On April 6, 2022, a reporter from Seedao.com learned from the Beijing Major Project Office and the railway company affiliated to Beijing Investment that all the projects under construction have been fully started, and are steadily progressing according to the target of the construction period, and the annual investment has been completed in the first quarter. 21.2% of the target, 17% of the original plan was exceeded, and a good start was achieved.

Between Mafang Station and Machangying Station, the elevated piers and beams are particularly spectacular. According to Jia Yunfei, project manager of the General Contracting Department of Rail Transit Municipal Engineering of Beijing Zhuzong Group, the Mama section of the Pinggu Line is about 10.3 kilometers, which is the longest section of the entire line. The main difficulty in the construction process is to cross the Jingping Expressway and pass through the Daqin Railway.

Workers are driving piles at the construction site of the Pinggu Line at Mafang Station. "This station will enter the site in July 2021, and the steel structure construction is now underway." Jia Yunfei revealed that at present, the Pinggu Line is fully advancing the construction of the station and interval work points. As of the end of March, a total of 35 sites in the Beijing section have entered the site to achieve substantial construction, and the Hebei section is carrying out the construction of the station enclosures of Shenwei Street Station and Chaobai Street Station. It is expected to open to traffic in 2025.

"The Pinggu section is 20 kilometers in total, involving 6 towns, 18 villages, and 197 households. The lines are long, there are many points, and the demolition volume is also large. The total demolition volume is about 600,000 square meters, of which about 200,000 square meters are house demolition. After the completion of demolition and tree removal, the construction of the Pinggu Line is proceeding as planned." Section Chief Wang Xiaolu of the Office of the Rail Transit Construction Headquarters in Pinggu District told reporters.

The Pinggu Line starts from Dongdaqiao Station in Chaoyang District in the west, passes through Chaoyang District, Tongzhou District, Yanjiao Town, Sanhe City, Hebei Province, and ends at Pinggu Station in Pinggu District. The total length of the line is 81.2 kilometers, with a total of 21 stations. Among them, the Beijing section is about 51.2 kilometers long and has 16 stations, and the Hebei section is about 30 kilometers long and has 5 stations.

In addition to the Pinggu Line, the rest of the lines under construction are also advancing as planned. Wang Shuai, deputy director of the planning and dispatching department of the railway company affiliated to Beijing Investment Corporation, introduced that in order to ensure the smooth completion of various lines and project nodes, some railway projects will be constructed without interruption during the Spring Festival, and some will resume work and production after the Spring Festival, and will be arranged through fixed-point pick-up and delivery. Construction workers return to work in Beijing. As of the end of March, the total number of people on the subway construction site had reached 31,641. A total of 80 civil construction sections of the rail transit lines under construction in Beijing had all resumed work at the end of February, and the rate of resumption of work and production reached 100%.

In 2022, rail transit construction will achieve the overall goal of "two connections, two openings, four stations and four ports". According to the city's major project office, "two links" means that this year, two (sections) of Changping Line (Qinghe-Xueyuan Bridge) and Line 16 (East Gate of Yuyuantan-Yushuzhuang) with a total of 22.4 kilometers will be realized. At the end of the year, the trial operation will be opened, and the operating mileage of Beijing's urban rail transit will exceed 805 kilometers. At present, more than 90% of the civil works of the two lines have been completed, and they have entered the stage of track laying, decoration and equipment installation. "Two openings" refers to the newly started construction of 2 (sections) of urban sub-center lines, such as the south extension of Line 6 and Line M101, with a total of 21.1 kilometers. Preliminary work such as plan stabilization, survey and design bidding, etc. is being carried out in a hurry for these two lines.

In addition, four stations of Line 19, namely Beitaipingzhuang Station, Ping'anli Station, Taipingqiao Station, and Jingfengmen Station, have completed unit project acceptance, and are undergoing joint commissioning and testing of equipment. It is expected to be put into use in the first half of the year. Exit A of Nongda South Road Station of Line 16 has been put into use at the end of March, and three entrances and exits including Pingguyuan Station of Line 6, Exit B of Tianqiao Station of Line 8, and Exit K of Shilihe Station of Line 17 are being completed as planned. , structural construction, decoration and equipment installation work. Editor/He Yuting