Beijing Suburban Railway

BCR
BCR
Simplified Chinese	北京城市铁路
Traditional Chinese	北京城市鐵路
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Chéngshì Tiělù
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	北京市郊铁路
Traditional Chinese	北京市郊鐵路
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù

BCR
BCR
	CRH6F leaving for Huairou North from Platform 1
Overview
Locale	Beijing
Transit type	Commuter rail
Operation
Began operation	August 6, 2008; 16 years ago
Operator(s)	China Railway Beijing Group
System map
System map

BCR (Beijing City Rail) also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The suburban rail services run on existing China Railway lines.

The suburban rail services are managed by the China Railway Beijing Group, an agency of the Ministry of Railways that is not affiliated with the operators of Beijing Subway.

There are 4 suburban railway corridors currently in operation: Line S2, Sub-Central line, Huairou–Miyun line and Tongmi line.

In operation

Line	Service route	Opened	Length km	Routing
Sub-Central	Liangxiang – Beijingxi (West) – Beijing – Beijingdong (East) – Tongzhou – Qiaozhuangdong (East)	31 December 2017	63.7^[1]	Jingguang railway, Beijing underground cross-city railway, Jingha railway, Tongqiao railway
S2	Main line: Huangtudian – Nankou – Badaling – Yanqing Branch: Huangtudian – Nankou – Badaling – Kangzhuang – Shacheng	6 August 2008 (main) 21 December 2012 (branch)^[2]	108.3^[3]	Beijing Northeast Ring railway, Jingbao railway
Huairou–Miyun	Beijingbei (North) – Qinghe – Changpingbei (North) – Yanqihu^[4] – Huairoubei (North) – Heishansi – Gubeikou	31 December 2017	144.6^[5]	Jingzhang intercity railway, Jingtong railway
Tongmi	Main line: Tongzhouxi (West) – Shunyi – Niulanshan – Huairou – Miyunbei (North) Branch: Tongzhouxi (West) – Shunyi – Niulanshan – Huairou – Yanqihu – Huairoubei (North)	30 June 2020^[1]	83.4^[1]	Jingcheng railway, Jingtong railway

History

6 August 2008: Line S2 opened.
21 December 2012: Line S2 (branch) opened^[6]
1 November 2016: Line S2 (main line and branch line) — was diverted from Beijingbei (North) to Huangtudian.
31 December 2017: Sub-Central line and Huairou–Miyun line opened.
30 April 2019: Huairou–Miyun line — Yanqihu station (formerly known as Fangezhuang) opened, and the northern destination was extended to Gubeikou.^[7]
20 June 2019: Sub-Central line — Eastern extension to Qiaozhuangdong (East).^[8]
30 December 2019: Huairou–Miyun line — was diverted from Huangtudian to Qinghe.
30 March 2020: Line S2 (main line) — shortened to Badaling railway station for Yanqing railway station renovation, free shuttle bus is offered to Yanqing urban area.^[9]
30 June 2020: Sub-Central line — Western extension to Liangxiang. Tongmi line opened.
1 August ~ 20 August 2020: Huairou–Miyun line — whole line stop service for the Beijing–Tongliao railway electrification project.^[10]
30 September 2020: Huairou–Miyun line — Southern extension to Beijingbei (North).^[5]
1 December 2020: Line S2 (main line) — Yanqing railway station reopened.^[11]

Short-term planning

Line	Service route	Planned Opening Date
Northeast Ring	Huangtudian – Wangjing – Beijing Chaoyang – Beijingdong (East)	TBA
Yizhuang (Benz Special line)	Mixed passenger and freight railway (initially freight-only). Anding – Second Factory of Beijing Benz Automobile Co.	2023 (initially freight-only)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "市郊铁路城市副中心线西延、通密线明日开通运营". bjd.com.cn. 2020-06-29. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
^ "北京市郊铁路S2线开通至河北怀来". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
^ "专版". Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
^ "北京范各庄火车站今起更名为雁栖湖站". 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
^ ^a ^b "明日起市郊铁路怀密线引入北京北站，新车也将上线". 2020-09-29.
^ "北京市郊铁路S2线开通至河北怀来". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
^ "市郊铁路怀密线明起开到古北口". www.bj.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
^ "明起市郊铁路副中心线东延至乔庄东站可刷二维码乘车". 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
^ "Attention! S2 station changed". Yanqing Gov. 2020-04-16.
^ "提示！市郊铁路怀柔-密云线8月1日至20日全线停运" [Reminder for Huaimi Line stop service from August 1 to August 20]. Beijing Daily APP. 2020-07-24. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
^ "【S2线延庆站12月1日恢复运营】你怀念的，总会重逢". 北京市郊铁路. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

External links

[bjd20200629-1] "市郊铁路城市副中心线西延、通密线明日开通运营". bjd.com.cn. 2020-06-29. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.

[2] "北京市郊铁路S2线开通至河北怀来". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

[:1-3] "专版". Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-22.

[Yanqihu-4] "北京范各庄火车站今起更名为雁栖湖站". 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

[hm2020-5] "明日起市郊铁路怀密线引入北京北站，新车也将上线". 2020-09-29.

[6] "北京市郊铁路S2线开通至河北怀来". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

[7] "市郊铁路怀密线明起开到古北口". www.bj.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

[E-8] "明起市郊铁路副中心线东延至乔庄东站可刷二维码乘车". 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

[9] "Attention! S2 station changed". Yanqing Gov. 2020-04-16.

[10] "提示！市郊铁路怀柔-密云线8月1日至20日全线停运" [Reminder for Huaimi Line stop service from August 1 to August 20]. Beijing Daily APP. 2020-07-24. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

[时刻表-11] "【S2线延庆站12月1日恢复运营】你怀念的，总会重逢". 北京市郊铁路. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

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