Beijing Suburban Railway
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| Overview | |
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| Locale | Beijing |
| Transit type | Commuter rail |
| Number of stations | 6 |
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| Began operation | August 6, 2008 |
| Operator(s) | Beijing Railway Bureau |
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| System length | 82 km (51 mi) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京城市铁路 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 北京城市鐵路 | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 北京市郊铁路 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京市郊鐵路 | ||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Běijīng Chéngshì Tiělù |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù |
BCR (Beijing City Rail) also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts and counties beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The "S"-numbered suburban rail lines are managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, an agency of the Ministry of Railways that is not affiliated with the Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, the municipal company that operates the subway. Hence, the S-Lines run on separate tracks and stations and have a different fare schedule from the subway. There is only one suburban railway line currently in operation, the S2. A total of six S-lines are planned to be built by 2020.
The S2 Line, which runs from Beijing North Railway Station to Huailai County in Zhangjiakou, Hebei was the first S-line to enter into operation. It opened on 6 August 2008.
The S1 Line, also known as the Mentougou Line , currently in the advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan, the western termini of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway. Construction was originally expected to begin in 2009, but was delayed to February 2011.
On August 10, 2009, the Beijing Municipal Railway Transport Construction Management Company announced that the Mentougou Line would be completed as a low-speed Maglev line, operating fully Chinese-made sets. Its maximum speed will be 160 km/h (99 mph). The expected date for the start of trial operations is 2015. Construction of the line began on 28 February 2011.
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