Editing Batong line (section)

{{Short description|Railway line of the Beijing Subway}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = 
| other_name                      = M1 East (planned name)<br>Line 1 East<br>Line BT
| logo                            = BJS Batong Line icon.svg
| logo_width                      = 100px
| color                           = {{rcr|BJS|b}}
| image                           = 01 101 at Chajiafen (20210530182755).jpg
| image_width                     = 300px
| image_alt                       = 
| caption                         = Batong line train between [[Communication University of China station|Communication University of China]] and [[Shuang Qiao station|Shuang Qiao]] in May 2021
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[Beijing Subway]]
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Tongzhou District, Beijing|Tongzhou]] and [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang]] districts<br/>[[Beijing]]
| start                           = {{stl|BJS|Si Hui}}
| end                             = {{stl|BJS|Universal Resort}}
| stations                        = 15
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 
| ridership2                      = 300,600 (2014 Avg.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjsubway.com/node/3194|title=Official Ridership|publisher=Beijing Subway|access-date=2013-03-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322011003/http://www.bjsubway.com/node/3194|archive-date=2013-03-22}}</ref> <br> 364,800 (2014 Peak)
| open                            = {{start date and age|2003|12|27}}
| close                           = 
| owner                           = 
| operator                        = [[Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited]]
| character                       = Elevated, at-grade, underground
| depot                           = Sihui, Tuqiao<ref>{{cite book |script-title=zh:北京地铁八通线勘察设计·施工监理·建设管理 |author1=Liu Hongtao (刘洪涛) |editor=Song Minhua ({{lang|zh-hans|宋敏华}}) |location=Beijing |publisher=中国建筑工业出版社 |year=2008|pages=314–325|isbn=978-7-112-09808-8}}</ref>
| stock                           = 6-car Type B (SFM01, SFM02, SFM07, BDK06)
| linelength                      = {{convert|23.4|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=qianlong20191218>{{cite web|url=http://beijing.qianlong.com/2019/1218/3467046.shtml|title=北京地铁7号线东延和八通线南延今年底开通试运营}}</ref>
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = 
| gauge                           = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = [[Third rail]] 750 V DC
| speed                           = 
| elevation                       = 
| website                         = 
| map                             = {{Beijing Subway/Batong}}
| map_state                       = collapsed
}}
[[File:01 026 at Yangzha Middle School (20210829123311).jpg|thumb|From 29 August 2021, Line 1 trains began to run Batong Line]]
[[File:Guoyuan station platform.jpg|thumb|Two Batong line trains at [[Guoyuan station]] before renovation]]
The '''Batong Line'''<ref>{{cite web |title=JPG格式线路图下载 {{!}} 北京地铁官方网站 |url=https://www.bjsubway.com/jpg.html |website=Beijing Subway |access-date=2021-01-01}}</ref> of the [[Beijing Subway]] ({{zh|s=北京地铁八通线|p=Běijīng dìtiě Bātōng xiàn}}) is an east–west [[rapid transit]] line in eastern [[Beijing]]. It extends [[Line 1 (Beijing Subway)|Line 1]] further east from {{stl|BJS|Sihui}} in [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang District]] to {{stl|BJS|Universal Resort}} in [[Tongzhou District, Beijing|Tongzhou District]]. [[Through operation]] with [[Line 1 (Beijing Subway)|Line 1]] started on August 29, 2021.<ref name=bjd20210825 />

The Batong Line derives its name by combining the first character of Bawangfen ({{lang|zh-hans|八王坟}}), another name for Sihui, and Tongzhou ({{lang|zh|通州}}), the eastern suburban district of Beijing which the line serves.

The Batong Line is mainly above ground with only {{Cvt|3.8|km}} section is underground<ref name=bj2018-12-15>{{cite web|url=http://bj.people.com.cn/n2/2018/1215/c82840-32413471.html|date=2018-12-15|title=通州三线换乘施园站封顶 八通线南延7号线东延明年底开通}}</ref> and runs {{convert|23.4|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=qianlong20191218 /> from {{stl|BJS|Sihui}} in the west to {{stl|BJS|Universal Resort}} in the east. The color of the Batong Line that is shown on maps, like that of [[Line 1 (Beijing Subway)|Line 1]], is dark red.

The line tends to be very crowded during rush hour. To alleviate this headways were reduced and [[Express train|express]] services were introduced during rush hour in early 2020. However, these express services were removed with the start of through operation with Line 1 in mid 2021.