Beijing Suburban Railway

BCR
CRH6F leaving for Huairou North from Platform 1
Overview
Locale	Beijing
Transit type	Commuter rail
Operation
Began operation	August 6, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-08-06)
Operator(s)	China Railway Beijing Group
System map

BCR
Simplified Chinese	北京城市铁路
Traditional Chinese	北京城市鐵路
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù

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)

See also

• Beijing Subway

References

External links

Beijing Subway

Lines in operation	1  -  Batong   2   4  -  Daxing   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   13   14   15   16   17   19   Yizhuang  (Line 24)  Fangshan  (Line 25)  Yanfang  (Line 25 South)  S1  (Line 26)  Changping  (Line 27)  Capital Airport  (Line 34)  Daxing Airport  (Line 35)
Under construction	1  (Renovation on Fushouling station and Branch)  3  (Phase I)  6  (South Ext.)  12  Line 13 split project ( 13A  &  13B )  17  (Middle section)  Pinggu  (Line 22)  28  (CBD Line)  Daxing Airport  (North Ext.)  M101
Planned	7  (Phase 3)  11  (Phase 2)  15  (Phase 2)  17  (Branch)  19  (Extension and Branch)  20  (Phase 1)  Lijin  (Line 25 Phase 3)  S6  (Phase 1)

Trams in Beijing

Lines in operation	Qianmen   Xijiao   Yizhuang T1

CR S-train
(Beijing Suburban Railway)

Lines in operation	Sub-Central S2 Huairou–Miyun  Tongmi
Under construction	Jingmen–Menda   Northeast Ring   Yizhuang Benz

CR C/G-train
(intercity railways)

Lines in operation	Beijing–Tianjin   Beijing–Xiong'an   Beijing–Tangshan   Beijing–Binhai   Beijing–Zhangjiakou
Under construction	Capital Airport–Daxing Airport  (Daxing Airport–Langfang section)

Other CR railways

Corridors	Beijing–Shanghai corridor   Beijing–Harbin, Beijing–Hong Kong (Macau)   Beijing–Hong Kong (Taipei)   Beijing–Kunming   Beijing–Lanzhou
Major railways	Beijing–Harbin   Beijing–Guangzhou   Beijing–Kowloon   Beijing–Shanghai   Beijing–Baotou   Fengtai–Shacheng   Beijing–Yuanping   Beijing–Tongliao   Beijing–Chengde   Datong-Qinhuangdao

Other urban transit

Lines in operation	Beijing Bus Beijing Bus Rapid Transit Beijing Capital Airport Bus Capital Airport Terminal 3 People Mover

Transportation hubs

Airports	Beijing Capital (PEK) Beijing Daxing (PKX)
Railway stations	Beijing (BJP) Beijing West (BXP) Beijing South (VNP) Beijing North (VAP) Beijing East (BOP) Beijing Chaoyang (IFP) Beijing Fengtai (FTP) Qinghe (QIP) Beijing Sub-Center (Under construction)