Dongsi Shitiao station

Dongsi Shitiao station^[1] (simplified Chinese: 东四十条站; traditional Chinese: 東四十條站; pinyin: Dōngsì Shítiáo zhàn), is a station on Line 2 of the Beijing Subway.

Dongsi Shitiao[1] 东四十条
Line 2 platform
General information
Location	Dongsi Shitiao Bridge [zh] (East 2nd Ring Road and Ping'an Avenue) Dongcheng District, Beijing China
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 3 (U/C)
Platforms	4 (1 island platform, 1 island platform under construction)
Tracks	4 (2 in operation, 2 under construction)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
Station code	213
History
Opened	September 20, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-09-20) (Line 2) 2024; 0 years ago (2024) (Line 3)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Dongzhimen outer loop / anticlockwise Line 2 Chaoyangmen inner loop / clockwise Terminus Line 3 Workers' Stadium towards Dongbabei
Location Dongsi Shitiao[1] Location in central Beijing

Name

Line 2 platform before the installation of platform gates

Dongsi Subdistrict is an area in the northeastern side of the old town of Beijing. Hutongs are sorted numerically from south to north, and are called "tiao" in local parlance. Shitiao therefore refers to the tenth hutong in the Dongsi area, counted from south to north.

Use

The station is particularly busy during Beijing Guo'an matches, due to its proximity to the Workers' Stadium.

Station layout

The Line 2 station has an underground island platform, whilst the future Line 3 will also have an underground island platform.

The unused platform originally for the Line 3, pictured in July 2021

There is an unused platform below the existing Line 2 platform, built during the construction of the station, which was to have been used for the planned Line 3. The connection between the two levels is currently fenced off, but will open in 2024 when Line 3 becomes operational, four decades after the station for Line 2 opened. The unused platform, originally meant for Line 3, will not be used for its original purpose, due to the newer rolling stock being too large for the original platform. Instead, it will become the transfer hall between the two lines and will be renovated. For Line 3, two new platforms will be built seven or eight metres below the original, one for each direction.^[2]

To allow construction of Line 3 platforms, the station of Line 2 has suspended for services since 25 November 2023, and until 27 February 2024.^[3]

Exits

There are four exits, lettered A, B, C, and D. Exits B and C are accessible.

Gallery

• 
  North concourse
• 
  Reserved interchange interface (September 2017)

References

1. "北京地铁线路图". 北京地铁. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
2. "时隔近50年 北京东四十条"站中站"开工改造-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
3. 李博 (2023-11-20). "地铁东四十条站周六起封站施工，神秘"站中站"将揭开面纱". 北京日报客户端. Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-20.

External links

• Media related to Dongsi Shitiao Station at Wikimedia Commons

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