Beijing Subway

Written by Matteo Updated Jun. 27, 2025

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing. Presently, there are 29 subway lines in operation. By paying the ticket price ranges from CNY3-10, you can transfer among almost all subway lines regardless of the distance. The Capital Airport Line costs CNY25. The Daxing Airport Line costs between CNY10 and CNY50.

Beijing Subway Line 1

Beijing Subway Line 1 operates between Gucheng Station and Universal Resort Station, with a total of 36 stations. The train cars are red. You can transfer to Line 10, Line 9, Line 16, Line 2, Line 19, Line 8, Line 5, Line 2, Line 10, Line 14, and Line 4 at the transfer stations on Line 1.

The train running between Sihui Station and Universal Resort Station is called the Batong Line. You can transfer to Line 1 and Line 7 at the interchange stations on the Batong Line.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Universal Resort Station 4:57 22:51
Gucheng Station 5:09 22:55

Beijing Subway Line 2

Beijing Subway Line 2 has 18 stations, divided into the outer loop and the inner loop. The outer loop starts and ends at Xizhimen Station, while the inner loop starts and ends at Jishuitan Station. The train cars are blue. You can transfer to Line 4, Line 13, Line 6, Line 1, Line 16, Line 4, Line 8, Line 5, Line 1, Line 6,  Line3, Line 13, Line 5, Line 8, Line 19, Line 4, and Line 13 at the transfer stations on Line 2.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Xizhimen Station 5:10 22:15 from Sunday to Thursday
23:44 from Friday to Saturday
Jishuitan Station 5:34 23:00 from Sunday to Thursday
00:15 from Friday to Saturday

Beijing Subway Line 3

Beijing Subway Line 3 operates between Dongsishitiao Station and Dongbabei Station, with a total of 10 stations. The train cars are rose red. You can transfer to Line 2, Line 17, Line 10, Line 14, and Line 12 at the transfer stations on Line 3.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Dongsishitiao Station 5:05 22:50
Dongbabei Station 5:35 23:25

Beijing Subway Line 4

Beijing Subway Line 4 has 35 stations and operates between Tiangongyuan Station and Anheqiao North Station. The train cars are teal. You can transfer to Line 19, Line 10, Line 14, Line 7, Line 2, Line 1, Line 6, Line 19, Line 2, Line 13, Line 9, Line 16, Line 12, Line 10, and Line 16 at the transfer stations on Line 4.

The train running between Tiangongyuan Station and Xingong Station is called the Daxing Line. You can transfer to Line 19 at the interchange stations on the Daxing Line.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Tiangongyuan Station 4:58 22:35
Anheqiao North Station 5:05 22:45

Beijing Subway Line 5

Beijing Subway Line 5 has 23 stations and operates between Songjiazhuang Station and Tiantongyuan North Station. The train cars are purple. You can transfer to Line 10, Line 14, Line 7, Line 2, Line 1, Line 6, Capital Airport Express, Line 2, Line 12, Line 10, Line 15, and Line 13 at the transfer stations on Line 5.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Songjiazhuang Station 4: 59 22:47
Tiantongyuan North Station 5:19 23:10

Beijing Subway Line 6

Beijing Subway Line 6 operates between Jinanqiao Station and Lucheng Station, with a total of 35 stations. The train cars are earth yellow. You can transfer to Line 11, S1, Line 10, Line 9, Line 16, Line 2, Line 4, Line 19, Line 8, Line 5, Line 2, Line 10, and Line 14 at the transfer stations on Line 6.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Lucheng Station 5:06 22:24
Jinanqiao Station 4:51 22:48

Beijing Subway Line 7

Beijing Subway Line 7 operates between Beijing West Railway Station and Universal Resort Station, with a total of 30 stations. The train cars are light orange. You can transfer to Line 9, Line 16, Line 4, Line 8, Line 5, Line 10, and Line 14 at the transfer stations on Line 7.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Beijing West Railway Station 5:09 22:59 from Sunday to Thursday
23:59 from Friday to Saturday
Universal Resort Station 5:29 22:59 from Sunday to Thursday
23:59 from Friday to Saturday

Beijing Subway Line 8

Beijing Subway Line 8 operates between Zhuxinzhuang Station and Yinhai Station, with a total of 35 stations. The train cars are green. You can transfer to Changping Line, Line 13, Line 15, Line 10, Line 12, Line 2, Line 6, Line 1, Line 2, Line 7, Line 14, and Line 10 at the transfer stations on Line 8.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Zhuxinhzuang Station 5:06 23:01
Yinhai Station 5:09 22:40

Beijing Subway Line 9

Beijing Subway Line 9 operates between Guogongzhuang Station and National Library Station, with a total of 13 stations. The train cars are light green. You can transfer to Fangshan Line, Line 16, Line 14, Line 10, Line 7, Line 1, Line 3, Line 6, Line 4, and Line 16 at the transfer stations on Line 9.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Guogongzhuang Station 5: 38 23: 18
National Library Station 4:59 22:39

Beijing Subway Line 10

Beijing Subway Line 10 is the line with the highest passenger flow. It is a loop line with 45 stations, starting and ending at Bagou Station. The train cars are sky blue. You can transfer to Xijiao Line, Line 12, Line 6, Line 1, Line 9, Line 14, Line 16, Fangshan Line, Line 4, Line 8, Line 5, Yizhuang Line, Line 14, Line 17, Line 7, Line 1, Line 22, Line 28, Line 6, Line 3, Airport Express Line, Line 12, Line 17, Line 13, Line 5, Line 8, Line 19, Changping Line, Line 13, Line 4, Line 16, and Xijiao Line at the transfer stations on Line 10.

Operation Hour

Route First Train Last Train
Clockwise loop 4:37 22:31
Counter-clockwise loop 4:49 22:34

Beijing Subway Line 11

Beijing Subway Line 11 operates between Moshikou Station and Xinshougang Station, with a total of 4 stations. The train cars are tangerine. You can transfer to S1 and Line 6 at the transfer stations.

Operation Hour

Destination First Train Last Train
Moshikou Station 5:28 22:18
Xinshougang Station 5:38 22:28

Beijing Subway Line 12

Beijing Subway Line 12 runs between Sijiqingqiao Station and Dongba North Station. It has 20 stations in total. The train is brown. You can transfer to Line 10, Line 16, Line 4, Line 13, Changping Line, Line 19, Line 8, Line 5, Line 13, Line 17, Airport Express Line, and Line 3 at the interchange stations of Line 12.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Sijiqingqiao Station 5:23 22:30
Dongba North Station 5:52 23:25

Beijing Subway Line 13

Beijing Subway Line 13 runs between Xizhimen and Dongzhimen. It has 17 stations in total. The train is wisteria yellow. You can transfer to Line 2, Line 4, Line 12, Line 10, Changping Line, Line 8, Line 5, Line 10, Line 12, Line 2, and Airport Express Line at the interchange stations of Line 13.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Xizhimen Station 5:34 22:49
Dongzhimen Station 5:34 22:41

Beijing Subway Line 14

Beijing Subway Line 14 runs between Zhangguozhuang Station and Shangezhuang Station. It has 35 stations in total. The train is light pink. You can change to Line 9, Line 10, Line 16, Daxing Airport Express Line, Line 19, Line 4, Line 8, Line 5, Line 10, Line 17, Line 7, Line 1, Line 6, Line 3, Line 12, and Line 15 at the interchange stations of Line 14.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Zhangguozhuang Station 4:55 22:52
Shangezhuang Station 4:55 22:42

Beijing Subway Line 15

Beijing Subway Line 15 runs between Qinghua Donglu Xikou Station and Fengbo Station. It has 20 stations in total. The train is violet. You can transfer to the Changping Line, Line 8, Line 5, Line 13, and Line 14 at the interchange stations of Line 15.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Qinghua Donglu Xikou Station 5:12 22:10
Fengbo Station 5:29 23:14

Beijing Subway Line 16

Beijing Subway Line 16 runs between North Anhe Station and Wanping City Station. It has 30 stations in total. The train is green. You can transfer to Line 13B, Line 4, Line 10, Line 12, Line 4, Line 6, Line 1, Line 7, Line 14, Daxing Airport Express Line, Fangshan Line, Line 10, and Line 9 at the interchange stations of Line 16.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Bei'anhe Station 5:00 22:39
Wanpingcheng Station 5:13 22:34

Beijing Subway Line 17

Beijing Subway Line 17 has two parts: the north part and the south part. The north part runs between Future Science City North Station and Future Science City North Station. The southern part runs between Shilihe Station and Jiahuilake Station. It has 16 stations in total. The train is teal. You can change to Line 13, Line 15, Line 10, Line 12, Line 3, Line 6, Line 1, Line 7, Line 10, Line 14, and Changping Line at the interchange stations of Line 17.

Operation Hours

North
Destination First Train Last Train
Workers' Stadium Station 5:20 22:30
Future Science City North Station 5:55 22:58
South
Jiahuihu 5:55 22:30
Shilihe 5:30 22:30

Beijing Subway Line 19

Beijing Subway Line 19 runs between Xingong Station and Mudanyuan Station. It has 10 stations in total. The train is dark pink. You can change to Daxing Airport Express Line, Line 10, Line 14, Line 7, Line 1, Line 2, Line 4, Line 6, Line 2, Line 12 and Line 10 at the interchange stations of Line 19.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Mudanyuan Station 5:30 23:25
Xingong Station 5:30 23:10

Yizhuang Line

The Yizhuang Line runs between Songjiazhuang Station and Yizhuang Railway Station. It has 14 stations in total. The train is peach pink. You can change to Line 5, Line 10, T1, and Line 17 at the interchange stations of the Yizhuang Line.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Songjiazhuang 5:19 22:39
Yizhuang Railway Station 5:59 23:19

Fangshan Line

The Fangshan Line runs between Dongguantou South Station and Yancun East Station. It has 16 stations in total. The train is orange. You can change to Line 16, Line 10, Line 9, and Yanfang Line at the interchange stations of the Fangshan Line.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Dongguangtou South Station 5:03 22:19
Yancun East Station 5:47 23:14

Yanfang Line

The Yanfang Line runs between Yancun East Station and Yanshan Station. It has 9 stations in total. The train is tangerine. You can transfer to the Fangshan Line at the interchange station of the Yanfang Line.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Yancun East Station 5:30 22:50
Yanshan Station 5:05 22:30

S1

The S1 Line runs between Pingguoyuan Station and Shichang Station. It has 8 stations in total. The train is brown. You can change to Line 6 and Line 11 at the interchange station of the S1 Line.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Pinguoyuan Station 5:24 23:06
Shichang Station 5:51 23:32

Changping Line

The Changping Line runs between Changping Xishankou Station and Jimen Qiao Station. It has 20 stations in total. The train is pink. You can change to Line 8, Line 13, Line 15, Line 10, and Line 12 at the interchange stations of the Changping Line.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Changping Xishankou Station 5:21 23:21
Jimen Qiao Station 5:00 22:51

Airport Express Line

The Airport Express Line runs between Beixinqiao Station and Capital International Airport. It has 5 stations in total. The train is silver. You can change to Line 5, Line 2, Line 13, Line 10, Line 12, and Line 14 at the interchange station.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Beixinqiao Station 6:36 23:10
Terminal 2 5:56 22:26

Daxing Express Line

The Daxing Airport Express Line runs between Caoyao Station and Daxing Airport Station. It has 3 stations in total. The train is dark blue. You can change to Line 10 and Line 19 at the interchange station.

Operation Hours

Destination First Train Last Train
Caoqiao Station 5:58 from Monday to Friday
6:12 from Saturday to Sunday
22:57 from Monday to Friday
23:42 from Saturday to Sunday
Daxing Airport Station 5:39 from Monday to Friday
5:39 from Saturday to Sunday
22:28 from Monday to Friday
22:28 from Saturday to Sunday

Yizhuang T1 Line

The Yizhuang T1 Line runs between Dinghaiyuan Station and Quzhuang Station. It has 15 stations in total. The train is vermilion. You can change to the Yizhuang Line at the interchange station.

Xijiao Line

The Xijiao Line runs between Bagou Station and Xiangshan Station. It has 6 stations in total. The train is vermilion. You can change to Line 10 at the interchange station.

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