Editing Line 1 (Beijing Subway) (section)

==Ridership==
As the oldest line of the Beijing Subway, Line 1 was also the most heavily used from the time the subway opened in 1971 until January 2013, when the near-completion of the [[Line 10, Beijing Subway|Line 10]] loop caused ridership on that line to surge past Line 1.  Daily ridership averaged 1,234,900 in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjsubway.com/support/cxyd/klxx/|script-title=zh:客流信息|access-date=2015-03-20|publisher=Beijing Subway|archive-date=2015-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330140444/http://www.bjsubway.com/support/cxyd/klxx/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Peak ridership in 2014 was 1,536,900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-0429/165124349033.shtml|title=Ridership|publisher=Sina|access-date=2012-05-03}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjsubway.com/node/2636 |title=Official Ridership |publisher=Beijing Subway |access-date=2012-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502232735/http://bjsubway.com/node/2636 |archive-date=2012-05-02 }}</ref>

Recent traffic relief efforts have been completed in recent years. The opening of the first phase of the parallel [[Line 6, Beijing Subway|Line 6]], caused an 8.46% decrease in daily demand and a 10-20% reduction in peak flow during rush hour.<ref name="ridership">{{cite news|url=http://www.bjjtw.gov.cn/gzdt/ywsds/201302/t20130207_71407.htm |script-title=zh:我市轨道交通网络化运营效果凸显|date=2013-02-07|access-date=2013-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109144501/http://www.bjjtw.gov.cn/gzdt/ywsds/201302/t20130207_71407.htm|archive-date=2014-01-09|url-status=dead |publisher=Beijing Municipal Transportation Committee (北京市交通委员会) }}</ref> In addition Beijing BRT line 2 parallels the eastern section of Line 1. In the meantime between 2014 and 2015, Line 1 again upgraded its signals to a [[communications-based train control]] system allowing trains to run at headways as low as 1 minutes 45 seconds. However, during peak hours, sections of the line were reported in 2013 to still operate above 100% capacity.<ref name="ridership" />