Wangfujing station explained

Wangfujing
Native Name:王府井
Native Name Lang:zh
Symbol Location:beijing
Symbol:subway
Address:East Chang'an Avenue and Wangfujing Street
Borough:Dongcheng District, Beijing
Country:China
Map Type:Beijing
Operator:Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Platforms:4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks:4
Structure:Underground
Accessible:Yes
Code:118 (Line 1)
Opened:September 28, 1999 (Line 1)
December 31, 2021 (Line 8)

Wangfujing station[1] is a station located in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is the transfer station of Line 1 and Line 8. The Line 1 station is decorated with the color yellow.[2]

Location

This station is located at the intersection of Wangfujing Street and Chang'an Avenue. Wangfujing Ancient Human Culture Site Museum is at Exit A.

Structure

Station hall and transfer

The station hall of Wangfujing Station of Line 1 is located under East Chang'an Avenue, passing through two underground passages that cross East Chang'an Avenue.[3] The station hall of Line 8 is located in the underground on the north side of the intersection of Wangfujing Street and East Chang'an Street,[4] there are two transfers on the south side The passage entrance and the mural "Wangfu Ancient Charm", the station hall of Line 8 is connected to the station hall of Line 1 on the upper floor through the stairs and escalators in the transfer passage, and there is another straight elevator leading to the station hall of Line 1 in the southwest corner. From the station hall to the platform on the southernmost side of the escalator brow wall is the mural "Century Time-honored Brand", and on the northernmost escalator brow wall is "Wangfujing Xinjie Shidaixing".[5]

Platform

Line 1The platform of Wangfujing station of Line 1 is located at the bottom of East Chang'an Avenue. It is an island-style platform. At present, Half-Height Platform Screen Doors has been installed (since July 23, 2017).
Line 8Line 8 has an island-style platform at the bottom of Wangfujing Street.[6]

Exit

Wangfujing station has 11 exits: A, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, E1, E3, F1. Exit E3 is next to Gongmei Building on the north side of the intersection of Wangfujing Street and Dongdan Santiao. Exit F1 is located on the east side of Wangfujing Street (between Dashamao Hutong and Xiagongfu Street), northwest of the west gate of Oriental Plaza. Exits E3 and F1 are equipped with ramps, of which the ramp at Exit F1 is dedicated to luggage.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 线路图下载. http://web.archive.org/web/20240410002200/https://www.bjsubway.com/jpg.html. 2024-04-10.
  2. News: 1999-10-19. Feel "Underground Chang'an Avenue". People's Daily. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211923/http://www.people.com.cn/rmrb/199910/19/newfiles/col_19991019001075_zhxw.html. 2016-03-04. 2016-05-05.
  3. Dong Xianshun. Construction technology of Beijing Metro Wangfujing Station using pile support method. Railway Standard Design. 1999. 3. 1004-2954. China Railway Engineering Design Consulting Group Co., Ltd.. 7–11.
  4. Web site: Wangfujing Subway Station (地铁王府井站) – Tracking China by Trains Plus. 2022-04-27. en. 2021-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210612183548/https://en.trackingchina.com/metro/beijing/stations/wangfujing/. dead.
  5. Web site: 2021-12-29. Beijing Metro Line 8 Phase III North Three Stations, Line 19 Phase I, Line 17 South Section, Line 14 Unconnected Section, Line 6 West Extension Pingguoyuan Station, Changping Line South Extension Qinghe Station Artwork Plan. https://web.archive.org/web/20220101170321/http://yewu.ghzrzyw.beijing.gov.cn/zkdncmsUploadFile/gwzykfile/ueditor/20211229/1476095089720737794.pdf. 2022-01-01. 2022-04-27. Beijing Urban Sculpture Construction Management Office.
  6. News: 2016-03-21. Line 8 Wangfujing North and Wangfujing Station start construction. Qianlong. 2019-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901155520/http://beijing.qianlong.com/2016/0321/470768.shtml. 2019-09-01.