Line 19, Beijing Subway

Line 19, Beijing Subway
Line 19
19号线
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Beijing Subway
Status Planned
Operation
Operator(s) Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Line 19 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁19线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě shíjiǔ hàoxiàn), also known by its codename, Line R3 (Chinese: 北京地铁R3线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě ēr sān hàoxiàn) is an express rapid transit rail line under planning in Beijing.

The express line is planned to run north-south west of the city centre, between Lines 16 and 4, through Haidian, Xicheng and Fengtai Districts. The line is planned to have 10 stations, eight of which are interchange stations, over 22.4 km.[1]

R3 is the code name for an express line was reported in February 2012 as one of six new lines under planning by the city's public transit planning authorities.[2] As of 2015, the Line was renamed to Line 19[3][4] with the first phase starting construction in 2015 to be completed in 2019.[5]

References

  1. ↑ (Chinese) 北京地铁19号线将设10座车站8座能换乘 年内开建 北京日报 2015-8-27
  2. ↑ (Chinese) "北京轨道交通有望添6条新线12号线缓三环拥堵" 京华时报 2012-02-14
  3. ↑ http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20150720/t20150720_519258903.shtml
  4. ↑ http://baike.baidu.com/view/5359715.htm?fromtitle=%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%9C%B0%E9%93%81R3%E7%BA%BF&fromid=7867498&type=syn
  5. ↑ http://news.qq.com/a/20150527/043528.htm
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