Huixin Xijie Nankou station

Huixin Xijie Nankou Station (Chinese: 惠新西街南口站; pinyin: Huìxīnxījiē Nánkǒu Zhàn) 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.[1]

Huixin Xijie Nankou

惠新西街南口
Line 10 clockwise platform
LocationHuixin West Street (惠新西街) and East Beitucheng Road (北土城东路)
Chaoyang District, Beijing
China
Operated byBeijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line(s)
Platforms4 (1 island platform and 2 side platforms)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedOctober 7, 2007 (line 5)
July 19, 2008 (line 10)
Services
Preceding station   Beijing Subway   Following station
Line 5
towards Songjiazhuang
outer loop / anticlockwise
Line 10
inner loop / clockwise
Location
Huixin Xijie Nankou
Location in central Beijing

The two parts of the stop 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.

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.[2]

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.

References
  1. 北京地铁10号线"O"了 客流破170万. 人民网. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  2. 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"


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