NDJ3 0001 at Juyongguan (20220402142608)

CRH6F-A-0496 at Beitaishang (20201027164140)

CRH6A-0439 at Changyangcun (20210507190122)

BCR (''Beijing City Rail'') also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

with outlying districts beyond the reach of the city's

Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...

network. The suburban rail services run on existing

China Railway China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout Ch ...

lines. The suburban rail services are managed by the

China Railway Beijing Group China Railway Beijing Group, officially abbreviated as CR Beijing or CR-Beijing, formerly, Beijing Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). It supervises the ...

, an agency of the

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that is not affiliated with the operators of

. There are 4 suburban railway corridors currently in operation: Line S2, Sub-Central line,

Huairou–Miyun line Huairou–Miyun Line of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR) (), or Huaimi Line (), is a commuter rail line in Beijing. It runs from in Xicheng District to in Miyun District. The line is in length with 7 stations. It provides faster service to reac ...

and Tongmi line.

In operation

History

* 6 August 2008: Line S2 opened. * 21 December 2012: Line S2 (branch) opened * 1 November 2016: Line S2 (main line and branch line) — was diverted from Beijingbei (North) to Huangtudian. * 31 December 2017: Sub-Central line and

opened. * 30 April 2019:

— Yanqihu station (formerly known as Fangezhuang) opened, and the northern destination was extended to Gubeikou. * 20 June 2019: Sub-Central line — Eastern extension to Qiaozhuangdong (East). * 30 December 2019:

— was diverted from Huangtudian to Qinghe. * 30 March 2020: Line S2 (main line) — shortened to

Badaling railway station Badaling railway station is a station of Jingbao Railway in Beijing. The station opened in 1979. It should not be confused with the high-speed rail station Badaling Great Wall railway station which opened in December 2019. See also List of ...

for Yanqing railway station renovation, free shuttle bus is offered to Yanqing urban area. * 30 June 2020: Sub-Central line — Western extension to Liangxiang. Tongmi line opened. * 1 August ~ 20 August 2020:

— whole line stop service for the Beijing–Tongliao railway electrification project. * 30 September 2020:

— Southern extension to Beijingbei (North). * 1 December 2020: Line S2 (main line) — Yanqing railway station reopened.

Short-term planning

References

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