According to the recently released Development Plan for a Modern Comprehensive Transportation System in Beijing During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period, the city's urban rail transit operating mileage will exceed 1,050 kilometers by 2030.
At the end of 2025, Beijing's rail transit operating mileage had already reached 909 kilometers, which means more than 140 kilometers of new operating mileage will be added during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
How will this goal be achieved? First, lines currently under construction will be completed and opened one after another, and several new rail transit lines will meet the public.
The plan states that over the five-year period, Beijing will complete the rail transit CBD Line, the Line 13 capacity expansion and upgrading project, the Line 1 branch line, the remaining section of Phase I of Line 3, and the northern extension of the Daxing Airport Line.
At the same time, the city will advance Phase I construction of rail transit Line M101 and push forward preliminary work for Phase I of rail transit Line M102.
These lines are all projects in Beijing's third-phase urban rail transit construction plan.
The Line 1 branch line project runs from Qinglonghu East Station in the south to Bajiao Amusement Park Station in the north, with a total length of 21 kilometers. Once completed, it will drive high-quality development in central Shijingshan District and the Fengtai area.
Phase I of Line M101 is a rail transit backbone line directly serving the entire area of the city sub-center. It has a total length of about 18.1 kilometers, all underground, with 14 stations, including 6 transfer stations.
The CBD Line and the Line 13 capacity expansion and upgrading project will also be completed during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
While building new rail lines, existing rail lines will also run faster and transfer more smoothly.
The plan makes clear that in terms of optimizing the existing rail network, Beijing will implement the connecting line among the Yizhuang Line, Line 5, and Line 10, add a station at the Taihu Depot on the Yizhuang Line, and add a station at the New China International Exhibition Center Phase II on Line 15. It will also deepen research on plans such as extending Line 8 east to the Children's Hospital and extending the Line 19 branch line north to the North Campus of the Palace Museum.
The city will promote speed increases on lines such as the Changping Line and Line 15, and dynamically optimize operations organization on lines such as Line 10, Line 4, Line 6, and Line 16.
Transfer conditions at stations such as Guomao Station and Songjiazhuang Station will be improved.
Escalators and elevators will be added at stations such as Tiananmen West Station, Tiananmen East Station, and Chegongzhuang Station.
Regarding the east extension of Line 8 to the Children's Hospital, in January last year, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission approved the project proposal for the new campus construction project of Beijing Children's Hospital. It noted that an underground interface is reserved on the east side of the new campus to connect with the planned rail transit Line 8, Line S6, and the commercial complex to the east.
However, the specific alignment and station locations of this line have not yet been finalized and remain in the preliminary research and demonstration stage.
As for the widely watched north extension of the Line 19 branch line to the North Campus of the Palace Museum, the plan is also still under study.
In addition to adding new network capacity and improving existing quality, station-city integration is also an important change for rail transit during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
The plan clearly states that Beijing will complete integrated project construction at rail stations such as Guomao Station, Huoying Station, and the Lize City Air Terminal.
It will create rail micro-centers such as Dongdaqiao Station, Tongzhou West Station, and Longze West Station.
It will open rail stations such as Hongmiao Station and Tongyunmen Station.
This means that commerce and other public services will be added around stations, making commuting itself part of urban vitality.
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