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Beijing Subway Rolling Stock
A Line 15 train in December 2010. A Line 2 DK16 train at the Beijing Railroad Station in 2003.
The Beijing Subway uses electric passenger trains and
rolling stock that run on 1,435mm standard gauge rail
and draw power from a 750V DC third rail. Today, every
Beijing subway line operates 6-car train sets with a maxi-
mum speed of 80 km/h, except the Airport Express which
has 4-car train sets that can reach 110 km/h.[1]
Manufacturers
A refurbished Line 2 DK16G train at Jishuitan in July 2006.
wholly owned subsidiary of the Beijing Mass Transit Rail-
way Operation Corp., provides local assemblage, mainte-
nance and repair services.
The Airport Express four-car train set in October 2008.
From the subway’s inception to 2003, all Beijing subway Models
trains were manufactured by the Changchun Railway Ve-
hicles Company Ltd., now a subsidiary of the China CNR First Generation
Corporation. Currently, all trains on Lines 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, In the 1960s to mid 1970s, the Beijing Subway used DK2
Airport Express and older models on Line 1 are made by and DK3 models made in Changchun. The DK stands for
Changchun RVC, which is under contract to supply trains diandong keche or electrically-operated passenger car.[5]
for Lines Yizhuang, 9 and 10 (Phase II).[1][2] The newest These models and their derivatives, the DK3G, DK20,
Line 1 trains as well as those on Lines 4 and Batong are DK16A, BD1 and BD2 are classified by the Beijing Subway
made by Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock as the first generation.[6] In recent decades, the Beijing
Company, a subsidiary of China South Locomotive and Subway Rolling Stock Equipment Co. refurbished the
Rolling Stock Industry Corp. Qingdao Sifang will also pro- DK16A and DK20 models, which remained in use well into
vide train sets for the Lines 8, Daxing and Changping.[3][4] the first decade of the 21st century.[7] The refurbished
DK16G trains entered into service on Line 2 in 2005.[8]
The Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment Co. Ltd., a
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A Line 13 DKZ5 train at Xizhimen in August 2006.
A Line 1 DKZ4 train at Wangfujing in August 2006.
A Line Batong SFX series train at Sihui in August 2006. The Ba-
tong Line was the first in the Beijing Subway to use rolling
stock made by Qingdao Sifang Rolling Stock Company.
A Line 2 train in 2011.
Second Generation
From the 1980 to the early 1990s, the subway introduced
several new models including the DK6, DK9 and their de-
rivatives the DK11, DK16 and GTO.[9] The M-series trains
that appeared on Lines 2 and 13 were made by Japan’s
Tokyu Car Corporation.[10][11][12]
Third Generation
In 1998, the subway began to deploying a new generation
of train sets that featured variable voltage variable fre-
quency (VVVF) control mechanisms. These models in-
clude the DKZ4, DKZ5, and the DKZ6.[13] DKZ stands for
diandong keche zu or electric passenger train sets.[5] The
Changchun RVC also made 174 DK28-DK31 metro cars,
which uses VVVF inverters and AC motors for Line 1,[14]
and 136 DK32-34 trains for Line 13.[15] In 2005, Line Ba-
tong began using SFX01 and SFX02 trains made by Qing-
dao Sifang.[5] The 40 trains of the Airport Express were
made by a joint-venture between the Changchun RVC
and Bombardier Transportation, and uses Bombardier’s
Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) Mark II technology.[12][16]
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See also [3]
[4]
(Chinese) [1] July 30, 2009
(Chinese)"青岛造" 最高运营时速100公里 Dec. 31,
• Beijing Subway 2009
[5] ^ "Robert McConnell’s Beijing Subway Webpage"
References [6]
Accessed Mar. 27,2010
(Chinese) 第一代电动客车 Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
[7] (Chinese) 厂修车介绍 Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
[8] (Chinese)DK16大修改造车 Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
[9] (Chinese) 第二代电动客车 Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
[10] (Chinese) "东急" Accessed Mar. 28, 2010
[11] (Chinese) "M车" Accessed Mar. 28, 2010
[12] ^ "Nanyue Express"
[13] (Chinese) [2] Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
[14] "DK28 Metro Car with VVVF Inverter" Accessed
Mar. 27, 2010
[15] "DK32 Commuter Train for Beijing" Accessed Mar.
27, 2010
[16] "Bombardier Awarded Contract in China for the
Beijing Capital International Airport Link With
Connection to Summer 2008 Olympic Games
A DK4 train from the Pyongyang Metro, made by the
Village" Business Wire Mar. 20, 2006
Changchun RVC, similar to DK2 & DK3 trains used in the Bei-
jing Subway. Some DK4s were returned to China where they [17] "pyongyang dk4" Accessed Mar. 27, 2010
were rebfurbished into DK12 trains and reintroduced to the
Beijing Subway when Line 13 opened in 2002.[17] External links
[1] ^ "Linear Motor Commuter for Beijing" CNR website • Official Beijing Subway Website
Accessed Mar. 27, 2010 • World Subways by Robert McConnell
[2] (Chinese) 吉林日报 July 31, 2009
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