Line 5 (Beijing Subway)

Line 5
A train entering Datunlu Dong (E) station in February 2021
Overview
Other name(s)	M5 (planned name)
Status	Operational
Locale	Fengtai, Dongcheng, Chaoyang, and Changping districts Beijing
Termini	Tiantongyuanbei Songjiazhuang
Stations	23
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Beijing Subway
Operator(s)	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd
Depot(s)	Tiantongyuan North,[1] Songjiazhuang Depots[2]
Rolling stock	6-car Type B (DKZ13)
Daily ridership	847,500 (2014 Avg.)[3] 1,163,000 (2016 Peak)[4]
History
Opened	October 7, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-07)
Technical
Line length	27.6 km (17.1 mi)[5]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) maximum
Route map Legend Taipingzhuang depot Tiantongyuanbei Tiantongyuan Tiantongyuannan connects Line 13 Lishui Qiao Line 13 Xizhimen – Dongzhimen Shuangsha railway Lishui west bridge crossing Qing river Lishuiqiaonan Beiyuanlubei Datunludong Line 15 Qinghua Donglu Xikou – Fengbo Huixin Xijie Beikou Huixin Xijie Nankou Line 10 outer – inner connects Line 10 Xiaoyue river Heping Xiqiao Line 12 Sijiqing Qiao – Dongbabei Hepingli Beijie North Hucheng river Yonghegong Lama Temple Line 2 outer – inner Beixinqiao Capital Airport Express Beijing Capital International Airport Zhangzizhong Lu Dongsi Line 6 Jin'anqiao – Lucheng Dengshi Kou Dongdan Line 1 Fushouling – Universal Resort connects Line 1 Chongwen Men Line 2 inner – outer Beijing underground cross-city railway crossing Ciqi Kou Line 7 Beijing South railway station – Universal Resort Temple of Heaven East Gate Jinghu railway, Jingjin intercity railway, etc. South Hucheng river Puhuangyu Line 14 Zhangguozhuang – Shangezhuang Liujiayao Line 10 inner Songjiazhuang Line 10 and Yizhuang line Yizhuang line Yizhuang railway station Line 10 outer connects Yizhuang line Songjiazhuang yard (line 5 part) Songjiazhuang yard (line 10 part) BJS Rolling Stock Factory Fengshuang railway v t e

Line 5 of the Beijing Subway (Chinese: 北京地铁5号线; pinyin: běijīng dìtiě wǔhào xiàn) is Beijing's only subway line with an entirely north-south route. Line 5's color is maroon. It entered into operation on October 7, 2007. It runs for 27.6 km (17.1 mi)^[5] in a near straight line through the city center (just approximately one kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the Forbidden City at Dongdan) from Tiantongyuanbei in Changping District to Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District.^[6] Though Line 4 and Line 8 also broadly follow north-south routes (and so, in part, do Lines 14 and 13), Line 5 remains the only line to follow an almost entirely straight north-south course. Line 5 is also notable for including three stations in the densely populated northern suburb of Tiantongyuan, as well as providing convenient access to the Temple of Earth and Temple of Heaven. Since Line 5 connects with Line 1, Line 2 (twice), Line 6, Line 7, Line 10 (twice), Line 13, Line 14 and Line 15, and also links densely populated suburbs directly to the city center, it tends to experience very crowded conditions during rush hour and even very late into the evening. Over 1 million passengers use the line every weekday in 2019.^[7]