Airport Extension (Subway Line L1)

Airport Extension

Airport Extension (Subway Line L1)

Departure: Dongzhimen
Terminal: Beijing Capital International Airport
Length: 27.3 kilometers (16.96 miles)
Number of Stops: 4
One-way runtime: 16 minutes
Map color: light orange
Other Information: The Airport Extension stretches from the Dongzhimen Station to the Beijing Capital International Airport. As one of the most important projects of the 2008 Olympic Game, this line is scheduled to be under operation on June 30, 2008, and mainly serves for the aviation passengers.

After its construction, it will take only 16 minutes to complete the route. The metros will run every 4 to 5 minutes for about 15 hours every day. With a speed of 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) per hour, the metros on this line will be the fastest in China. The airport terminal will be built in Dongzhimen Station, and after that, passengers could handle the related formalities, like exchanging the boarding pass and checking the baggage. When arriving at the airport, passengers will only go through the remaining procedures.

Besides, passengers can transfer to the Subway Line 2, Subway Line 10 and the Subway Line 13 from this line.

Comments and Questions

What time does the last train from T3 depart to Jianguomen?
Thanks.

Reply12/2/2009 9:14:00 AMZuck , Japan

Bob Zhang ( China ) :12/2/2009 7:50:00 PM

around 23:00

what is the cost for taking the Airport line? thanks.

Reply10/30/2009 9:09:00 PMpatrick , Canada

Beijingren :10/30/2009 10:11:00 PM

25 RMB. My pleasure:)

I will be arriving in Beijing Captial International Airport at 21:15PM. Will I have enough time to take the airport subway to Jiangumen Station before it closes?

Reply9/21/2009 10:49:00 PMTom

BeijingTrip.com :9/22/2009 9:01:00 PM

You can take the airport line to Dongzhimen and transfer to Metro Line 2 to get to Jianguomen. The whole journey takes about a half hour and the closing time of Metro Line 2 is 22:30.

I will be arriving in Beijing Capital International Airport on March 12th at 10:50pm. Can you please tell me the hours of operation for the Airport Extension (Subway Line L1)? Will I be able to take the subway after 11pm from the airport to Wang Fu Jing station?
Thank you

Reply2/27/2009 10:24:00 AMAndre Dennert , United States

BeijingTrip.com :3/1/2009 9:57:00 PM

Hi Andre,
You can take the Airport Line from the airport to Dongzhimen Station, then transfer to the Subway Line 2, then transfer to Line 1 at the Jianguomen Station.