Muxidi station

Beijing Subway station

Muxidi Station (Chinese: 木樨地站; pinyin: Mùxīdì Zhàn) is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. The Line 16 station opened on December 31, 2022, and currently serves as an out-of-system interchange (OSI) with Line 1. It will connect with Line 18 in the future.^[1][2]

Station layout

Both the line 1 station and line 16 stations have island platforms.

Exits

There are 10 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, E and F. Exits D1 and E are accessible.^[3]

Gallery

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  Line 1 west concourse
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  Line 1 east concourse
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  Line 16 concourse

Suspension of service in early June

During troop movements in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, many people were killed at Muxidi. Muxidi Station is often suspended about June 4 these years. For example:

• On June 3, 2013, A1 Exit of Muxidi Station was closed on the grounds of repairing.^[4]
• On June 2, 2014, Beijing Subway declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit of Muxidi Station will be closed from June 3 (Tuesday) to a future date via Weibo.^[4]
• On June 2, 2015, Beijing Subway declared close of doors again. Reporters from Ming Pao found that they can't reply that Weibo post and other replies are invisible.^[5]
• On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from Today 15:00 (June 3) to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied.^[6]
• On June 3, 2017, A1 Exit and A2 Exit is closed. Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited didn't post any message but made a station broadcast on the grounds of "Temporary construction".^[7]
• On June 1, 2018, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3, 2018, 12:00 to last train of Muxidi Station via Weibo.^[8]
• On June 2, 2019, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3 10:00 to a future date via Weibo.^[9]
• The station exits weren't closed in early June 2020, reporters of Now News noticed that there were plainclothes police, but fewer than before, stationed around the station.^[10]

Chinese activist Hu Jia believes that meanings of these measures are to prevent Tiananmen Mothers members from eulogizing the dead during the protest.^[4]

References

1. 北京地铁16号线车站设计方案展示 (in Chinese). 2013-04-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |language= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. 北京16号线木樨地站有望三线换乘. Xinhua News Beijing. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
3. "1号线 | 北京地铁官方网站". Beijing Subway. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
4. Mai Yanting (麦燕庭) (2014-06-03). 六四如此维稳：木樨地铁站封出口 外国学生被旅游. Radio France Internationale (in Simplified Chinese).
5. 當局專車送天安門母親拜祭　木樨地地鐵站出口解封　原帖禁留言. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2015-06-04.
6. "地铁运营信息". 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
7. "六四前夕北京地鐵木樨地站附近未見公安把守". 香港商業電台. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
8. "地铁运营信息". 微博. 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
9. "地铁运营信息". 微博. 北京市地铁运营有限公司.
10. "六四事件31周年前夕　木樨地保安嚴密" (in Chinese). Now新闻. 2020-06-03.

39°54′27″N 116°20′15″E / 39.907379°N 116.337583°E / 39.907379; 116.337583