Beijing Suburban Railway
Beijing Suburban Railway (Chinese: 北京市郊铁路; Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng shìjiāo tiělù) is a commuter rail service serving urban Beijing and outlying districts and counties beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The "S"-numbered suburban rail lines are managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, an agency of the Ministry of Railways that is not affiliated with the Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, the municipal company that operates the subway. Hence, the S-Lines run on separate tracks and stations and have a different fare schedule from the subway.
The S2 Line, which runs from Beijing North Railway Station to Yanqing County was the first to enter into operation, on August 6, 2008.[1]
The S1 Line, currently in advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan and Wulu, the western termini of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway. [2]
According to current plans, there will be six S-Lines by 2020 with a total length of 360 km that will span from the city centre to Mentougou, Miyun, Pinggu, Shunyi, Huangcun, and Fangshan.[3]
Notes
- ^ Beijing's suburban railway Line S2 opens, People's Daily Aug. 7, 2008
- ^ (Chinese) 市郊铁路S2线即将开通-北京北站到延庆全程80分钟 Beijing Daily July 8, 2008
- ^ (Chinese) 市郊S2线明起运营 Beijing Youth Daily Aug. 6, 2008