Wangfujing station

Wangfujing station^[1] (Chinese: 王府井站; pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng zhàn) is a station located in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is the transfer station of Line 1 and Line 8. The Line 1 station is decorated with the color yellow.^[2]

Wangfujing 王府井
Line 1 platform
General information
Location	East Chang'an Avenue and Wangfujing Street Dongcheng District, Beijing China
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	118 (Line 1)
History
Opened	September 28, 1999 (Line 1) December 31, 2021 (Line 8)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Tian'anmendong towards Gucheng Line 1 Dongdan towards Universal Resort Jinyu Hutong towards Zhuxinzhuang Line 8 Qian Men towards Yinghai
Location Wangfujing Location in central Beijing

Location

Line 8 station construction site at the northeast corner of Wangfujing intersection (February 2017)

This station is located at the intersection of Wangfujing Street and Chang'an Avenue. Wangfujing Ancient Human Culture Site Museum is at Exit A.

Structure

Station hall and transfer

The station hall of Wangfujing Station of Line 1 is located under East Chang'an Avenue, passing through two underground passages that cross East Chang'an Avenue.^[3] The station hall of Line 8 is located in the underground on the north side of the intersection of Wangfujing Street and East Chang'an Street,^[4] there are two transfers on the south side The passage entrance and the mural "Wangfu Ancient Charm", the station hall of Line 8 is connected to the station hall of Line 1 on the upper floor through the stairs and escalators in the transfer passage, and there is another straight elevator leading to the station hall of Line 1 in the southwest corner. From the station hall to the platform on the southernmost side of the escalator brow wall is the mural "Century Time-honored Brand", and on the northernmost escalator brow wall is "Wangfujing Xinjie Shidaixing".^[5]

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  Line 1 Station Hall (November 2020)
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  Line 8 Station Hall (January 2022)
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  Interchange between Line 8 and Line 1 (January 2022)

Platform

Line 1

The platform of Wangfujing station of Line 1 is located at the bottom of East Chang'an Avenue. It is an island-style platform. At present, Half-Height Platform Screen Doors has been installed (since July 23, 2017).

Line 8

Line 8 has an island-style platform at the bottom of Wangfujing Street.^[6]

Platform panorama (March 2017)

Exit

Wangfujing station has 11 exits: A, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, E1, E3, F1. Exit E3 is next to Gongmei Building on the north side of the intersection of Wangfujing Street and Dongdan Santiao. Exit F1 is located on the east side of Wangfujing Street (between Dashamao Hutong and Xiagongfu Street), northwest of the west gate of Oriental Plaza. Exits E3 and F1 are equipped with ramps, of which the ramp at Exit F1 is dedicated to luggage.