mudanyuan to Caoqiao.[16] However, the plan would cost more than 40 billion yuan, which was considered too expensive for a dedicated line that would only serve passengers going to and from the airport.[17] The parallel section with Line 19 was abandoned and the routed was shortened to the stretch from Caoqiao to Daxing Airport. The investment required for the line was reduced by 20 billion yuan.[17]

In 2014, it was reported that the government was going to invest 19.7 billion yuan in the Daxing Airport Express[18][19] and a plan with 4 stations: Caoqiao, Daxing Xincheng, and two stations at the Daxing Airport.

In early 2016, it was announced that the Daxing Airport Express was slated for completion by 2019. Phase I of the line includes only 3 stations: Caoqiao, Daxing Xincheng and Daxing Airport. The line will operate at a top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) using Type D[3][4][5] rolling stock, which is fully automated.[20] Construction started at the end of 2016.[21]

Test runs on the line began in June 2019[22], and the line was opened on September 26, 2019[1] (Phase 1).

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Caoqiao — Daxing Airport	26 September 2019	41.36 km (25.70 mi)	3	Phase I

Future expansion

A northern extension to Lize Business District station is under planning, with a length of 3.5 km. The extension will be fully underground,[9][10] and will bring the line to a total of 44.86 km.[22] The northern extension is scheduled to begin construction in 2020[11] and finish in 2022.[12]

Line R1 of Xiong'an Rail Transit will through-operate with Daxing Airport Express.[23]

Notes

1. Daxing Airport Express is the official abbreviation of the line.[7] The official full name is Beijing Daxing International Airport Express.[7]

References

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