Xuanwumen Station (Beijing)

Xuanwumen
宣武门

Location

Beijing
China

Operated by

Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd

Line(s)

Line 2 Line 4

History

Opened

1971

Services

Preceding station		Beijing Subway		Following station
Changchunjie towards Fuxingmen		Line 2		Hepingmen towards Chongwenmen
Xidan towards Anheqiao North		Line 4		Caishikou towards Gongyixiqiao

Xuanwumen Station (simplified Chinese: 宣武门站; traditional Chinese: 宣武門站; pinyin: Xuānwǔmén Zhàn) is an interchange station between Line 2 and Line 4 of the Beijing Subway. It is named for Xuanwumen, a former gate in Beijing's city wall that was demolished during construction of the subway. The station opened in 1971 and handles an average of 350,000 passengers per day.^[1]

References

↑ 刘冕 (2012-03-27). "地铁3条线发车间隔再缩短接近极限". 北京日报. Retrieved 2013-06-14.

Beijing Subway stations

Line 2	(← Inner loop towards Jishuitan) Xizhimen 4 13 S2 Chegongzhuang 6 Fuchengmen Fuxingmen 1 Changchunjie Xuanwumen 4 Hepingmen Qianmen Chongwenmen 5 Beijing Railway Station Jianguomen 1 Chaoyangmen 6 Dongsi Shitiao Dongzhimen 13 Airport Yonghegong Lama Temple 5 Andingmen Guloudajie 8 Jishuitan (Outer Loop towards Xizhimen →)

Line 4	Anheqiao North Beigongmen Xiyuan Yuanmingyuan Park East Gate of Peking University Zhongguancun Haidianhuangzhuang 10 Renmin University Weigongcun National Library 9 Beijing Zoo Xizhimen 2 13 S2 Xinjiekou Ping'anli 6 Xisi Lingjing Hutong Xidan 1 Xuanwumen 2 Caishikou 7 Taoranting Beijing South Railway Station 14 Majiapu Jiaomen West 10 Gongyixiqiao Daxing

Stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.

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Coordinates: 39°53′59″N 116°22′27″E / 39.8997°N 116.3743°E / 39.8997; 116.3743

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