As of March 15, 2014, the Fangshan Line connects with only one other subway line, Line 9 at Guogongzhuang. The line will be extended further north to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road, and will connect with Line 10 at Shoujingmao (Capital University of Economics) and with Line 16 at Fengyiqiao South. The southern terminus at Suzhuang will serve as the northern terminus for the Yanfang Line.
The Suzhou Dajie station is located at the intersection of Changhong Xi Lu and Suzhuang Dajie in the Liangxiang section of Fangshan. The line makes four stops in Liangxiang including at the Fangshan Campus of the Beijing Institute of Technology. The line then heads north to the towns of Guangyang and Changyang. After crossing the Yongding River, the Fangshan Line enters Fengtai District where the line makes its two most northern stops, at Dabaotai near the Beijing World Park, and at Guogongzhuang, also the southern terminus of Line 9.
From Guogongzhuang, where the line currently terminates, the Fangshan Line will be extended further to the northeast for 4.6 km to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road.[2] The line will have four additional stations—Fanyang Lu (樊羊路), Huaxiangqiao East (花乡桥东), Shoujingmao (Capital University of Economics) and Fengyiqiao South (丰益桥南), and will connect with Line 10 at Shoujingmao and with Line 16 at Fengyiqiao South.[2] The Fangshan Line's current southern terminus, Suzhuang will serve as the northern terminus for the Yanfang Line.
Construction of the Fangshan Line was originally set to begin in 2012[4] but was moved up to April 1, 2009 to use stimulus funding provided by the government to counter the Financial Crisis of 2007-08.[3] On April 1, 2009 eleven station names were initially unveiled,[3] but most of the stations were subsequently renamed on March 23, 2010.[5]
On December 30, 2010, the line began operating from Suzhuang to Dabaotai, but was not connected to any other line of the subway system. One year later, on December 31, 2011, the Dabaotai to the Guogongzhuang section opened, linking the Fangshan Line with Line 9 and the rest of the subway network.
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