Subway Line 6

Departure: Wulu (五路)
Terminal: Xincheng (新城)
Length: 41.98 kilometers (26.09 miles)
Number of Stops: 28
Other Information: Subway Line 6 goes between the east and west of Beijing, and aims to meet the demand of the people living in the eastern and western sectors of the capital. About 35.38 kilometers (21.98 miles) of this line are underground, and the rest are elevated.

The first phase of this line is 30.1 kilometers (18.7 miles) long, and it extends between Wulu in Haidian District and Caofang (草房) in Chaoyang District. This phase will provide transfer to Subway Line 2, Subway Line 5, Subway Line 8 and the Subway Line 10. This section is expected to start construction at the end of 2007, and the whole project will be finished in 2015.