Xi'erqi station
Line 13 platform from Changping line level Changping line northbound platform in 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Haidian District, Beijing China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°03′11″N 116°18′23″E / 40.053034°N 116.306295°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 (4 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade (Line 13) Elevated (Changping line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1306 (Line 13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 28, 2002 (Old station, Line 13) December 25, 2010 (New station, Line 13) December 30, 2010 (Changping line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | December 25, 2010 (Old station, Line 13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xi'erqi station (Chinese: 西二旗站; pinyin: Xī'èrqí zhàn) is an interchange station between Line 13 and the Changping Line on the Beijing Subway. The station relocated to a new location several hundred meters north on December 25, 2010, to ease transfers between the two lines when the new Changping Line opened, and the original station was then defunct, but was not demolished until August 2020. The new building, with a light membrane white covering, was designed by Atelier Li Xinggang. The station is extremely congested with 13,000 people per hour transferring between the station's two lines during peak periods. A viral video filmed at this station showing rush hour crowds attempting to board the overcrowded trains was posted on YouTube in 2013. This congestion during peak hours was eased after the Qinghe railway station expansion in 2021, due to its close proximity to Xi'erqi, distributing some of the passenger traffic in the area.
The station was the southern terminus of Changping Line until Qinghe railway station opened on December 31, 2021.