Dongsi Shitiao station

Dongsi Shitiao

东四十条
Beijing Subway
Line 2 platform

Line 3 eastbound platform
General information
LocationDongsi Shitiao Bridge [zh] (East 2nd Ring Road and Ping'an Avenue)
Dongcheng District, Beijing
China
Coordinates39°56′02″N 116°26′03″E / 39.933801°N 116.434133°E / 39.933801; 116.434133
OperatorBeijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Lines
Platforms4 (1 island platform and 1 split island platform)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type
Underground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Statusin service
Station code213 (Line 2)
History
Opened
  •      Line 2: September 20, 1984; 42 years ago (1984-09-20)
  •      Line 3: December 15, 2024; 22 months ago (2024-12-15)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station
Dongzhimen
outer loop / anticlockwise
 Line 2 Chaoyang Men
inner loop / clockwise
Terminus Line 3 Workers' Stadium
towards Dongbabei
Location
Dongsi Shitiao is located in Beijing
Dongsi Shitiao
Dongsi Shitiao
Location within Beijing

Dongsi Shitiao station (simplified Chinese: 东四十条站; traditional Chinese: 東四十條站; pinyin: Dōngsì Shítiáo zhàn) is an interchange station on Line 2 and Line 3 of the Beijing Subway.

Name

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 Line 3 station has an underground split island platform.

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 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 became the transfer concourse between the two lines. The connection between the two levels opened four decades after the station for Line 2 opened. For Line 3, two new platforms were built seven or eight metres below the original, one for each direction.

To allow construction of Line 3 platforms, the Line 2 station suspended service between November 25, 2023 and February 27, 2024.

Exits

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.