The Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway is a rapid transit line in western Beijing that runs from in Fangshan Districtnorth and east to in Fengtai District. The line is long, has 12 stations. It is mainly elevated, including 10 elevated stations and 2 underground stations. It allows residents of Beijing's western suburbs to connect to the rest of the Beijing Subway network. It was opened on December 30, 2010. The most recent expansion of the line came on December 30, 2017 with the opening of the one-station western extension to. The line will be extended further north to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road, and will connect with Line 10 at and with Line 16 at. The northern extension will open in late 2020.
Route
The Fangshan Line starts at, just west of the East Yancun Bridge, where it interchanges with the Yanfang Line. Previously, it started at which is located at the intersection of Changhong Xi Lu and Suzhuang Dajie in the Liangxiang area of Fangshan District. The line makes four stops in Liangxiang including at the Fangshan Campus of the Beijing Institute of Technology. The line then heads north to the towns of Guangyang and Changyang. After crossing the Yongding River, the Fangshan Line enters Fengtai District where the line makes its two most northern stops, at Dabaotai near the Beijing World Park, and at Guogongzhuang, also the southern terminus of Line 9.
Construction of the Fangshan Line was originally set to begin in 2012 but was moved up to April 1, 2009 to use stimulus funding provided by the government to counter the Financial Crisis of 2007-08. The names of Phase 1 stations was announced on March 25, 2010 as a 7-day publicity. On December 30, 2010, the line began operating from Suzhuang to Dabaotai, but was not connected to any other line of the subway system. One year later, on December 31, 2011, the Dabaotai to section opened, linking the Fangshan Line with Line 9 and the rest of the subway network.
From Guogongzhuang, where the line currently terminates, the Fangshan line will be extended further to the northeast for to the southwest corner of the Third Ring Road. The extension is fully underground. The line will have four additional stations—Fanyanglu, Sihuanlu, Shoujingmao and Fengyiqiao South, and will connect with Line 10 at Shoujingmao and with Line 16 at Fengyiqiao South. The northern extension will open in late 2020.
