New maternal and child facilities in 271 subway stations in the city

  Add wall-mounted baby care tables, safety chairs, etc. 7 stations to add independent mother and baby rooms

  News from our newspaper (Reporter Liu Yang) The configuration of maternal and infant facilities in public places has always been a concern of the public.

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned from the Beijing Metro Company yesterday that the Beijing Metro has installed wall-mounted baby care tables, baby folding safety chairs and other maternal and child facilities in 271 subway stations that are qualified to facilitate the travel of mothers and infants.

Among them, 7 stations have also added independent maternity rooms.

  According to the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Metro Corporation, in order to provide passengers with more travel convenience, the Metro Corporation actively promotes the addition of maternal and child facilities on 16 lines under its jurisdiction.

Up to now, baby care desks and baby folding safety chairs have been added to the barrier-free toilets at 264 stations, and maternal and child service facilities have been added. In addition, 7 stations have set up separate rooms for maternity and infant rooms, and a total of 271 stations have completed maternal and child facilities. Transformation.

  The above-mentioned person in charge introduced that due to the limited space of existing subway lines, it is basically a transformation in barrier-free toilets, adding foldable wall-mounted maternal and child facilities, which can be hung on the wall when not in use, which is convenient for mothers Infant groups also do not affect the use of toilets for special groups.

Yesterday morning, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily saw in the barrier-free bathroom at Jin'anqiao Station of Metro Line 6 that the brand-new child seat and baby care table were folded and hung on the wall.

In addition, eye-catching signs of maternal and child facilities have been added outside the barrier-free toilets to facilitate passengers' identification.

  Chen Xin, deputy head of Chegongzhuang Station of Line 6, told the Beijing Youth Daily that passengers often asked them whether there is a maternity room in the station. “Because line 6 was opened earlier, the relevant maternal and child service facilities have not been configured. Imperfect. Starting from May this year, the company has installed related facilities from Jin’anqiao Station to the east of Chegongzhuang Station. All installations have been completed by the end of June.” Chen Xin said that these modified barrier-free toilets have been put into use and have been in service. Many parents who travel with their children.

  A reporter from Beiqing Daily found that Fuxingmen, Junbo, and Gongzhufen Stations of Metro Line 1, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, and Chegongzhuang Stations of Metro Line 2, and Huixin West Street South Exit, Dengshikou, Dongdan Station of Metro Line 5, and No. 6 264 stations including Liaogongzhuang, Chegongzhuang, and Tongzhou Beiguan Stations on the line, and Wanzi, Ciqikou, and Qunfang Stations on Line 7 have been installed with maternity and infant facilities and completed their transformation.

  In addition, the Beijing Metro Corporation has also added independent maternity rooms to 7 stations where the conditions are met, including Huazhuang and Universal Resort Stations on Line 7, Huazhuang and Universal Resort Stations on Batong Line, and Capital Economic and Trade Station on Fangshan Line. , Qinghe Station of Line 13, Dongzhimen Station of Capital Airport Line, etc.

A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily noted that the stations where these new independent maternity rooms are added are generally new subway lines or hub stations, and there is a large space in the station for new facilities.

  According to the introduction of the Beijing-Hong Kong Metro, in 2014, the Beijing-Hong Kong Metro completed the renovation project of barrier-free toilets in all stations of Line 4, replacing the original baby care table with high-quality plastic material to reduce the discomfort of the baby’s body contact. The addition of children's wash basins and other facilities provides more convenience for passengers.

At present, barrier-free toilets of Beijing-Hong Kong Metro Line 4-Daxing Line, Line 14 and Line 16 are equipped with maternity and infant stations to facilitate passengers' travel.

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  New subway lines generally have maternity and infant facilities or maternity rooms

  On May 1, 2017, the "Urban Rail Transit Barrier-Free Facilities Design Regulations" was formally implemented, which clearly stipulates the maternal and infant rooms in subway stations.

Such as Class A, Class B super and Class A stations should be equipped with maternity rooms, Class B and below stations should be equipped with maternity rooms; the rooms should be equipped with baby care tables, pools, seats, sockets and other finished facilities.

However, considering the relatively small passenger flow in the stations of Class B and below, the internal space of the station is relatively tight, so it can be determined whether to set up an independent mother and baby room according to the actual conditions of the station.

  However, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily found that the configuration of maternal and child facilities at various subway stations was quite different.

Among them, the subway lines newly constructed in the past two years basically have maternity rooms or maternity facilities at each station.

The subway lines that have been in operation for many years can only be transformed under the existing conditions to increase the maternal and child service facilities as much as possible.

  For example, the lines under the jurisdiction of Beijing Rail Operation Company have been newly built in recent years, and all have maternal and child care rooms.

Among them, a total of 5 maternal and child care rooms are set up in 3 stations on the Daxing Airport Line, and a total of 2 maternal and child care rooms are set up at Yancun East Station and Dashihe East Station on the Yanfang Line.

The maternal and child care room is equipped with a baby care area, a breastfeeding area, and a cleaning area. It is also equipped with educational materials such as baby buttocks care methods, breastfeeding instructions, maternal and child health care, to help novice mothers to quickly advance and raise their babies more scientifically.