Lucheng () is a
station and the eastern terminus of the
Line 6 of the
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 ...
.
It is the easternmost station in the Beijing Subway.
History
The construction of this station began on September 20, 2012,
and was completed in 2014.
Location
This station is located in the
Lucheng town in
Tongzhou District, Beijing
Tongzhou District (, alternate spellings ''Tungchow'' ''Tungchou'' (T'ung-chou), or Tong County during 1914–1997) is a district of Beijing. It is located in southeast Beijing and considered the eastern gateway to the nation's capital. Downt ...
, after which it is named. It is only away from the border with
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
province, specifically, the
Yanjiao
Yanjiao () is a town under the administration of Sanhe City in central Hebei province, bordering Tongzhou District, Beijing across the Chaobai River to the west, located east of Tiananmen Square and west of Sanhe. It has a population of 250,00 ...
town in
Sanhe, in the
Northern Three Counties exclave. The east end of Lucheng station connects to Dongxiaoying depot.
Station Layout
The station has an underground
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
.
Exits
There are 3 exits, lettered A, B, and D. Exit B is accessible.
References
Beijing Subway stations in Tongzhou District
Railway stations in China opened in 2014
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