Dongsi Shitiao station (), is a

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Name

Dongsi Subdistrict is an area in the northeastern side of the old town of Beijing. ''

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s'' are sorted numerically from south to north, and are called "tiao" in local parlance. ''Shitiao'' therefore refers to the tenth ''hutong'' in the Dongsi area, counted from south to north.

Use

The station is particularly busy during

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matches, due to its proximity to the Workers' Stadium.

Station Layout

The Line 2 station has an underground

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, whilst the future Line 3 will also have an underground island platform. There is an unused platform below the existing Line 2 platform, built during the construction of the station, which was to have been used for the planned Line 3. The connection between the two levels is currently fenced off, but will finally open in 2023 when Line 3 becomes operational, almost 40 years after the station for Line 2 opened. The unused platform, originally meant for Line 3, will become the transfer hall between the two lines and will be renovated. Two new platforms will be built seven or eight metres below it, one for each direction.

Exits

There are four exits, lettered A, B, C, and D. Exits B and C are accessible.

References

External links

* Railway stations in China opened in 1984 Beijing Subway stations in Dongcheng District {{Beijing-Subway-stub