Line 2 (Beijing Subway)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line Line 2 of the Beijing Subway (Template:Zh) is a rapid transit rail line in central Beijing that runs in a rectangular loop around the city centre. The line traces the Ming dynasty inner city wall, which was demolished and paved over by the 2nd Ring Road and Qianmen Avenue to make room. Template:Cn Line 2, opened in 1984, is the second oldest and one of the busiest of Beijing's subway lines, and to date only one to serve Beijing railway station. All 18 stations on the Template:Convert line are underground. 13 of the 18 stations offer transfers to other lines. Line 2's color is dark blue.

Hours of Operation

File:Beijing Subway Station Marking Line-2.jpg

Platform sign indicating inner loop Line 2 train (going in the clockwise direction) at the Template:Stl (Station No. 201)

Because Line 2 is a loop line with no true terminus, trains are identified as either running on the inner loop (Template:Zh), going in the clockwise direction, or on the outer loop (Template:Zh), going in the counter-clockwise direction. However, trains returning to the Taipinghu Depot either terminate at Xizhimen or Jishuitan; passengers are asked to wait for a full loop line train at these stations.Template:Cn

The first inner loop train departs Template:Stl at 5:03Template:Nbspam. The first outer loop train departs Template:Stl at 5:09Template:Nbspam. The last inner loop train leaves Jishuitan at 10:55Template:Nbsppm. The last outer loop train leaves Xizhimen at 11:14Template:Nbsppm. For the official timetable, please see the Beijing Subway website.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>

Route

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} Line 2 encircles the old city center districts of Dongcheng and Xicheng and skirts the western edge of Chaoyang.Template:Cn The entire line runs underground.Template:Cn

List of Stations

Eleven of Line 2's eighteen stations are named after gates in the old city wall. These stations end in men, meaning gate. The twelfth gate, Deshengmen (德胜门), is near Template:Stl station.Template:Cn The following table lists Line 2 stations in the outer loop or counter-clockwise order, starting from the station with the lowest numbered code.

Station №	Station Name		Connections	Nearby Bus Stops	Travel Time	Distance Template:Small<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Location
	Template:Small	Template:Small
— ↑ loop line - towards Template:Stl ↑ —						-1.899
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|201	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Nowrap	Template:Small	0:00	0.000	0.000	Xicheng
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|202	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:02	0.909	0.909
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|203	Template:Stl	Template:Large		Template:Small	0:04	0.960	1.869
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|204	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint Template:Rint (Out-of-system interchange via Template:Stl)<ref name=bjd202208>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Small	0:07	1.832		3.701
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|205	Template:Stl	Template:Large		Template:Small	0:09	1.234	4.935
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|206	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:11	0.929	5.864
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|207	Template:Stl	Template:Large		Template:Small	0:13	0.851	6.715
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|208	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:15	1.171	7.886	Dongcheng
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|209	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:17	1.634	9.520
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|210	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint Template:Nowrap	Template:Small	0:21	1.023	10.543
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|211	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:23	0.945	11.488	Dongcheng / ChaoyangTemplate:Efn
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|212	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:26	1.763	13.251
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|213	Template:Stl	Template:Nowrap	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:28	1.027	14.278	Dongcheng
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|214	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:30	0.824	15.102
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|215	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:34	2.228	17.330
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|216	Template:Stl	Template:Large		Template:Small	0:36	0.794	18.124
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|217	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:38	1.237	19.361	Dongcheng / XichengTemplate:Efn
style="background:#Template:Rcr; color:white"|218	Template:Stl	Template:Large	Template:Rint	Template:Small	0:41	1.766	21.127	Xicheng
— ↓ Loop line - towards Xizhimen ↓ —						1.899	23.026

• Line 2 platform, Chegongzhuang Station.jpg

  Chegongzhuang Station

• Line 2 platform, Qianmen Station (1).jpg

  Qianmen Station

• Line 2 platform, Dongsi Shitiao Station (1).jpg

  Dongsi Shitiao Station

• Line 2 platform, Dongzhimen Station (2).jpg

  Dongzhimen Station

• Line 2 platform, Fuxingmen Station.jpg

  Fuxingmen Station

History

On September 20, 1984, the first section Line 2 opened between Template:Stl and Template:Stl. The line was a Template:Convert long upside down "horseshoe" along the west, north and east 2nd Ring Road, with 12 stations.<ref name="地铁大事记3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On December 28, 1987, the line was extended from the terminals of Fuxingmen and Jianguomen, connecting the line with the original section of Line 1 between Template:Stl and Beijing railway station. The completed line was called the "Beijing Subway Loop" and is Template:Convert long with 18 stations. Since January 2002, the line was renamed as "Line 2".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Fuxingmen — Jianguomen	20 September 1984	Template:Convert	12	Phase 2 (initial section)
Fuxingmen — Changchun Jie	28 December 1987	Template:Convert	1	Line 1 & 2 realignment project
Beijing Railway Station — Jianguomen		Template:Convert	1
Changchun Jie — Beijing Railway Station		Template:Convert	6

Other Facts

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Rolling Stock

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}The line uses what retroactively were termed as type B rolling stock, although at the time they were simply the standard metro trains in China, early generation trains having dimensions closer to type C rolling stock.

Current

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Amount in Service	Fleet Numbers
DKZ16	File:T447 leaving Taipinghu Depot (20211014170624).jpg	CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	2006	50	T401–T450

Former

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Years in service	Number Made	Fleet Numbers (Before 1996)	Fleet Numbers (After 1996)	Notes
DK6	File:Derelict DK6 at Taipinghu.JPG	CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles	1979	Template:Nowrap	4	501	T1193–T1194	Cars T1193–T1194 were linked with DK19 cars T1191–T1192 and T1195–T1196 in 1996.
DK8	File:T102 returning to depot.JPG		1982		52	401–413	T101–T104, T106–T108, T1093–T1094, T3023, T3024, T304	Some cars were retrofitted with GTO chopper controls.
DK9			1983		4	502	T1191–T1192, T1195–T1196	Linked with DK6 cars T1193–T1194 in 1996.
DK16	File:A DK16 train entering Beijing Railway Station, Subway Line 2.jpg		Template:Nowrap	1987–2009	115	430–441, 4421–4423	T1091–T1092, T1095–T1096, T110–T118, T120–T122, T124–T127, T1281–T1285, T3021–T3022, T3025–T3026, T303	Several cars were retrofitted with GTO chopper controls.
DK19			1989	1989–2008	1	4424	T1286	Linked with DK16 cars T1281–T1285.
DKZ1			1987	1987–1998	3	701	Template:Unknown	Transferred to line 13 in 2002.
BD1	File:BD1 T1312.JPG	Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment	1990–1992	1994–2008	24	308–311	T129–T132
BD11	File:T305 stored at Taipinghu.JPG		2000	2004	12	Template:N/a	T305–T306
M	File:H3011 at Wanliu Depot (20210821162724).jpg	Tokyu Car Corporation	1984	1984–1995	3	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Transferred to line 13 in 2002.