The subway "No. 18 Line" runs through the ancient city and can directly reach Universal Studios
. The line is about 54.47 kilometers long. There are 36 stations and the whole journey takes 85 minutes. There will be empty trains at three stations including the peak of Sihui in the morning and evening on weekdays.
In order to further improve transportation efficiency and meet the travel needs of passengers, the subway company has newly compiled a cross-line operation diagram of Line 1 Batong Line, and implements the operation mode of large and small roads during the morning and evening rush hours of working days. The small roads in the morning and rush hours are orchards. Stop to Gongzhufen Station, and Xiaojiao Road in the evening peak is from Gucheng Station to Guoyuan Station.
During the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays, some trains will depart from Guoyuan Station, Gongzhufen Station and Sihui Station.
After the completion of the "18th Line", the total length of the line is about 54.47 kilometers, with 36 stations, spanning from the West Fifth Ring Road to the East Sixth Ring Road, becoming the main orbital artery that runs through Beijing City from east to west.
Follow 1 Run
"Shuttle bus" in the morning rush hour, the minimum interval is 1 minute 45 seconds
On the morning of August 29, the reporter saw in Sihui East Station that the latest route map was hung on the wall, and Line 1 and Batong Line were strung together end to end.
The guidance signs in the platforms and halls have also been updated, and the signs of the downward platform on the Batong Line "Towards Sihui" are replaced with "Towards the ancient city".
After the completion of the "18th Line", the total length of the line is about 54.47 kilometers (including the 4.47 kilometers southward extension of the Batong Line), with 36 stations and 3 depots.
Among them, Sihui Station and Sihui East Station changed from the departure station to the intermediate station, and from the transfer station to the ordinary station. Passengers do not need to transfer from Sihui Station and Sihui East Station to the Universal Resort from Gucheng Station It takes about 85 minutes to get there directly from the station.
During the experience, reporters also felt the convenience of not having to transfer. There is no transfer between the central area of the city and the sub-center, which saves a lot of time for transfers.
After the operation is completed, the two lines will still retain their original line names.
At the same time, the subway company has newly compiled a cross-line operation diagram of Line 1 Batong Line, and implements the operation mode of large and small roads during the morning and evening peak hours on working days.
Except for the full bus from Universal Resort to the ancient city (Dajiao Road), the morning rush hour "shuttle bus" (small road) runs from Orchard to Gongzhufen, with a minimum driving interval of 1 minute and 45 seconds; evening rush hour "shuttle bus" ( Xiaojiao Road) is from the ancient city to the orchard, the minimum driving interval is 2 minutes and 20 seconds.
Passengers can take the train as needed according to the train timetable posted at the station.
Follow 2 services
There will be empty trains at the morning and evening peaks at 3 stations including Sihui and Guoyuan
However, some new problems may gradually emerge after the two lines are put through operation. For example, a large number of passengers get on the bus from Tongzhou and go directly to the urban area. Difficult.
"The '18' connection is a good thing for commuters living in Tongzhou, but it will be a little inconvenient for passengers who live near Sihui and Sihui East." Ms. Xu lives near Sihui East Metro Station. After walking for a few minutes to the subway station every day, she can often wait for the empty train to arrive at the station, and sit all the way to the destination. After the operation is completed, she is worried that the original travel advantage will become a disadvantage.
In this regard, the Beijing Subway introduced that according to the latest arrangements, during the morning and evening peak hours on weekdays, some trains will be empty at the 3 stations of Guoyuan, Gongzhufen and Sihui.
Among them, during the morning rush hour, there are 8 empty trains departing from Sihui Station (toward the ancient city), from 7:04 to 8:30.
In addition, the subway predicts that the full load rate from Sihui Station to Yong'anli Station on the east section of Line 1 will be higher after the operation is completed.
At present, the Beijing Subway has revised the "One Station One Plan" of passenger transportation organization. In case of platform stranded, some stations will adopt temporary flow restriction measures.
Follow 3
Some trains on Line 1 are equipped with smart heated seats
Due to the early construction period, there are 112 subway trains running on Metro Line 1 and Batong Line, including 6 different models.
After the completion of operation, the trains of Line 1 and Batong Line will realize the "mixed running" of six vehicle types.
In the subway, the train drivers have been trained and practiced in the early stage, and each driver is required to be proficient in driving and emergency handling of 6 types of vehicles.
The train also ushered in a major renovation.
"The electronic map in the carriage is dynamically adjusted. After the command center issues an instruction, the vehicle can automatically display on the electronic map and synchronize the station. Originally, these need to be manually set by the driver." The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Metro Operations Second Branch introduced, Passengers can also check the running status of the train arriving at the station in real time on the platform to avoid getting on the wrong train.
In addition, since Line 1 is mainly an underground line, the train has not experienced wind or rain, nor is it equipped with electric seat heating equipment.
In response, the Beijing Subway conducted a "rain test" for the trains of Line 1 to test whether it can withstand the environment of wind and rain. It is also equipped with an anti-fog electric heating windshield; the train network air-conditioning automatic control program is optimized to realize intelligence Temperature adjustment; Some trains are also experimenting with installing smart electric heating wire seats. When there are passengers on the seats, the train can automatically sense and automatically heat through infrared rays, which meets the requirements of heating and energy saving in the carriages.
Line 1 Batong Line working day morning and evening peak departure empty train schedule
Sihui (direction to the ancient city)
Morning peak
7:04
7:09 am
7:21
7:30
7:39
8:02
8:16
8:30
Evening peak
17:00
17:07
17:14
17:21
17:28
17:35
17:42
Orchard (to the ancient city)
Morning peak
8:21
8:29 am
8:37
8:45
8:53
9:03
Evening peak
18:18
18:27
18:36
18:45
18:56
Gongzhufen (toward Universal Resort)
Morning peak
8:17
8:29 8:41
8:53
9:07
■ Dispel doubts
Why did the two lines not connect to construction at first?
At that time, it was predicted that the passenger flow of Batong Line was small, which did not match the passenger flow of Line 1.
Large passenger flow, poor passenger experience, low efficiency... These can all be regarded as important reasons for promoting the "through operation of Line 1 and Batong Line".
In Beijing's rail transit network, Metro Line 1 and Batong Line are two very important east-west rail transit backbone lines.
These two lines were opened in June 2000 and December 2003 respectively.
Although the route is in the same direction, citizens cannot go directly to the central city or the sub-center. They must change at Sihui Station or Sihui East Station, first run from the platform level to the station hall level, and then climb the stairs to "over the mountains and over the mountains." "Go to another platform.
Commuter Xiao Guo lives in Tongzhou District and goes to work in the central city every day.
He said frankly that the Sihui East Station in the morning rush hour is like a stadium, and the sound of the car opening is the starting gun, so that it can squeeze into the car when it comes to Line 1.
The crowded carriages are also a headache for commuters.
In November 2019, the Beijing Transportation Development Research Institute issued a report stating that there are 10 lines of Beijing rail transit lines with a maximum passenger flow of more than 40,000 passengers per hour. Among the top ten lines with the largest cross-section full load rate, there are 8 lines. The morning peak comfort index is at the "very uncomfortable" level, with the Changping line going down and the Batong line going down.
Previously, a set of data from the Beijing Metro Corporation also showed that up to 80% of the passenger flow on the Batong Line transfers to Metro Line 1 at Sihui or Sihui East Station.
(Note: The maximum cross-section full load rate is an important indicator to measure the congestion degree of subway lines.)
After consulting relevant materials, the reporter learned that the originally planned Line 1 and Batong Line were designed according to one line. However, when the passenger flow analysis was conducted in the early stage of construction, the relevant departments predicted that the passenger flow of Batong Line would be less than that of No. 1. The passenger flow of the line did not match, so the plan for the construction and operation of the connection was abandoned, and the line 1 and the Batong line were changed to two lines.
Why did the two lines run through for ten years?
The vehicles, signals, and control systems of the two lines are not compatible, and the amount of renovation works is huge
After the Batong Line was opened and put into operation, it was the most important way for residents of Tongzhou to commute into the city, and the number of commuting on peak days reached about 300,000.
In recent years, affected by the east extension of Metro Line 7 and the east section of Metro Line 6, the passenger flow on the Batong Line has declined, but the number of working days has exceeded 200,000.
Although the total number is not high, the tidal characteristics of the morning and evening peaks are very obvious.
In order to alleviate the pressure of passenger flow during the morning and evening peak hours, in 2008, the Batong Line train set was expanded in an attempt to increase the capacity.
In 2011, the Beijing News reported that “Some members of the CPPCC called on Line 1 and Batong Line to be connected.” At that time, the transportation department responded that: Beijing Metro Line 1 and Batong Line will officially begin to be considered according to the connection mode.
In the following years, relevant plans have been announced successively, and news such as "the start of bidding for the operation signal project of Line 1 and the Batong Line" has been continuously spread on the Internet.
While the citizens are concerned about the progress of the "one-eight-to-one connection", some people are also wondering why such a seemingly simple project has been "delayed" for so long.
According to the subway, what restricts the operation of the two lines is not only the two sections of independently operating rail lines themselves, but also the "brain" that controls the operation of the trains.
As the vehicles, signal and control systems of the two lines are not compatible, the amount of transformation is very large, resulting in the delay of the connection operation.
The Beijing Metro Company commissioned Casco Signal Co., Ltd. to carry out the signal system transformation of Metro Line 1 and Batong Line successively.
In 2015, the reconstruction of Line 1 was completed.
In 2019, the signal transformation of the existing line of the Batong Line and the opening of the southern extension of the Batong Line were completed. At this time, the existing signal system of the Batong Line was switched to the new signal system. The operating interval of the Batong Line can reach a minimum of 2 minutes. It has also achieved matching with the signal and control system of Line 1.
On September 25 last year, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transportation formally approved the connection project of Line 1 and Batong Line and adjusted the operation plan; from 0:30 on October 1st, the operation project of Metro Line 1 and Batong Line was officially implemented. stage.
A04-A05 edition writing/Beijing News reporter Pei Jianfei