Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line

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synonymBeijing Daxing International Airport Line(Beijing Daxing International Airport Line) generally refers to the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line
Beijing Daxing International Airport Express (Daxing Airport Express), the first phase of trial operation (Caoqiao Station to Daxing Airport Station) was opened on September 26, 2019. [1] The logo color is dark blue.
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line starts at Caoqiao Station and ends at Daxing Airport station Fengtai District , Daxing District Hebei Province Langfang City Guangyang District ; It runs roughly north-south.
As of September 2019, the total length of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is 41.36 kilometers, of which the underground line is 23.65 kilometers, the surface line is 7.1 kilometers, and the elevated line is 10.61 kilometers [2] , a total of 3 stations, all underground stations; 4 car and 8 car type D trains are used [3] .
Chinese name
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line
Foreign name
Beijing Daxing International Airport Express
alias
Beijing Daxing International Airport Line
Opening date
September 26, 2019
Start-stop station
Caoqiao Station, Daxing Airport Station
Line length
41.36 km
Number of stations
three-seater
Marker coloration
Dark blue
Running time
Surf -;
Vehicle formation
4 /8 car Type D train
Maximum speed
160 km/h
Operating unit
Beijing Rail transit operation management Co., LTD

Construction course

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Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line train
In November 2014, the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line project was carried out [4] .
On June 3, 2015, Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Co., LTD First Information Announcement on Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment of Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line Project [5] . On July 29, the Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd. carried out the second environmental assessment publicity for the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line, determining the specific direction of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit new airport line [6] . On October 29, the Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd. released the complete environmental assessment report of the first phase of Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line [7] .
On December 26, 2016, the North, middle and south sections of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line entered the field at the same time [8] .
The Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line made its debut
On September 15, 2017, the shield construction of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line began [9] . On November 6, the first beam of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line project began to be erected, marking the full start of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit new airport Line project [10] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line no-load test run
On February 24, 2018, the shield section of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line was completed [11] . On June 29, the main structure of Cigezhuang station of the first phase of the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit was capped [12] . On August 6, the first double-line shield section of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line was completed [13] . On August 28, the double lines of the longest shield section of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line were connected [14] . On September 3, the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line began to lay tracks [15] . On November 13, with the completion of the last axle cover beam pouring, all the 188 axle cover beams of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line were poured, marking the completion of the main structure of the co-structure section of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line [16] . On November 16th, China Railway Design Group Limited The Second Information Announcement on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Beijing New Airport Rail Transit Line (Caoqiao-Lize Financial and Business District) and the Brief Environmental Impact Report of Beijing New Airport Rail Transit Line (Caoqiao-Lize Financial and Business District) were released. [17] . On December 6, the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line began to lay track [2] . On December 21, the main structure of Caoqiao Station of the first phase of the new airport Line of Beijing Rail Transit was capped [18] . On December 27, the first phase of the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit began cold slide test and bullet train commissioning [19] .
On January 29, 2019, the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit made its debut [20] . In March, the train of Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line entered the mobile car debugging in the model section [21] . In April, the section between Cigezhuang Station and North Terminal Station of the first phase of the new Airport Line of Beijing Rail Transit realized short rail connection. On April 25, the construction of the last underground section of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line was completed, marking the completion of the first phase of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line [22] . On May 16, the first phase of the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit realized the short rail connection. On May 23, the first phase of the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit realized the long rail connection [23] . In June, the first stage station of Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line was officially named. On June 15, the first phase of the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit began no-load trial operation [24] . On August 15, the fare plan of Beijing Rail Transit new airport Line was publicized [25] . On August 20, the new airport line of Beijing Rail Transit was officially named Beijing Daxing International Airport Line, referred to as Daxing Airport Line [26] . On September 15, the fare scheme of Beijing Daxing International Airport Line was officially launched [27] . On September 26, the first phase of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line (Caoqiao Station to Daxing Airport Station) was put into trial operation [1] . On October 1, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line launched regular electronic counting tickets, and enabled face recognition ticket inspection [28] . On December 5, the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China approved the northern extension of the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line [29] .
On May 13, 2020, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission approved the Feasibility Study Report of the Beijing Rail Transit New Airport Line (Caoqiao - Lize Financial Business District) Project. [30] . On Sept. 24, a four-car train on the Daxing Airport Line of Beijing Metro went online for a test run. On September 26, the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line was officially launched with 4 train units and 8 train units [3] . On December 18, the construction of Beijing Lize City Terminal and the north extension integration project of the new airport line began, marking the start of the construction of the north extension project of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line [31] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line is long
On April 1, 2021, the automatic ticket machine of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line opened the voice ticket purchase function [32] . On May 1, the last train time of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line to Caoqiao Station was extended to 23:00 [33] . On June 28, 2021, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line realized full functional operation of the fully automatic operation system with fully independent intellectual property rights [34] .

Line station

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List of stations

Station name
Platform form
Transfer line
Local administrative district
Owning segment
Underground side type
installment
Underground island
-
Underground side type
-
Reference materials: [26] Note: Transfer lines need to transfer out of the gate.

Line trend

Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line route map
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line starts at Caoqiao Station, runs south along the east side of Daqing - Guangzhou Expressway, under Guangyang Street and Guangping Street, turns into elevated line at the Sixth Ring Road, turns from underground to elevated line and crosses north Beijing-shan Railway , Underpass Beijing-shanghai high-speed Railway postand Beijing Daxing International Airport Expressway It is laid in a collinear way to the south, crosses the Yongxing River and then turns to the underground again Beijing Daxing International Airport North Terminal, ends at Daxing Airport Station.

Station naming

Reasons for station naming
Station name
Location address
Naming reason
Caoqiao Station
Fengtai District central and eastern Caoqiao village
It got its name from Caoqiao Village. The village takes its name from the adjacent grass bridge that crosses the Horse Grass River.
Daxing New City Station
Daxing District Guanyin Temple street
South of the intersection of Xingyi Road and Guangping Street
Because the station is the first station after leaving Beijing Daxing International Airport, and the intercity link line transfer,
It is an important traffic node in the region, which means prosperity.
Daxing Airport Station
Daxing District 榆垡镇
Beijing Daxing International Airport terminal building
It is named after Beijing Daxing International Airport.
Reference materials: [26]

Operation situation

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Operating hours

According to the official website of Beijing Municipal Rail Transit, the first and last bus times of each station of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line are as follows [35] :
Station/First and last train
First bus in direction of Daxing Airport
Last bus in direction of Daxing airport
First train heading grass bridge
Grass bridge direction last bus
Caoqiao Station
06:00
22:30
-
-
Daxing New City Station
06:07
22:37
06:12
23:12
Daxing Airport Station
-
-
06:00
23:00

Passenger flow

From 6:00 to 8:00 on September 26, 2019, the passenger volume of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line reached more than 1,000 people [36] .

Ticketing fare

  • History of voting system
On July 26, 2019, the "Beijing Rail Transit Airport Special Line Pricing Mechanism (Draft for Comment)" was released to the public, announcing three fare schemes for Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line. From July 26 to August 10, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport solicited public opinions and suggestions on the pricing mechanism of the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line [43] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line ticket system fare publicity draft
From August 15 to September 14, 2019, the fare plan of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line was announced [25] .
On September 15, 2019, the fare scheme of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line was officially launched [27] .
On October 1, 2019, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line launched regular electronic metering tickets [28] .
  • Ticket details
The ticket types of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line are as follows: Daxing Airport Line physical and electronic one-way tickets (including ordinary one-way tickets and business one-way tickets), welfare tickets, interval regular electronic metering tickets, Metro two-dimensional code (including intermodal one-way tickets and intermodal business tickets) in air rail combined transport products, electronic credit tickets, Beijing Municipal transportation card Interconnect card, UnionPay flash card, mobile phone flash card [44] .
  • Fare details
Ordinary single ticket: The specific ticket price is: 10 yuan within 20 kilometers (inclusive), 25 yuan from 20 kilometers to 30 kilometers (inclusive), and 35 yuan after 30 kilometers.
Business Single ticket: A single fare for the whole journey is 50 yuan.
Electronic counting ticket: Caoqiao Station to Daxing Airport Station section issued three grades of electronic metering tickets, specifically: 45 tickets 550 yuan, 30 tickets 470 yuan, 20 tickets 385 yuan; Caoqiao Station to Daxing New City station section issued two grades of electronic metering tickets, specifically: 45 tickets 360 yuan, 20 tickets 180 yuan [44] .

Equipment and facilities

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Vehicle facility

Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line train nicknamed "white whale", the side looks like a lively small whale [37] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line 8-section train 22.8 meters long, 3.3 meters wide; The total capacity of the train is 448 people, and the maximum capacity of the train can reach about 1,500 people. For the first time, 8 trains of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line are equipped with both passenger and baggage compartments. There are 7 passenger cars, divided into 6 ordinary cars and 1 business car; 1 luggage car 37 - [38] . The four trains on the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line are divided into three ordinary cars and one business car [3] .
"2+2" layout seats are set in the ordinary carriages of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line. The seat pitch is wider than the ordinary subway, reaching 0.84 meters, so that passengers can lower a small suitcase in front of their legs when sitting down; USB charging interface is set in the middle of two seats; The luggage rack space above the car is also very spacious, in addition, there is a transparent luggage rack at the door of the car; In order to facilitate the disabled to get on and off the train, some carriages are also specially set up seats for the disabled 37 - [39] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line train business car set up "1+2" layout seats, red soft cloth seats, can rotate 360 degrees; More spacious seat spacing; Seat size and pitch over Revivalist First class seat requirements for high-speed EMUs; USB charging ports are located next to each seat, and there are air conditioning vents and reading lights above each seat 37 - [39] .
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line luggage compartment is relatively independent, the internal space is open, easy to store large luggage [37] .
车辆设施
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line train

Operating facility

Beijing Metro Daxing Airport line set up a vehicle base, for the Cigezhuang depot [38] .

Service facility

  • Check in and baggage check
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line has an urban terminal at Caoqiao Station, covering an area of 400 square meters; There are 4 check-in counters, including 2 for domestic flights and 2 for international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan flights. Passengers can check in and check in their luggage at Caoqiao City Terminal at the earliest 6 hours and at the latest 2.5 hours before the flight departure. The time and procedures for check-in and baggage check in the city terminal are the same as those in the airport terminal, and it generally takes 3 minutes for international baggage check and 2 minutes for domestic baggage check. The checked baggage is placed in the baggage compartment of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line, and it is ensured that the baggage is safely, accurately and intact to the destination by means of lead-sealed transportation and whole-process monitoring [40] .
Grass Bridge City Terminal
  • Voice ticket purchase
On April 1, 2021, the automatic ticket machine of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line opened the voice ticket purchase function [32] .
  • Translation machine
Translation machines are available at the information desks at all stations of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line, which can translate 34 languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic and Uralic. At the same time, the translator also supports Chinese dialect recognition and translation, supporting Cantonese, Northeast, Henan, Sichuan and Mandarin with accents [40] .
  • Swipe your face and enter the station
A face recognition system has been installed at each entrance gate at each station of the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line, and passengers who buy tickets online on the APP and turn on the face recognition function can swipe their faces to enter the station without scanning the code [41] .
When passengers enter and exit the station with the electronic metering ticket of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line, they should align the QR code interface of the electronic metering ticket with the QR code scanning area of the gate machine on the right side of the body, and face the face recognition area on the gate machine. When the QR code and face recognition of the electronic metering ticket are verified, they can pass the gate. The first use of the electronic counting ticket must be manually activated, and complete the "face information" input and other operations according to the interface instructions. After the background confirmation is successful, click "confirm activation" before use [28] .
  • Mother and baby room, toilet
Maternal and child care rooms are set up at all stations of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line. The toilet design of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is based on the standard of airport terminals, adding broadcasting, deodorizer, children's low wash basin, toilet, etc [40] .
  • Automatic Beverage Machine (VEM)
According to the official website of Beijing Rail Transit Operation Management Co., LTD., automatic beverage machines have been set up in the concourses of all stations of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line to provide passengers with convenient self-service sales services [42] .
  • Self-service Camera (APM)
According to the official website of Beijing Rail Transit Operation Management Co., LTD., self-service cameras have been set up in the concourses of all stations on the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line to provide passengers with convenient self-service photo services [42] .
  • "Brush the palm" ride
On May 21, 2023, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line realized the "brush palm" ride, the brush palm payment registration process is very convenient, and the brush palm through the gate only takes 2 to 3 seconds. [52] 51 -
  • Barrier free facilities
According to the official website of Beijing Rail Transit Operation and Management Co., LTD., Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line stations have the following barrier-free facilities.
Barrier-free facilities
Station name
passageway
ramp
passageway
Barrier-free elevator
Call for help
Low service desk
Barrier free
Check-in channel
on-site
Barrier-free elevator
Barrier-free toilet
Caoqiao Station
Not involve
Port E1, port F, and port G
There are
North Station Hall, South Station hall
There are
There are
To the tail of Daxing Airport, to the front of Caoqiao
Daxing New City Station
Mouth A, mouth C
Mouth A, mouth C
There are
North Station Hall, South Station hall
There are
There are
Heading toward the rear of the grass bridge
Daxing Airport Station
Not involve
Not involve
There are
South station Hall
There are
There are
To the tail of Daxing Airport, to the front of Caoqiao
Reference materials: [42]

Construction achievement

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Major project

Section 07 of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line Phase I Project is the subway shield tunnel with the longest continuous excavation, the largest single line diameter and the most risk sources in the section from Caoqiao Station to Daxing Xincheng Station of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line Phase I project. It is the longest shield section and underground section of the whole line, with a length of 3.85 kilometers. The restrictions along the area are complex, and the risk sources are numerous. It crosses the U-shaped trough and tunnel section of the Beijing Metro Daxing Line, the first-level risk source of Nanying second-line 110 kV, the first-level risk source of Tuanyuan first-line 220 kV two-way high pressure corridor, and the first-level risk source sewage station with a depth of 9 meters. According to the risk sources, engineering characteristics and bad geological structures in the shield crossing process, the project team members have taken a number of safe and reliable measures to effectively protect the special level of risk sources from the technical point of view. In order to ensure the continuous progress of the shield machine, six shield manhole has been set up, and at the same time, the problems such as unfavorable tool change of the shield machine in sandy and pebble formation have been solved [14] .

Honor and commendation

On November 18, 2020, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line was selected as the first Beijing Internet celebrity punch card recommended list [48] .
On December 6, 2021, the first phase of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line won the National Quality Project Gold Award in 2020-2021 [49] .
In January 2024, Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line was selected for the second batch of the 20th China Civil Engineering Jeme Tianyou Award [53] .

Cultural characteristics

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The design and construction of the three stations of the first phase of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line are closely related to the development theme of the "Belt and Road" era, taking Chinese traditional culture as the background, using modern and latest technology display means, taking the ancient Silk Road, the maritime Silk Road, the modern air Silk Road and the Silk Road of future scientific and technological development (Lize Business District Station under construction) as the link. The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is connected with other countries in the world, and the prosperity of Song Dynasty porcelain, the desert camel caravan, the sea sailing boat, and the development of information technology in the future are taken as cultural symbols.
Caobashi Station: With the theme of "Overland Silk Road", the Caoqiao Station Hall is set up as a beautiful garden with "roads" and "flowers". Arrange flowers on the passenger flow line, and guide passengers to change with decorative lines; The "road" is designed coherentially, with lighting guidance, which not only meets the function but also loses the beauty; Through the integrated design of the surrounding green space, subway entrances and exits, station square and traffic connection facilities, the city "micro-center" is created integrating public service supporting facilities and urban landscape.
Daxing New City Station: With the theme of "Maritime Silk Road", ships and water ripples are used as design elements, and abstract expression methods are combined with lighting to shape the space, creating a modern, simple and smart subway space. A network of pedestrian blocks is formed on the ground floor, and pedestrian and bicycle paths are set on the second floor above ground. Car depot cover for integrated development, planning and configuration of residential, office, transportation, pension, social, education, leisure and other functions.
Daxing Airport Station: With the theme of "Air Silk Road", the streamers diverging in different directions to guide passenger flow, creating a unified spatial effect with the transfer hall of Beijing Daxing International Airport, and setting up the "Air Silk Road" in the new era. [45] .

Construction planning

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Station name
Transfer line
Administrative district
Owning segment
Beijing Metro Line 16 (Transfer suspended)
North Nobu
South Terminal station
-
South extension (long term planning)
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is extended to the north of about 3.5 kilometers, all underground line; A city terminal is set up in the north district of Lize Business District combined with Lize Business District station, providing check-in and baggage delivery services [46] . The North extension project of Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line began construction on December 18, 2020 [31] It is expected to open in 2025 [47] .

Value meaning

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Wiring diagram
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is known as "a new milestone in the construction of Beijing rail transit", which adopts the world's highest level of fully autonomous driving system with fully independent intellectual property rights, which can not only realize driverless driving, but also realize the whole process of automatic train wake up, self-check, operation and dormancy. Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is a backbone line in Beijing's "13th Five-Year Plan" of rail transit, an important part of implementing Beijing's urban general regulations and promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and also a fast, direct and large-volume public transport service line and express line in the "Five vertical and two horizontal" supporting traffic project of Beijing Daxing International Airport. It will play a positive role in accelerating the economic integration of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and helping the construction of new engines [50] . (Xinhua News Agency commentary)
Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line is the first urban rail transit line in Beijing that adopts the cooperation mode of government and social capital in the whole cycle from investment, construction to operation. For the first time, the traffic mode of railway and expressway is designed. The underground is a comprehensive pipeline corridor collecting gas, electricity, water supply and communication, the ground is the municipal road Tuanhe Road, the middle is the Beijing Metro Daxing Airport Line, and the top is the Beijing Daxing International Airport Expressway [45] . (CCTV Financial Review)