Line 16 of the

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() is a

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rail line in

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. Currently, the line is in length with 16 stations. It will be with 30 stations when fully completed. The line is fully underground. Construction began in December 2013. The northern section, from to was opened on 31 December 2016. An infill station, was opened on December 30, 2017. It extended to on 31 December 2020, and extended to on 31 December 2021. The line is operated by the

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and uses CNR Changchun DKZ93 and CSR Sifang SFM40 eight-car high-capacity wide-body Type A trains. Line 16's color is dark-moderate green.

Route

The line starts at the west end of Beiqing Road (北清路) just outside of the

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and follows the road east to Yongfeng Road (永丰路) where it turns south towards the city. Line 16 follows Yongfeng Road south to , its former terminus. The line then continues south to the and .

History

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In 2009, Line 16 was among the 198 major urban planning projects listed by the city’s development and reform commission.(Chinese
"北京地铁16号线初定重要站点拟过动物园、国图等" ''北京晚报''
2010-06-29 At that time, Line 16 was slated to run about from Huilongguan in

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to Huaxiang in

Fengtai District Fengtai District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the 6th Ring Road, Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller ...

. According to the June 2010 plans, the northern section of Line 16 will replace the originally planned Line 4 northern extension and run from Beianhe in

Haidian District Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District. It is 431 square km in a ...

south to Xiaoyueyuan near the

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in Fengtai District.(Chines
"北京地铁16号线城西贯通南北" ''法制晚报''
2010-06-29 The line would begin near Beianhe, and provide access to parts of Haidian, north of the foothills the

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that extend into district. For this reason, that section of the line was also referred to as the Haidian Shanhou (literal translation ''Haidian Back Mountain'') Line because it begins on the backside of the low-lying range that extends from the

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to the

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. Points of interest that the line may pass along route to Xiaoyueyuan in the south include the Summer Palace, Haidian Gymnasium,

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Purple Bamboo Park Purple Bamboo Park ( Chinese: 紫竹院公园; pinyin: Zǐ Zhú Yuàn Gōngyuán; also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park) is one of the seven largest parks in Beijing, China. It is located in the Haidian District of northwestern Beiji ...

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, Chegongzhuang West Road, Sanlihe,

Wanshou Temple The Wanshou Temple () is a temple located at No.121, Wanshousi Road, Haidian District, Beijing. In addition to being a Buddhist temple, the Wanshou Temple also houses the Beijing Art Museum (北京艺术博物馆/北京藝術博物館). It was bui ...

, Lize Business District, and the Fengtai railway station. The proposal was scaled back with the removal of the Haidian Shanhou section in December 2010, reducing the line to just , from Suzhoujie to Wanping. But the northern section was subsequently restored months later, bringing the line length .(Chinese
"北京地铁16号线规划方案获批复起点为苏州街站" ''人民网(北京)''
2010-12-29 The Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning released the plans for several subway stations in 2013.(Chinese

2013-4-25 Construction of the line began in December 2013.(Chinese

2013-12-11 The northern section, from Bei'anhe to Xi Yuan, except for Nongda Nanlu, opened on December 31, 2016. Nongda Nanlu opened on December 30, 2017. In April 2020, Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform decided to build an

infill station An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train serv ...

on the southern section of Line 16: . On December 31, 2020, the middle section from Xi Yuan to Ganjia Kou opened. ( Suzhou Jie and Erligou stations were not opened) On December 31, 2021, a one-station extension to opened.

Future Development

The extension to will open in the end of 2022.

List of Stations

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