Line 19, Beijing Subway

Line 19, Beijing Subway
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Status	Under construction
Termini	Caoqiao Zhuxinzhuang
Stations	10+
Operation
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Line 19 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁19线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě shíjiǔ hàoxiàn), also known by its codename, Line R3 (Chinese: 北京地铁R3线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě ēr sān hàoxiàn) is an express rapid transit rail line under construction in Beijing.

The express line is planned to run north-south west of the city centre, between Lines 16 and 4, through Haidian, Xicheng and Fengtai Districts. The line is planned to have at least 10 stations, at least eight of which are interchange stations, over 22.4 km.^[1] According to the most recent plan, it will begin at Zhuxinzhuang Station with connections to Line 8 and Changping Line and end at Caoqiao Station connecting to the New Airport Line.^[2]

R3 is the codename for an express line was reported in February 2012 as one of six new lines under planning by the city's public transit planning authorities.^[3] As of 2015, the line was renamed to Line 19^[4][5] with the first phase starting construction in 2016 to be completed by December 20, 2020.^[2]

References

1. (Chinese) 北京地铁19号线将设10座车站8座能换乘 年内开建 北京日报 2015-8-27
2. "北京地铁2020年规划图高清大图 三条地铁直通河北" [2020 Beijing Subway plan in large detail - three lines to Hebei Province]. Bendibao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-05-18.
3. (Chinese) "北京轨道交通有望添6条新线12号线缓三环拥堵" 京华时报 2012-02-14
4. http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20150720/t20150720_519258903.shtml
5. http://baike.baidu.com/view/5359715.htm?fromtitle=%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%9C%B0%E9%93%81R3%E7%BA%BF&fromid=7867498&type=syn