All Beijing Subway trains run on 1,435mm(4ft8+1⁄2in)standard gauge rail and draw power from the 750VDCthird rail, except those on Lines 6, 11 14, 16, 17 and 19, which use 1,500VDC overhead wires. Lines 6, 15, Fangshan, and Changping lines have a designed maximum service speed of 100km/h (62mph). The Airport Line is linear motor driven with a designed maximum service speed of 110km/h (68mph) All other Lines have a maximum service speed of 80km/h (50mph). Currently, Lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, Batong, Daxing, Changping, Fangshan, Yanfang, and Yizhuang lines use 6 car B size trains. Initially, the Batong line and Line 13 was originally used 4 car trains and now expanded into six.

Type B Trains

The most common rolling stock of the Beijing Subway is the Type-B car, which has a carrying capacity of 245 passengers per car and top speed of 80km/h (50mph), drawing 750 V DC power from the third rail. Most lines operate the six-car Type-B train set that can carry 1,460 passengers per train and transport 43,800 passengers per hour. Lines 6 and 7 use eight-car Type-B train sets that can carry 1,960 passengers per train and 58,800 passengers per hour. The Type-B trains sets of Lines 6 and 7 can draw 1,500VDC power and can reach 100km/h (62mph). The Yanfang Line operates four-car Type-B train sets with ”driverless” automatic train operation.

Type A Trains

Type-A cars run on Lines 3, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19. They are 3.1 meters longer, and 20cm wider than Type-B cars with a designed capacity of 310 passengers per car and 10 sets of doors per train compared to 8 sets of doors per train on Type-B cars. Type A cars draw 1,500VDC power from overhead wire and can reach 100km/h (62mph). Line 14 uses six-car Type A train sets which can carry 1,860 passengers per train and allow for throughput of up to 55,800 passengers per hour per direction. Lines 3, 12, 16, 17, and 19 uses eight-car Type-A train sets which can carry 2,480 passengers per train and allow for throughput of up 74,400 passengers per hour per direction.

Type L trains

The Capital Airport Express has its distinct 4-car linear motor train sets, powered by 750 V DC electricity via the third rail, and can reach a maximum speed of 110km/h (68mph). The under construction Line 28 will also use L type trains but 6 cars long.

Type D Trains

The Daxing Airport Express uses Type-D train sets with top operational speed of 160km/h (99mph). These trains are powered by 25kV50HzAC overhead wires. The eight-car train sets have seven passenger cars and one car to carry luggage. The under construction Line 22 will also use eight-car Type-D trains.

Maglev

The S1 Line's maglev trains feature six-car train sets that run on 1,500VDC power and can reach 100km/h (62mph). Compared to subway trains that run on conventional track, the maglev train has a smaller minimum turning radius of 75 meters compared to 200 meters, can climb steeper slope of 53‰ versus 40‰ and emits less noise. The six-car train set can carry 1,032 passengers.

Light Rail Transit

The Xijiao LRT and Yizhuang Tram Line T1 operates five-car trams that draw 750VDC from overhead lines and can reach 70km/h (43mph).

Manufacturers

From the subway's inception to 2003, all Beijing subway trains were manufactured by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co. Ltd. All rolling stock on Lines 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, Yizhuang line, Capital Airport Express and some of Line 1, 14, 16, and Yanfang line stocks are produced by CNR Changchun. However, CSR Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. has recently produced rolling stock for the Beijing subway. CSR Sifang produced all the trains for Lines 4, 8, Daxing, Changping, Daxing Airport Express and some of Line 1, 14, 16, and Yanfang line.

The Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., provides local assemblage, maintenance and repair services. It has also made trains for line 7, Batong, and Fangshan lines.

History

First Generation

In the 1960s to mid-1970s, the Beijing Subway used DK2 and DK3 models made in Changchun. The DK stands for diandong keche or electrically-operated passenger car. These models and their derivatives, the DK3G, DK20, DK16A, BD1 and BD2 are classified by the Beijing Subway as the first generation. In recent decades, the Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment Co. refurbished the DK16A and DK20 models, which remained in use well into the first decade of the 21st century. The refurbished DK16AG trains entered into service on Line 2 in 2005.

Second Generation

From the 1980 to the early 1990s, the subway introduced several new models including the DK6, DK9 and their derivatives the DK11, DK16 and GTO. The M-series trains that appeared on Lines 2 and 13 were made by Japan's Tokyu Car Corporation.

Third Generation

In 1998, the subway began deploying a new generation of train sets that featured variable voltage variable frequency (VVVF) control mechanisms. These models include the DKZ4, DKZ5, and the DKZ6. DKZ stands for diandong keche zu or electric passenger train sets. CNR Changchun also made 174 DK28-DK31 metro cars, which uses VVVF inverters and AC motors for Line 1, and 136 DK32-34 trains for Line 13. In 2005, the Batong line began using SFX01 and SFX02 trains made by CSR Qingdao Sifang. The 40 trains of the Airport Express were made by a joint-venture between CRRC Changchun and Bombardier Transportation, and uses Bombardier's Innovia Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) 200 technology.

Fourth Generation

Since 2017, trains have been ordered with capabilities for unattended automatic train operation. Starting with the DKZ70 and SFM16 trains on the Yanfang Line. Since then trains on the Daxing Airport Express, Lines 11, 17 and 19 operate or are capable of operating in GoA4 unattended train operation mode.

Fleet

Current

ModelImageTypeManufacturerYear builtAmount in serviceFleet numbersLine(s) ServedDepotNotes
DKZ46BChangchun Passenger Car Factory Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment199831S401–S4311 BatongSihuiRefurbished 2007
DKZ56BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment200255H401 H403–H45613HuilongguanRefurbished 2015–2018
DKZ6CNR Changchun1H402Refurbished 2015
SFM016BCSR Qingdao Sifang Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment200319TQ401–TQ408 (01 071–01 078) TQ415–TQ424 (01 085–01 094)1 BatongTuqiaoRefurbished 2015–2019
SFM02CSR Qingdao Sifang5TQ409–TQ414 (01 079–01 084)
DKZ136BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment200661TP401–TP4615Taipingzhuang SongjiazhuangCurrently being refurbished
DKZ166BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment50T401–T4502Taipinghu
SFM046BCSR Qingdao Sifang39G432–G4701 BatongGucheng
DKZ156BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment CNR Dalian200743W401–W44310Wanliu Wulu
QKZ54LBCNR Changchun Bombardier10L1 101–L1 110Capital AirportTianzhuBased on the INNOVIA ART 200
SFM056BCSR Qingdao Sifang2008 201073001–053 061–0934 DaxingLongbeicun Majiapu Nanzhaolu
SFM076BCSR Qingdao Sifang Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment20086TQ425–TQ4301 BatongTuqiaoRefurbished 2016–2019
BJD016BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment CNR Changchun200921FS001–FS021FangshanYancun
SFM136BCSR Qingdao Sifang2009-201015CP001–CP015ChangpingDingsi Road Ming Tombs
DKZ316BCNR Changchun20102815 001–15 02815Maquanying Fengbo
DKZ326BCNR Changchun23YZ001–YZ023YizhuangSongjiazhuang Taihu
SFM126BCSR Qingdao Sifang Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment4008 001–08 0408Pingxifu Yinghai
DKZ336BCNR Changchun20112409 001–09 0249Guogongzhuang
DKZ346BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment CNR Dalian2011 201341 3210 044–10 084 10 085–10 11610Wanliu Wulu
DKZ478BCNR Changchun Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2011-20146406 001–06 0646Wulu Wuliqiao Dongxiaoying
DKZ536ACNR Changchun201238201–23814Maquanying Zhangyicun
SFM18CSR Qingdao Sifang25239–263
BDK018BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment20133507 001–07 0357Jiaohuachang Zhangjiawan
SFM216BCRRC Qingdao Sifang2014-201917CP016–CP032ChangpingDingsi Road Ming Tombs
DKZ764BCRRC Changchun2014-201615YF001–YF015YanfangYancun North
SFM16CRRC Qingdao Sifang20161YF016
DKZ938ACRRC Changchun2016-201935301–33516Beianhe Yushuzhuang
SFM40CRRC Qingdao Sifang29336–364
SFM426BCRRC Qingdao Sifang Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2016-20187208 041–08 1128Pingxifu Yinghai
DKZ1068BCRRC Changchun2017-20182006 065–06 0846Wulu Wuliqiao Dongxiaoying
BDK036BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2019–202023FS022–FS044FangshanYancun
BDK046BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment20191409 025–09 0389Guogongzhuang
BDK058BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment20193307 036–07 0687Jiaohuachang Zhangjiawan
BDK066BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2019–12TQ431–TQ437 01108-011121 BatongTuqiao Sihui
GSYE208DCRRC Qingdao Sifang20198JC001–JC008Daxing AirportCigezhuang New Airport NorthCinova-160 based on CRH6
GSYE234D20204JC401–JC404
CJ3 City Type8DCRRC Changchun20192JC009-JC010
SFM798ACRRC Qingdao Sifang2019–35501–518, 539–55517Ciqunan Xiejiacun
CCD5035CRRC Changchun
SFM808ACRRC Qingdao Sifang2019–2519 001–19 02519Xingong
CCD5034CRRC Changchun
ZBM044ABeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2020511 001–11 00511—N/a
CCD30044LBCRRC Changchun20215L1 111–L1 115Capital AirportTianzhuBased on the INNOVIA ART 200
ZBM064A, 8ABeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2019-20224003 001-03 0403Dongba
SFM86CRRC Qingdao Sifang
BDK076BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2020-202218CP033–CP050ChangpingDingsi Road Ming Tombs
SFM93CRRC Qingdao Sifang18CP051–CP068
BDK086BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2020-20233315 035-15 05615Maquanying Fengbo
CCD50494A, 8ACRRC Changchun2020-20238412 001-12 08412Dongba
ZBM05Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment
ZBM138BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2023-2024806 085–06 0926Wulu Wuliqiao Dongxiaoying
ZBM156BBeijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment2023-20244413 001-13 04413Huilongguan

Former

ModelImageManufacturerYear builtNumber MadeLine(s) ServedYears in ServiceFleet numbers (Before 1996)Fleet numbers (After 1996)Notes
DK1Changchun Passenger Car Factory19672—N/a—N/a001–002—N/aNever ran in service.
DK21969–19708011969–1985201–219—N/a76 cars were refurbished into DK11.
DK31971–19735011971-2002UnknownG101–G107
21987-1989Unknown—N/a
132002-2003—N/aH101–H114
Batong2003-2005—N/aTQ101-TQ114
DK61979421984–2008501T1193–T1194Cars T1193–T1194 were linked with DK9 cars T1191–T1192 and T1195–T1196 in 1996.
DK8198252401–413T101–T104, T106–T108, T1093–T1094, T3023, T3024, T304Some cars were retrofitted with GTO chopper controls.
11987-1995—N/a
132002-2003—N/aH115-H118
Batong2003-2005—N/aTQ115-TQ118
DK91983421984–2008502T1191–T1192, T1195–T1196Linked with DK6 cars T1193–T1194 in 1996.
MTokyu Car Corporation1984321984–1995—N/a
132002-2003—N/aH301
DK11Changchun Passenger Car Factory1984–19857611984–2008601–619G201–G207, G2082–G2085, G209–G213
21984–1989—N/a
DK161986–198911521987–2009430–441, 4421–4423T1091–T1092, T1095–T1096, T110–T118, T120–T122, T124–T127, T1281–T1285, T3021–T3022, T3025–T3026, T303Several cars were retrofitted with GTO chopper controls.
11987-1995—N/a
DKZ11987321987–1995701—N/a
132002-2003—N/aH302
DK191989121989–20084424T1286Linked with DK16 cars T1281–T1285.
BD1Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment1989–19922411990–1994308–311—N/a
21994–2008T129–T132
DK20Changchun Passenger Car Factory1994–19954211994–2012443–449G108–G114Originally retired in 2008, reactivated due to DKZ4 trains being overhauled.
BD2Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment1994–19987211995–2012450–454 (first batch only)G115–G126
BD31995211996–2001—N/aG2081, G2086Linked with DK11 cars G2082–G2085.
BD820001132002-2003—N/aH303Formerly used by Tianjin Metro.
BD1120001222000-2004—N/aT305–T306
DKZ10CNR Changchun20051132006-2010—N/aH457Retired due to reliability issues.

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