Beijing Subway to be the longest subway network in the world,Shanghai No.2

[beijingwalker]

Beijing Subway line 6 to start operation by year-end
2012-09-26 08:59:13 GMT2012-09-26 16:59:13(Beijing Time) SINA.com

By Zhao Wei, Sina English

Beijing Subway line 6, which is another major line connecting Beijing’s East and West, is scheduled to start operation on December 28 this year, according to Beijing Municipal Transport Committee.

The Line 6, which runs almost parallel to the Line 1, is expected to ease congestion and increase transport capability by 30%.

Beijing currently has 15 subway lines that span 372 kilometers. By the end of this year, another four lines will be open, extending the coverage to 440 kilometers, making Beijing Subway the longest subway network in the world.

The four new lines that will start running by the end of 2012 are line 6, which connects the city’s East and West; line 10, which will become Beijing’s second loop line once completed; extension of line 8, connecting northern suburbs and the city centre; and extension of line 9 will link to the Beijing West Railway Station.

北京四条地铁新线暂定30日通车 轨交里程将居全国第一
Beijing's 4 new subwaylines to be in service on Dec.30
2012-12-10 17:34　中国建筑新闻网　

　　原计划12月28日开通运营的4条地铁新线，开通日期暂定改在本月30日。12月7日，记者从北京市重大办获悉，目前4条新线均在按列车运行图空载试运行。4条新线的调试中，(4 new subway lines)10号线二期由于涉及车辆多、线路长、系统复杂，难度最大，交通部门表示将视测试情况或申请再次停运试跑。

　　本月底即将开通的4条新线包括6号线一期、10号线二期、8号线南段和9号线北段。届时，本市轨道交通总里程将达441.8公里，超过上海地铁，位居全国第一。

　

 

[beijingwalker]

Beijing planned to claim that title back in 2009,after 3 years massive construction,the city finally achieves this goal.

photos of Beijing's subway:Beijing aiming for world's longest subway system - SkyscraperCity

 

[beijingwalker]

Beijing subway to invest another 200 bln yuan in in four years
November 29, 10:06 am

It is known from Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co. Ltd that Beijing rail transport will have reached a total of 442 kilometers by the end of this year with the investment of 260 billion yuan. According to the latest approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the running mileage will reach 664 kilometers in 2016 with another 200 billion yuan to be invested.

Beijing’s subway safe from gas, nuclear attack
Global Times | 2012-12-5 0:05:07

Beijing's newly completed subway lines and stations can withstand a nuclear or poison gas attack, civil defense authorities said Tuesday.

Testing and inspection of the first phase of Subway Line 6, and the second phases of Lines 8, 9 and 10 are complete. The lines are expected to open on December 28, Beijing Civil Defense Bureau announced at a conference Tuesday.

The new subway lines have been designed to be used in the event of an emergency, for underground evacuation from one station to another, emergency shelter and storage for emergency supplies.

An engineer from the Engineering Design & Research Institute of the Second Artillery Corps, surnamed Hu, told the Global Times she helped design the civil defense infrastructure in the subway system.

For instance, the special gates that are installed in each tunnel, which separate a station and part of the tunnel, are designed to protect those who shelter inside when the city encounters a heavy storm, toxic gas, or even a nuclear attack, said Hu.

"The station has three hours of breathable air after the gates are closed, isolating the station from the outside world," said Hu, although she did not say how many people this oxygen supply could sustain.

The steel doors are installed in the tunnels and can separate each station.

"Although each gate weighs around 7 tons, it takes just three minutes for two adults to open or close it manually," she said.

"This new technical gate was introduced into subway construction projects since Subway Line 5 in 2007," said Hu, noting that compared to the previous gates, the new ones are easier to manipulate and maintain.

Another colleague of Hu, surnamed Liang, told the Global Times that each station does have an air filtration system in case of gas attack, and it will also keep air flowing into the station.

"People can actually shelter in the subway for more than three hours because of this system," said Liang.

The above-ground subway exits can also be sealed off in the event of an attack, said Liang, as there are also heavy doors concealed behind a temporary wall, which can easily be removed.

English tutor Zhao Zhenliang, who often commutes by subway, said this is the first time he has heard about this civil defense infrastructure.

"It sounds quite cool to me, but what's the use of hiding in the subway if there's a nuclear attack?" he said.

"But generally speaking, having more shelters in town is always better," he said, "it will make residents feel safer to some extent."

Cao Yanping, deputy director of the supervision office of the Beijing Municipal Civil Air-Raid Shelter, said at the conference Tuesday that it has been a difficult project to install all the new infrastructure.

"Some civil defense infrastructure in the Beijing Subway will be installed later after the subway lines are opened this year because of various reasons," he said, although he did not specify what these are.

The gates have been installed in other subway systems in China.

Jiang Hao, an engineer from the 4th Engineer Design & Research Institute of General Staff Department, said that the gates for civil defense have already been used in the subway in cities like Nanjing in Jiangsu Province and Shenyang in Liaoning Province.

"The new facilities also have other defensive capabilities like emergency communication equipment at each station, which makes effective communication possible during a conflict," Jiang said at the conference.

Although subway systems in China have not been subject to terrorist attack or other emergencies, subways in other countries have been attacked.

In Tokyo in 1995, an attack by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult killed 13 and sickened 6,300, after the highly toxic sarin nerve gas was released into the subway at rush hour, reported the Japan Times in 2010.

On July 7, 2005, terrorists set off bombs on three London underground lines and one on a public bus, killing 52 and injuring over 700 commuters, according to the BBC in July, 2005.

 

[SHAMK9]

thats a train station? :o looks more like an airport

 

[djsjs]

Everything is predestined.
in 2020
beijing No.1
shanghai No.2
guangzhou No.3

 

[beijingwalker]

Beijing Subway largest in the world
Dec 31, 2012 03:44 Moscow Time

After the opening of several new stations the subway in Beijing has become the largest in the world. The total length of tracks is 442 kilometers.

Until recently, the Chinese capital’s subway had to settle for 4th place, lagging behind London, Seoul and Shanghai. In the 2000s, Beijing's subway underwent rapid expansion. 13 of its 16 lines were built in the XXI century.

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing served as an incentive, accelerating expansion plans.

By 2015, the number of Beijing subway lines will increase to 19. By this time, the total length of tracks is set to reach 561 kilometers, reports RBC.

Voice of Russia, RBC

 

[cnleio]

BeiJing city is huge big... glad im not living here, i dislike crowd everyday.

 

[conworldus]

Beijing as a city is a big disaster. The city should stop growing. Traffic is already bad enough, and the air pollution is slowing killing people.

 

[eddieInUK]

Beijing as a city is a big disaster. The city should stop growing. Traffic is already bad enough, and the air pollution is slowing killing people.

More small cities should grow bigger rather than make Beijing bigger and bigger, the new High-speed connections in China will give small cities more chances. Around Shanghai, there are many people live in small cities and work in Shanghai and travel by train all the time. Urbanisation will be next key point for the development of China.