Muxidi station explained

Muxidi
Native Name:	木樨地
Native Name Lang:	zh
Symbol Location:	beijing
Symbol:	subway
Address:	Fuxing Road at
Borough:	Xicheng District, Beijing,
Country:	China
Map Type:	Beijing
Operator:	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line:
Platforms:	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks:	4
Structure:	Underground
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	112 (line 1)
Opened:	(Line 1) (Line 16)

Muxidi Station is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. The Line 16 station opened on December 31, 2022, and currently serves as an out-of-system interchange (OSI) with Line 1. It will connect with Line 18 in the future.^[1] ^[2]

Station layout

Both the line 1 station and line 16 stations have island platforms.

Exits

There are 10 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, E and F. Exits D1 and E are accessible.^[3]

Suspension of service in early June

During troop movements in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, many people were killed at Muxidi. Muxidi Station is often suspended about June 4 these years. For example:

On June 3, 2013, A1 Exit of Muxidi Station was closed on the grounds of repairing.^[4]
On June 2, 2014, Beijing Subway declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit of Muxidi Station will be closed from June 3 (Tuesday) to a future date via Weibo.
On June 2, 2015, Beijing Subway declared close of doors again. Reporters from Ming Pao found that they can't reply that Weibo post and other replies are invisible.^[5]
On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from Today 15:00 (June 3) to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied.^[6]
On June 3, 2017, A1 Exit and A2 Exit is closed. Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited didn't post any message but made a station broadcast on the grounds of "Temporary construction".^[7]
On June 1, 2018, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3, 2018, 12:00 to last train of Muxidi Station via Weibo.^[8]
On June 2, 2019, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3 10:00 to a future date via Weibo.^[9]
The station exits weren't closed in early June 2020, reporters of Now News noticed that there were plainclothes police, but fewer than before, stationed around the station.^[10]

Chinese activist Hu Jia believes that meanings of these measures are to prevent Tiananmen Mothers members from eulogizing the dead during the protest.

References

Web site: zh-hans http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/web/dtfazs16/jtfa.html . zh:北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示 . 2013-04-25.
Web site: http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjyw/2018-05/18/c_1122850723.htm. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090943/http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjyw/2018-05/18/c_1122850723.htm. dead. June 27, 2018. zh:北京16号线木樨地站有望三线换乘. Xinhua News Beijing. 2018-06-04.
Web site: 1号线北京地铁官方网站 . Beijing Subway . 2020-10-21.
News: http://cn.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20140603-%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E5%A6%82%E6%AD%A4%E7%BB%B4%E7%A8%B3%EF%BC%9A%E6%9C%A8%E6%A8%A8%E5%9C%B0%E9%93%81%E7%AB%99%E5%B0%81%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3-%E5%A4%96%E5%9B%BD%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E8%A2%AB%E6%97%85%E6%B8%B8 . zh:六四如此维稳：木樨地铁站封出口外国学生被旅游. 2014-06-03. Mai Yanting (Chinese: 麦燕庭) . . zh-hans.
News: http://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E3%80%90%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B26%E5%B9%B4%E3%80%91%E7%95%B6%E5%B1%80%E5%B0%88%E8%BB%8A%E9%80%81%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%89%E9%96%80%E6%AF%8D%E8%A6%AA%E6%8B%9C%E7%A5%AD%E3%80%80%E6%9C%A8%E6%A8%A8%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%B0%E9%90%B5%E7%AB%99%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3%E8%A7%A3%E5%B0%81%E3%80%80%E5%8E%9F%E5%B8%96%E7%A6%81%E7%95%99%E8%A8%80/web_tc/article/20150604/s00004/1433392456818 . zh:當局專車送天安門母親拜祭　木樨地地鐵站出口解封　原帖禁留言. 2015-06-04. . zh-hk.
Web site: 地铁运营信息. 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
News: 六四前夕北京地鐵木樨地站附近未見公安把守. 2017-06-04. 香港商業電台. 2017-06-03.
Web site: 地铁运营信息. 北京市地铁运营有限公司. 微博.
Web site: 地铁运营信息. 北京市地铁运营有限公司. 微博.
News: 六四事件31周年前夕　木樨地保安嚴密. Now新闻. 2020-06-03. zh.

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