Muxidi station

Muxidi Station (Chinese: 木樨地站; pinyin: Mùxīdì Zhàn) is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. It will connect with Line 16 and Line 18 in the future.[1][2]

Muxidi 木樨地
Location	Fuxing Road at Muxidi Bridge Xicheng District, Beijing China
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms, 1 under construction)
Tracks	4 (2 under construction)
Other information
Station code	112
History
Opened	January 15, 1971
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station Military Museum towards Gucheng Line 1 Nanlishilu towards Si Hui Dong(E)
Location
Muxidi Location in central Beijing

Station Layout

G	Entrances and Exits	Exits A-D
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Station Agent
B2	Westbound	←      Line 1 towards Gucheng (Military Museum)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	→      Line 1 towards Si Hui Dong(E) (Nanlishilu) →
B3 (Under Construction)	Northbound	←      Line 16 towards Beianhe (East Gate of Yuyuantan Park)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Southbound	→      Line 16 towards Wanpingcheng (Daguanying) →

Exits

		Exit	Destination	Image	Lift
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Information Center, China Science and Technology Hall
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Sanlihe District 3
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Changan Mall
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Sanlihe District 3
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, All China Federation of Trade Unions, Capital Museum
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Muxidi
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Guohong Hotel, People's Public Security University, China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co. Ltd.
			Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Muxidi

Suspension of Service in Early June

During troop movements in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, a lot of people were killed at Muxidi. Muxidi Station is often suspended about June 4 these years. For example:

• On June 3, 2013, A1 Exit of Muxidi Station was closed on the grounds of repairing.[3]
• On June 2, 2014, Beijing Subway declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit of Muxidi Station will be closed from June 3 (Tuesday) to a future date via Weibo.[3]
• On June 2, 2015, Beijing Subway declared close of doors again. Reporters from Ming Pao found that they can't reply that Weibo post and other replies are invisible.[4]
• On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from Today 15:00 (June 3) to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied.[5]
• On June 3, 2017, A1 Exit and A2 Exit is closed. Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited did't post any message but made a station broadcast on the grounds of "Temporary construction".[6]
• On June 1, 2018, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3, 2018 12:00 to last train of Muxidi Station via Weibo.[7]
• On June 2, 2019, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3 10:00 to a future date via Weibo.[8]
• The station exits weren't closed in early June 2020, reporters of Now News noticed that there were plainclothes police, but fewer than before, stationed around the station.[9]

Chinese activist Hu Jia believes that meanings of these measures are to prevent Tiananmen Mothers members from eulogizing the dead during the protest.[3]

References

1. 北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示 (in Chinese). 2013-04-25. Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. 北京16号线木樨地站有望三线换乘. Xinhua News Beijing. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
3. Mai Yanting (麦燕庭) (2014-06-03). 六四如此维稳：木樨地铁站封出口 外国学生被旅游. Radio France Internationale (in Chinese).
4. 當局專車送天安門母親拜祭　木樨地地鐵站出口解封　原帖禁留言. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 2015-06-04.
5. "地铁运营信息". 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
6. "六四前夕北京地鐵木樨地站附近未見公安把守". 香港商業電台. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
7. "地铁运营信息". 微博. 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
8. "地铁运营信息". 微博. 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
9. "六四事件31周年前夕　木樨地保安嚴密" (in Chinese). Now新闻. 2020-06-03.