Xizhimen station

Xizhimen 西直门
Line 2 platforms
General information
Location	Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39.9405°N 116.355°E / 39.9405; 116.355
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd (lines 2 and 13) Beijing MTR Corp. Ltd (line 4)
Line(s)	Line 2      Line 4      Line 13
Platforms	8 (2 island platforms (lines 2 and 4); Spanish solution (line 13) – island platform and 2 side platforms)
Connections	Beijingbei Railway Station
History
Opened	September 20, 1984(Line 2) September 28, 2009(Line 4) September 28, 2002(Line 13)
Services
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Location Xizhimen Location in central Beijing

Xizhimen Station (simplified Chinese: 西直门站; traditional Chinese: 西直門站; pinyin: Xīzhímén Zhàn) is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside this station is Beijing North Railway Station. After Subway Line 2, Line 13 opened on January 28, 2003; and Line 4 opened on September 28, 2009. With the addition of Line 13 and Line 4, Xizhimen Station became the second 3-way transfer station (the first was Dongzhimen Station, being the intersection of Line 2, Line 13, and Airport Express). With a peak daily ridership of over 770,000 passengers, Xizhimen Station is also one of the most crowded stations of the whole Beijing Subway system. It sees over 170,000 transfers per day between the 3 lines serving the station.

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  Line 2 Platform
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  Line 4 Platform
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  Line 13 station
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  Line 13 Platform

Transfer

Transfers between lines at Xizhimen have been described as lengthy, requiring a climb equivalent to ten stories via stairs if one does not take the escalators.