Line S1 () of the

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is a medium-low speed

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line. It is operated by the

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. The line was opened on 30 December 2017. It starts from in

Shijingshan District Shijingshan District () is an urban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the west of the urban core of Beijing, and is part of the Western Hills area, bordering the districts of Haidian to the northeast and east, Fengtai to the so ...

and goes west towards in

Mentougou District Mentougou District () is a district in western Beijing. Spanning , with 266,591 inhabitants (2000 Census), it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing and 9 towns (1 of which is a suburb of the city proper of Beijing). It bor ...

Description

The line uses a medium-low speed magnetic levitation technology which can give a top speed of 105 km/h. The actual speed of the line is . Six-coach maglev trains were built by the

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, a subsidiary of

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. It is China's 3rd commercial maglev train in operation. Line S1 is part of Beijing's attempts to tackle environmental problems caused by heavy car use, coal burning and fast urbanization by upgrading its urban rail systems. The Line S1 designation is a holdover from a defunct plan to build several

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lines in Beijing. Line S1 was envisioned to reuse the Jingmen Railway connecting station to Mentougou District. That plan was abandoned and the section between Pingguoyuan and Cishousi stations was replaced with Phase 3 of Line 6, and the other section was replaced with today's Maglev S1 Line.

History

Yongding River Bridge of Mentougou Line (20170612164318)

When the Line S1 originally opened in 2017, it was not connected to the rest of the subway network. With the opening of Line 6 Phase 3 on 30 December 2018, passengers can transfer to Line 6 at Jin'anqiao. In July 2021, a major bridge was completed, and the opening of the extension to Pingguoyuan planned for the end of the year. The extension opened on December 31, 2021.

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