Fragrant Hills station (Beijing Subway) explained

Fragrant Hills[1]
Native Name:香山
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:beijing
Symbol:subway
Address:Xiangshan Road (Chinese: 香山路)
Borough:Xiangshan Subdistrict, Haidian District, Beijing
Country:China
Map Type:China Beijing
Coordinates:39.9941°N 116.2045°W
Operator:Beijing Public Transit Tramway Co., Ltd.
Platforms:1 (1 side platform)
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Opened:December 30, 2017

Fragrant Hills station[2] is a station on Xijiao line (light rail) of the Beijing Subway. This station opened to public on 30 December 2017.[3]

Station layout

The station has an at-grade single-sided platform.

Accidents

On 1 January 2018, tram XJ003 derailed after a malfunction when exiting Fragrant Hills station at 2:36 PM with no passengers on board. The tram slid down the tracks with its control lever still at traction position after being lifted back on to the tracks later that day.[4] The station was thus temporarily closed until 1 March 2018 after the derailment.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JPG格式线路图下载 北京地铁官方网站. https://archive.today/20221231023513/https://www.bjsubway.com/jpg.html. 2022-12-31.
  2. Web site: JPG格式线路图下载 北京地铁官方网站. https://archive.today/20221231023513/https://www.bjsubway.com/jpg.html. 2022-12-31.
  3. Web site: http://beijing.qianlong.com/2017/1228/2285132.shtml. zh:三条地铁新线12月30日开通 公交优化调整接驳新地铁. 2017-12-29.
  4. News: Li Bo (Chinese: 李博). http://bjwb.bjd.com.cn/html/2018-01/02/content_210618.htm. zh:发生“空车掉道”及放飏事故 西郊线香山站今早停运. Beijing Evening News. 2018-01-02. 2018-01-03. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011806/http://bjwb.bjd.com.cn/html/2018-01/02/content_210618.htm. 3 January 2018. dead.
  5. News: 西郊线香山站恢复双向运营 . 2020-09-08 . . 2018-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231333/http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2018-03/08/content_280786.htm . 2018-03-08.