Line 5 (Beijing Subway)

Line 5 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁5号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě wǔhào xiàn) is Beijing's only subway line with an entirely north-south route. It entered into operation on October 7, 2007. It runs for 27.6 km (17.1 mi)[5] in a near straight line through the city center (just approximately a kilometer east of the Forbidden City at Dongdan) from Tiantongyuan North in Changping District to Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District.[6] Though Line 4 and Line 8 also broadly follow north-south routes (and so, in part, do Lines 14 and 13), Line 5 remains the only line to follow an almost entirely straight north-south course. Line 5 is also notable for including three stations in the densely populated northern suburb of Tiantongyuan, as well as providing convenient access to the Temple of Earth and Temple of Heaven. Since Line 5 connects with Line 1, Line 2 (twice), Line 6, Line 7, Line 10 (twice), Line 13, Line 14 and Line 15, and also links densely populated suburbs directly to the city center, it tends to experience very crowded conditions during rush hour and even very late into the evening. Line 5's color is      maroon.

Line 5 entrance at Beixinqiao.

Line 5 platform at Dongdan.

Line 5
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Overview
Other name(s)	M5 (planned name)
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Locale	Fengtai, Dongcheng, Chaoyang, and Changping districts Beijing
Termini	Tiantongyuan North Songjiazhuang
Stations	23
Daily ridership	847,500 (2014 Avg.)[1] 1,163,000 (2016 Peak)[2]
Operation
Opened	October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Depot(s)	Tiantongyuan North,[3] Songjiazhuang Depots[4]
Rolling stock	6-car Type B (DKZ13)
Technical
Line length	27.6 km (17.1 mi)[5]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h maximum
Route map Taipingzhuang depot Tiantongyuan North Tiantongyuan Tiantongyuan South connects Line 13 Lishuiqiao Line 13 Xizhimen – Dongzhimen Shuangsha railway Lishui west bridge crossing Qing river Lishuiqiao South Beiyuanlu North Datunlu East Line 15 Qinghuadongluxikou – Fengbo Huixinxijie Beikou Huixinxijie Nankou Line 10 outer – inner connects Line 10 Xiaoyue river Hepingxiqiao Line 12 (to be opened 2021) Sijiqing – Guanzhuangluxikou Hepingli Beijie North Hucheng river Yonghegong Lama Temple Line 2 outer – inner Beixinqiao Capital Airport Express (western section, to be opened 2021) Airport Zhangzizhonglu Dongsi Line 6 Jin'anqiao – Lucheng Dengshikou Dongdan Line 1 Pingguoyuan – Si Hui Dong (E) connects Line 1 Chongwenmen Line 2 inner – outer Beijing underground cross-city railway crossing Ciqikou Line 7 Beijing West railway station – Jiaohuachang Tiantandongmen Jinghu railway, Jingjin intercity railway, etc. South Hucheng river Puhuangyu Line 14 Beijing South railway station – Shangezhuang Liujiayao Line 10 inner Songjiazhuang Line 10 and Yizhuang line Yizhuang line Yizhuang railway station Line 10 outer connects Yizhuang line Songjiazhuang yard (line 5 part) Songjiazhuang yard (line 10 part) BJS Rolling Stock Factory Fengshuang railway

Fare

Starting fare of RMB(¥) 3.00 that increases according to the distance fare scheme introduced in December 2014.

Regular subway users can use a Yikatong card, which offers even cheaper journeys, as well as mobile phone apps, which deploy payment via a QR code.

Hours of Operation

The first south-bound trains departs from Tiantongyuan North at 4:59am. The first north-bound train departs from Songjiazhuang at 5:19am . The last south-bound train leaves Tiantongyuan North at 10:47pm. The last north-bound train leaves Songjiazhuang at 11:10pm. For the official timetable, see.[7]

Route

To the left is Tiantongyuan South station; a bus rapid transit line is visible in the center.

On a map, Line 5 runs vertically, beginning with three stops in the far northern suburb of Tiantongyuan in Changping District, about 5 kilometers outside the 5th Ring Road. Then, it enters Chaoyang District and connects to Line 13 at Lishuiqiao, which offers commutes to Dongzhimen in 20 minutes and Xizhimen in 35 minutes. At Datunlu East, it connects with Line 15, where many commuters transfer in order to go to Wangjing. At Huixinxijie Nankou, it links up with Line 10, which is a very large loop, essentially following the 3rd Ring Road. Further south, it passes immediately to the east of the Temple of Earth and meets the Line 2 Loop (which essentially follows the 2nd Ring Road) at Yonghegong Lama Temple (see also Lama Temple). Then Line 5 cuts through the old neighborhoods of Dongcheng District. It connects with the east-west line, Line 6, at Dongsi, and the old foreign Legation Quarter between Dongdan and Chongwenmen. Further south, Line 5 stops at Tiantandongmen Station (see the Temple of Heaven) in Chongwen District, connects with another east-west line (Line 7) as well as Line 14 and eventually reaches Songjiazhuang and Line 10 again in Fengtai District south of the city. It takes 49 minutes to cover all the 23 stations.

Stations (North to South)

●: stop

▲: some SB PM peak trains skip

▼: some NB PM peak trains skip

Service Route[8][9]	Station Name		Connections	Nearby Bus Stops[10]	Travel Time	Distance km[11]		Location
	English	Chinese
●	Tiantongyuan North	天通苑北		428 430 441 487 520 533 537 643 860 905 922 933 966 984 BRT3(快速公交3) BRT3区(快速公交3区) 专35 专117 专137 昌平23 昌平51 昌平52 昌平59	0:00	0.000	0.000	Changping
▲	Tiantongyuan	天通苑		430 432 464 465 520 621 751 905 966 984 BRT3(快速公交3) BRT3区(快速公交3区) 专104 专118 专119 专133 专136 专137 昌平27 昌平52 昌平59	0:02	0.939	0.939
▲	Tiantongyuan South	天通苑南		301 430 432 464 465 520 558 621 751 905 966 984 BRT3(快速公交3) BRT3区(快速公交3区) 专58 昌平9 昌平10 昌平27	0:04	0.965	1.904
●	Lishuiqiao	立水桥	13	301 430 464 465 558 617 621 628 751 905 966 984 BRT3(快速公交3) BRT3区(快速公交3区) 专81 昌平22 昌平27 昌平52	0:06	1.544	3.448	Chaoyang
●	Lishuiqiao South	立水桥南		464 465 617 620 621 628 751 905 966 专48 专81 专107 昌平22 昌平27 昌平59	0:09	1.305	4.753
●	Beiyuanlu North	北苑路北		415 430 464 466 484 569 593 596 617 620 653 695 751 905 特11 夜26 专37 专120	0:11	1.286	6.039
●	Datunlu East	大屯路东	15	311 415 425 430 464 484 538 569 596 620 695 751 夜26 专40	0:15	3.000	9.039
●	Huixinxijie Beikou	惠新西街北口		18 379 386 407 408 419 430 464 490 567 613 658 674 684 740 特9 特16 夜26 夜28	0:17	1.838	10.877
●	Huixinxijie Nankou	惠新西街南口	10	95 125 361 430 464 515 921 944 夜26	0:19	1.122	11.999
●	Hepingxiqiao	和平西桥		75 95 117 125 300 300快 302 328 361 430 464 547 601 604 607 641 671 847 921 特8 夜26 夜30	0:21	1.025	13.024
●	Hepingli Beijie	和平里北街		104 117 125 430 夜6 夜18	0:23	1.059	14.083	Dongcheng
●	Yonghegong Lama Temple	雍和宫	2	13 18 44 75 116 117 125 130 684 特2 特12 夜6 夜20	0:26	1.151	15.234
●	Beixinqiao	北新桥		13 106 107 116 117 612 635 684 夜6 夜10	0:28	0.866	16.100
●	Zhangzizhonglu	张自忠路		3 13 42 106 113 115 116 118 684 701 夜3 夜10 夜34	0:30	0.791	16.891
●	Dongsi	东四	6	58 101 106 109 110 112 116 128 684 夜10 夜13	0:32	1.016	17.907
●	Dengshikou	灯市口		104 106 108 110 111 116 128 684 夜10 夜18 夜21	0:34	0.848	18.755
●	Dongdan	东单	1	1 39 41 52 104 106 108 110 111 116 120 128 140 684 夜1 夜10 夜17	0:36	0.945	19.700
●	Chongwenmen	崇文门	2	8 9 12 20 29 39 41 43 44 60 103 104 106 108 110 111 116 128 525 599 622 674 684 957 特2 特7 夜5 夜10 夜17 夜19 夜21 夜24 夜28 专2	0:38	0.821	20.521
●	Ciqikou	磁器口	7	23 39 41 43 57 60 106 116 128 525 599 684 特7 夜7 夜10 夜24 夜28	0:40	0.876	21.397
▼	Tiantandongmen	天坛东门		6 34 35 36 39 41 43 54 60 72 116 128 525 599 684 957 958 夜11 夜24 专2	0:42	1.183	22.580
▼	Puhuangyu	蒲黄榆	14	25 39 43 53 54 91 122 128 599 821 957 特11 特12 夜24 夜28 专161 专162	0:44	1.900	24.480	Fengtai
▼	Liujiayao	刘家窑		2 7 12 39 43 50 51 54 93 139 300 300快 599 650 652 665 687 821 827 829 839 848 927 954 957 973 特8 夜23 夜24 夜30	0:46	0.905	25.385
●	Songjiazhuang	宋家庄	10   Yizhuang	2 39 139 366 511 524 555 576 684 990 特11 夜28 专62	0:48	1.670	27.055

Technology

Line 5 is the first subway line in Beijing to have platform screen doors in underground stations and automatic platform gates in elevated stations that prevent riders from falling onto the tracks. Line 5 stations also have LCD screens that display the wait times for the next train. Line 5 trains have digital voice announcements (in Mandarin and English) and LCD passenger information display.

Line 5 platform at Dongdan with platform screen doors	Platform doors.	Articulated, interconnected cars on Line 5.	LCD display inside Line 5 train.

History

Construction work on Line 5 got underway in late 2002 and the line opened to the public on October 7, 2007.

Timeline

Station entrance at Chongwenmen prior to Line 5's opening.

• December 28, 2002: Construction on Line 5 began.[12]
• March 28, 2004: Tunneling started underneath Yonghegong Lama Temple and Hepingli Beijie stations, marking the start of Line 5 construction in urban Beijing. The tunnel would pass the Temple of Heaven.
• May 20, 2004: The tunnel between Yonghegong Lama Temple and Zhangzizhonglu stations broke through.
• November 11, 2005: Railway tracks were laid at Huixinxijie Beikou station.
• July 2006: The entire underground railway was completed.
• September 2006: Platform screen doors began installation in Line 5 stations.
• April 2007: Line 5 started trial runs without passengers.
• October 7, 2007: Line 5 opened to the public at 2p.m. in the afternoon.
• November 23, 2007: Sound insulation were installed on the elevated parts of Line 5 following complaints of excess noise from nearby residents.[13]

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Songjiazhuang — Tiantongyuan North	7 October 2007	27.6 km (17.15 mi)[5]	23	(initial phase)

Rolling Stock

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Amount in Service	Fleet Numbers	Depot
DKZ13		CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	2006	61	TP401–TP461	Taipingzhuang Songjiazhuang

References

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6. 京地铁五号线开通试运营 列车时刻表首次发布. Sohu.
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