Huixin Xijie Nankou station explained

Huixin Xijie Nankou
Native Name:惠新西街南口
Native Name Lang:zh
Symbol Location:beijing
Symbol:subway
Other Name:Beituchengdonglu[1] [2] (北土城东路)
Address:Huixin West Street (Chinese: 惠新西街) and Beitucheng East Road
Borough:Chaoyang District, Beijing
Country:China
Map Type:Beijing
Operator:Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line:
    Platforms:4 (1 island platform and 2 side platforms)
    Tracks:4
    Structure:Underground
    Accessible:Yes
    Opened: (Line 5)
    (Line 10)

    Huixin Xijie Nankou station[3] is a station on Line 5 and Line 10 of the Beijing Subway. The station handled a peak passenger traffic of 241,700 people on May 5, 2013.[4]

    The two parts of the station opened separately: Line 5 and part of the concourse opened October 7, 2007, while the rest opened along with Line 10 on July 19, 2008.

    Station layout

    Both the line 5 and 10 stations are underground. The line 5 station has an island platform, while the line 10 station has 2 side platforms.

    Exits

    There are 4 exits, lettered A, B, C, and D. Exits B and C are accessible.

    Accidents

    On November 6, 2014, a woman was killed when she tried to board the train at Huixinxijie Nankou Station on Beijing Subway's Line 5. She became trapped between the train door and the platform edge door and was crushed to death by the departing train. The accident happened on the second day of APEC China 2014 meetings in the city during which the municipal government has banned cars from the roads on alternate says to ease congestion and reduce pollution during the summit – measures which the capital's transport authorities have estimated would lead to an extra one million extra passengers on the subway every day.[5]

    External links

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 北京密织轨道交通网 地铁10号线二期规划亮相. 2004-03-12. 北京晚报. http://web.archive.org/web/20040315164148/http://news.sina.com.cn:80/c/2004-03-12/15232033948s.shtml. 2004-03-15. 立水桥站、立水桥南站、北苑西站、大屯东站、惠新西桥站、北土城东路站、和平西桥站.
    2. Web site: Beijing Subway Plan 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20100528003616/http://www.rertr.anl.gov/meeting_announcements/2009meeting/beijingsubw.pdf. Argonne National Laboratory. 2010-05-28.
    3. Web site: 北京地铁线路图. 北京地铁. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231004642/https://www.bjsubway.com/jpg.html. 2021-12-31.
    4. Web site: http://roll.sohu.com/20130508/n375212937.shtml . zh:北京地铁10号线"O"了 客流破170万 . 人民网 . 2013-05-09.
    5. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1634392/beijing-subway-passengers-tried-raise-alarm-accident-victim-was-dragged "South China Morning Post - Beijing subway passengers tried to raise alarm before accident victim was dragged to her death"