Line 14, Beijing Subway

Line 14 of the Beijing Subway is a planned subway line that will run across the southern and eastern fringes of Beijing. The Line will connect the Marco Polo Bridge in the southwest corner of the city with Wangjing in the northeast and pass through the Beijing South Station, the city’s high speed rail terminus. In all, Line 14 will be 42 km in length with 35 stations. [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6334392.html Beijing Subway Line 7 and Line 14 will begin construction this year - People's Daily Online ] ] It is planned to be built in two phases. Phase I will be about 30km long, with 22 stations, and cost Y18 billion investment. It corresponds to the entire southern section and about the on-third of the eastern section.(Chinese) [http://estate.chinanews.com.cn/cj/gncj/news/2008/09-23/1391056.shtml 北京地铁14号线1期及地铁7号线有望年底开建"北京晚报"] Sept. 23, 2008] Construction is set to begin before the end of 2008, and will be completed by 2015.

Route

The precise route of Line 14 has been revised several times and is still subject to change even as construction on Phase I gets underway. Overall, the Line will certainly begin at the Marco Polo Bridge (Lugouqiao), pass through South Station, where platforms for Line 14 have already been built, and eventually reach Wangjing. Phase I calls for construction from Dongheyan Lu to Guangqu Lu. For a map of Line 14’s planned route, as of late September 2008, see [http://house.focus.cn/photoshow/1443/3863387.html] .

In Phase I, Line 14 will begin at the Marco Polo Bridge in Fengtai District, on the southwestern edge of urban Beijing. Dongheyan Lu is located on the west bank of the Yongding River, but the station will be east of the river. From there, the Line heads northeast on Lugouqiao Lu before turning due east on Fengtai Nan Lu. It will pass by the Fengtai Sports Center, enter the 4th Ring Road and continue eastward on Fengtai Bei Lu, which becomes Lize Lu inside the 3rd Ring Road. Line 14 then meets Line 4 at the Beijing South Station, the city’s newly built high-speed rail terminus, near Yongdingmen, near the southern tip of Chongwen District. Going further east, the Line reenters Fengtai District and crosses Line 5 near Puhuangyu. It then follows Pufang Lu through the heavily residential Fangzhuang section of Fengtai and emerges outside of the 3rd Ring Road on Hongyan Lu in Chaoyang District. The Line ends its eastward journey abruptly at Xidawang Lu, where it turns straight north. After passing by the Beijing University of Technology, Phase I of Line 14 will end at the junction of Xidawang Lu and Guangqu Lu, due east of Jinsong.

Phase II of Line 14 will continue north on Xidawang Lu, crossing Line 7 near Baiziwang, and Line 1, at Dawang Lu. Further north, Dawang Lu turns into Jintai Lu, which the Line will follow to the Chaoyang Park. The Line will cut through the Park and exit the 4th Ring Road via Jiuxianqiao Lu, which then extends straight north to the Capital Airport Expressway. North of the expressway, Line 14 enters the vast Wangjing neighborhood of Chaoyang District. The Line bisects Wangjing from south to north on Guangshun Nan and Bei Dajie. It then emerges north of the 5th Ring Road and terminates in the Laiguangying section of Chaoyang District.

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