Another new rail transit line in Beijing has officially started construction!

The northern section of Phase I of Line R4, which many residents along the line have been eagerly anticipating, has finally started construction!

This morning, at the vehicle depot site in Zhuangtou Village on the northern section of Phase I of Line R4, a row of construction vehicles were on standby. At 9:30 a.m., a mobilization and deployment meeting for the project of the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 was held, marking the official start of the construction of this high-capacity rapid backbone line in the northeast direction of the capital.

The start of construction of the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 is not unexpected. When the northern extension and branch line of Line 19 started construction after the Spring Festival, we told everyone that the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 would also start construction this year. In the past two months, we have repeatedly pushed the news that preparations for the start of construction of this line have been in full swing.

Zhou Bin, the deputy director of the Third Division of Rail Transit at the Beijing Major Project Office, introduced today that the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 is 20.78 kilometers long, starting from Dongba in Chaoyang District in the south and ending at Yanjing Bridge in Shunyi District in the north, connecting Chaoyang, Tongzhou, and Shunyi Districts. After the line is completed, it will effectively fill the gap in rail transit in the northeastern region and greatly improve the interconnection efficiency between the central urban area, the plain new towns, and the sub - center of the city.

Among them, the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 will have a transfer station with Line 3 at the West Exit of Guanzhuang Road Station and with the Capital Airport Line at Terminal 3 Station.

Wu Bin, the head of the Design Management Department of the Third Branch of Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., said that the project will comprehensively promote intelligent construction and prefabricated construction, minimize the impact of construction on the surrounding environment, and strive to build the project of the northern section of Phase I of Line R4 into a model project for the capital's rail transit during the 15th Five - Year Plan period.

This article is from the WeChat official account “Jing Fang Zi”, and is published by 36Kr with authorization.