Line 4
Line 4 train entering Anheqiao Bei (N) station in 2021
Overview
Other name(s)	M4 (planned name)
Status	Operational
Locale	Haidian, Xicheng and Fengtai districts Beijing
Termini	Anheqiaobei Gongyi Xiqiao
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Operator(s)	Beijing MTR Corporation Limited
Depot(s)	Longbeicun, Majiapu
Rolling stock	6-car Type B (SFM05)
Daily ridership	1,187,000 (2014 Avg. Line 4 only)[1][2] 1,574,000 (2014 Peak Line 4 only)[3]
Ridership	351 million (2012 annual)[4]
History
Opened	28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)
Technical
Line length	28.165 km (17.501 mi)
Character	Almost all underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC, third rail
Route map Longbeicun yard Anheqiaobei Qing river Beigongmen Bei'anhe Xiyuan Line 16 Wanpingcheng Yuanmingyuan Park Wanquan river Peking Univ. East Gate Zhongguancun Haidian Huangzhuang Line 10 outer – inner connects Line 10 Renmin Daxue (Renmin Univ.) Line 12 (to be opened 2023) Sijiqingqiao – Dongbabei Weigongcun connects Line 9 National Library Line 9 Line 16 line 16 Bei'anhe Nanchang river line 9 Guogongzhuang line 16 Wanpingcheng Beijing Zoo Xizhimen Line 2 outer – inner Line 13 Dongzhimen Beijing North railway station Jingzhang intercity railway etc. line 19 Mudanyuan Xinjiekou Ping'anli Line 6 and Line 19 line 6 Jin'anqiao – Lucheng line 19 Xingong Xisi Lingjing Hutong Xidan Line 1 Gucheng – Universal Resort Line 2 Xuanwumen Beijing underground cross-city railway crossing inner – outer Caishikou Line 7 Beijing West railway station – Universal Resort Taoranting South Hucheng river Beijing South railway station Jinghu railway Jinghu HSR, Jingjin ICR etc. Line 14 Zhangguozhuang – Shangezhuang Liangshui river Ma'cao river Majiapu Jiaomenxi Line 10 inner – outer Gongyi Xiqiao Majiapu depot Connects Daxing line (through operation to Line 4) Tiangongyuan

Inside the train compartment of Line 4. It shares many design features with MTR trains

Line 4 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁4号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě sìhào xiàn) is a subway line in Beijing's mass transit network. It entered into operation on 28 September 2009,^[5] and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. It runs from Anheqiao North in the north and ends at Gongyixiqiao in the south, but the 4-Daxing connected line runs all the way to Tiangongyuan in Daxing. All stations are underground except Anheqiao North. It is 28.2 km (17.5 mi)^[6] long with 24 stations.^[7] Riding on this line starts from a fare of RMB(¥) 3.00 depending on the distance traveled. Line 4's color is teal.

Line 4 and Daxing line operate as a single line although they are classified as separate lines.^[8] Two different services are run during the day: A full service covering both Line 4 and Daxing line and a shorter service that ends at Xin'gong station, the first station of Daxing line. Combined, the Line 4/Daxing Corridor carries an average of 1.24 million passengers every day in 2017,^[9] growing to about 1.4 million passengers per day by 2019.^[10]

Hours of operation

The first south-bound trains departs from Anheqiao North at 5:00 AM. The first northbound train departs from Gongyixiqiao at 5:10 AM. The last northbound train leaves Anheqiao North at 10:45 PM. The last southbound train leaves Gongyixiqiao at 11:10 PM.^[11] Each train completes the entire journey in 48 minutes.

Route

In the north, Line 4 begins in Anheqiao, just beyond the Summer Palace, and heads south past the Old Summer Palace, through the university district and Zhongguancun, Beijing's high-tech silicon village, before turning east at the National Library of China and passing the Beijing Zoo en route to Xizhimen. After entering the 2nd Ring Road at Xizhimen, Line 4 resumes southwards at Xinjiekou and traverses the old city through Xisi, Xidan, Xuanwumen, Caishikou, and Taoranting Park. It passes the city's high-speed rail link at the Beijing South railway station before reaching the terminus at Gongyixiqiao. Construction began in 2004 but delays have pushed back the opening date by two years to 28 September 2009.^[12]

List of Stations

Diagram showing distinct line labels for the Daxing Line and Line 4 with through service.

Line 4 and Daxing line stations, from north to south:

Line Name	Service routes			Station Name		Connections	Nearby Bus Stops	Distance km[14]		Location
				English	Chinese
Line 4	●	●		Anheqiaobei	安河桥北		437 575 专28	0.000	0.000	Haidian
	●	●		Beigongmen	北宫门		303 332 346 384 394 563 584 601 观光3 夜8	1.363	1.363
	●	●		Xiyuan	西苑	16	129 303 331 332 333 346 384 393 394 432 437 438 476 508 534 563 579 584 601 608 610 636 644 671 686 688 夜8	1.251	2.614
	●	●		Yuanmingyuan Park	圆明园		129 331 424 432 438 508 579 601 664 观光3	1.672	4.286
	●	●		Peking Univ East Gate	北京大学东门		129 305 307 320 331 355 365 375 438 450 549 579 601 614 681 982 观光3	1.295	5.581
	●	●	●	Zhongguancun	中关村		26 145 302 305 307 320 332 355 365 384 392 400 400快 450 466 549 579 584 601 608 613 614 681 686 982 983 快速直达专线26 快速直达专线37 快速直达专线126 快速直达专线127 快速直达专线139 快速直达专线147 快速直达专线177 快速直达专线200 夜8	0.887	6.468
	●	●	●	Haidian Huangzhuang	海淀黄庄	10	145 302 304 305 307 320 332 355 365 386 584 614 630 634 653 671 681 快速直达专线26 快速直达专线37 快速直达专线126 快速直达专线127 快速直达专线139 快速直达专线147 通医专线6 夜8 夜9	0.900	7.368
	●	●	●	Renmin Daxue (Renmin Univ.)	人民大学		26 145 300 300快 302 305 320 323 332 355 361 365 368 425 549 584 614 651 653 658 695 921 快速直达专线139 夜8 夜30	1.063	8.431
	●	●	●	Weigongcun	魏公村		26 145 305 320 332 563 603 609 645 651 653 658 695 夜8	1.051	9.482
	●	●	●	Guojia Tushuguan (National Library)	国家图书馆	9   16	86 92 129 305 320 332 481 563 609 653 658 695 夜8	1.658	11.140
	●	●	●	Dongwuyuan (Beijing Zoo)	动物园		7 15 16 19 27 56 65 87 102 103 105 107 111 129 305 332 334 347 360 360快 362 534 563 604 632 695 夜8	1.517	12.657	Xicheng
	●	●	●	Xizhimen	西直门	2   13  Huairou–Miyun VAP	7 16 21 26 27 44 69 80 87 105 111 145 200 305 332 347 360 362 375 387 438 534 563 604 618 632 651 686 693 694 快速直达专线201 夜8 夜14 夜20 夜21 专216	1.441	14.098
	●	●	●	Xinjiekou	新街口		7 47 105 111 508 夜36	1.025	15.123
	●	●	●	Ping'anli	平安里	6   19	3 4 7 13 22 38 42 47 88 105 107 111 118 143 409 夜3 夜4 夜10 夜21 夜36	1.100	16.223
	●	●	●	Xisi	西四		3 13 22 38 42 88 101 102 103 105 109 124 143 409 612 夜4 夜10 夜13	1.100	17.323
	●	●	●	Lingjing Hutong	灵境胡同		22 38 46 68 88 102 105 109 143 夜4 夜10	0.869	18.192
	●	●	●	Xidan	西单	1	1 7 15 22 52 70 83 88 102 105 109 143 快速直达专线17 夜1 夜4 夜10	1.011	19.203
	●	●	●	Xuanwumen	宣武门	2	7 9 15 22 44 67 70 83 102 105 109 137 142 143 144 332 夜4 夜5 夜10	0.815	20.018
	●	●	●	Caishikou	菜市口	7	5 6 48 57 70 83 102 105 109 144 381 夜4 夜7 夜10 夜18 专13	1.152	21.170
	●	●	●	Taoranting	陶然亭		40 59 83 133 381 144 414 夜4 夜18 夜23 专13 专155	1.200	22.370
	●	●	●	Beijing South railway station	北京南站	14  VNP  Jingjin	20 25 102 106 133 200 343 381 414 458 485 529 652 665 夜15 夜17 夜24 专18 专53 专155	1.643	24.013	Fengtai
	●	●	●	Majiapu	马家堡		51 66 72 134 144 485 501 529 954 夜18 专145	1.480	25.493
	●	●	●	Jiaomenxi	角门西	10	30 51 72 144 474 501 529 646 954 快速直达专线160 夜18 专145 专209	0.827	26.320
	●	●	●	Gongyi Xiqiao	公益西桥		377 400 474 511 556 602 646 685 825 954 990 快速直达专线160 专145 专209	0.989	27.309
Daxing line	●	●	●	Xingong	新宫	19	343 353 354 369 474 556 827 829 946 954 快速直达专线22 快速直达专线109 专59 专67 专190	2.798	30.107
		●	●	Xihongmen	西红门		381 454 470 474 483 646 829 937 993 快速直达专线131 兴13 兴14 兴14区 兴53 兴66 兴68 兴71 兴79 专84 专97 专169	5.102	35.209	Daxing
		●	●	Gaomidianbei	高米店北		631 937 快速直达专线131 兴12 兴34 兴53 兴66 兴82	1.810	37.019
		●	●	Gaomidiannan	高米店南		913 937 快速直达专线131 快速直达专线175 兴11 兴42 兴53 兴66 专24	1.128	38.147
		●	●	Zaoyuan	枣园		410 631快 829 937 954 968 快速直达专线175 兴47 兴66 X101 X102 X104 X105	1.096	39.243
		●	●	Qingyuan Lu	清源路		456 631 631快 829 913 934 954 968 969 快速直达专线175 快速直达专线188 兴23 兴24 兴26 兴27 兴28 兴30 兴33 兴35 兴37 兴48 兴53 兴54 兴66 X101 X103 X105 X107	1.200	40.443
		●	●	Huangcun Xidajie	黄村西大街		456 631 631快 829 840 913 934 954 968 快速直达专线175 快速直达专线188 兴11 兴14 兴17 兴19 兴20 兴22 兴28 兴29 兴29区 兴31 兴31区 兴33 兴35 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴48 兴52 兴54 兴55 兴57 兴59 兴61 兴66 X105 X107	1.214	41.657
		●		Huangcun railway station	黄村火车站	HCP	366 366快 369 631 631快 829 913 957 968 969 快速直达专线136 快速直达专线175 快速直达专线188 兴12 兴13 兴15 兴16 兴18 兴20 兴21 兴22 兴25 兴29 兴29区 兴33 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴55 兴59 兴66 X107	0.987	42.644
		●		Yihezhuang	义和庄		456 934 快速直达专线175 兴13 兴15 兴16 兴37 兴45 兴46 兴48 兴55 兴65 兴66 兴77 兴81 兴82	2.035	44.679
		●		Biomedical Base	生物医药基地		456 827 快速直达专线175 兴15 兴16 兴21 兴27 兴27快 兴28 兴30 兴39 兴41 兴46 兴48 兴52 兴54 兴55 兴55区 兴61 兴61区 兴64 兴65 兴66 兴68 兴77 兴80 兴81 兴82 X102	2.918	47.597
		●		Tiangongyuan	天宫院		456 827 829 940 快速直达专线175 兴11 兴21 兴27 兴27快 兴28 兴30 兴39 兴40 兴41 兴44 兴46 兴48 兴54 兴55 兴55区 兴61 兴61区 兴64 兴65 兴66 兴68 兴77 兴80 兴81 X102 X108 X110	1.811	49.408

Planning and construction

Plans for Line 4 date back to the 1950s when Beijing's first subway line was still under construction. It was planned to run from the Summer Palace, east towards Xizhimen, southeast to Zhongshan Park, terminating at the Beijing Stadium, which near today's Tiantandongmen Station.^[15] Ultimately, the section between Summer Palace to Xizhimen was built as planned. However, construction only formally started in 2004.^[16]

On 3 December 2004 Hong Kong's MTR Corporation, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., and Beijing Capital Group Co., Ltd. signed the Beijing Metro Line 4, investment, construction, operation principle of cooperation agreement, making Line 4 the Mainland China's first rail transit line financed using a public-private partnership framework. Subsequently, on 8 November 2005, a joint venture among the 3 companies was established. The Hong Kong MTRC will invest 735 million RMB to the construction of Line 4 and in return have the right to operate Line 4 for 30 years.^[17]

On 11 February 2009, the construction of Line 4 is nearing completion with all tunnels bored.^[18] On 6 March, four subway trains begin testing while Hong Kong's then Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, visited the project.^[19] On 28 September 2009, Line 4 was officially opened for trial operation. Bringing the number of subway lines in Beijing to 9.^[20] On 30 December 2010, the Daxing line started trial operation, with direct service into Line 4. Creating a 50 km (31 mi) long line with 35 stations.^[21]

In 2008, planners in Haidian District have proposed extending the line to the north by 8 km (5.0 mi) with four additional stations.^[22] The planned stations have been identified as Baiwangshan (百旺山), Xibeiwang (西北旺), Aerospace City West (航天城西), and Yongfeng (永丰).^[23] However, by June 2010, Line 4's northern extension was cancelled and replaced by the northern extension of Line 16 which opened in 2016.^[24]

Operation

Unlike the other lines of the Beijing Subway, which are completely state-owned and operated, Line 4 was built and is managed by the Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd., a three-way joint-venture among the Hong Kong MTR Corporation, the Beijing Capital Group ("BCG"), and the Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co. ("BIIC").^[25] The Hong Kong MTR, which operates the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway, and the state-owned BCG each holds a 49% stake in the venture and the BIIC has 2%.^[25] The JV is responsible for 30% of the investment capital to build Line 4, mainly to finance the purchase of electrical and mechanical equipment, while the Beijing Municipal Government provided the remaining 70%, to cover civil engineering, station, and track work costs.^[26]

The Beijing government has also awarded the JV a concession to manage Line 4 for 30 years.^[26] The PPP JV model was designed to introduce private capital as well as advanced metro management methods to the growing Beijing Subway.^[25] Among the most visible differences in management of Line 4 is a ban on food and beverage consumption inside Line 4 trains and stations.^[27]

Rolling Stock

Model	Image	Manufacturer	Year Built	Amount in Service	Fleet Numbers	Depot
SFM05		CRRC Qingdao Sifang	2008, 2010	73	001–040 061–093	Longbeicun Majiapu Nanzhaolu

Gallery

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  Rolling stock interior
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  Xuanwumen Station platform
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  Beijing Zoo Station platform
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  Yuanmingyuan Park Station exit
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  East Gate of Peking University Station Exit D
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  Haidianhuangzhuang Station Exit A2
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  Beijing Zoo Station exit
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  Xisi Station exit

References

External links

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• Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd official site